Sulforaphane, H pylori and stomach tumors This study finds that a substance found in broccoli has the ability to inhibit H pylori infection as well as blocking stomach tumor formation from the H. pylori. We spend so much time in research looking for ways to kill off this bug and whether this triple-therapy regimine is […]
Topical caffeine or EGCG inhibit carcinogenesis and selectively increase apoptosis in UVB-induced skin tumors in mice Quite a long and biochemicalish title, but gets to the point. I would be surprised if anyone out there has not yet heard about this article. This article does address topical application, but it is very possible that high […]
Of the 700,000 or so cancer surgeries done in the US per year, it is estimated that 40% of these patients develop recurrences with poor outcomes. These are some scary statistics. The American Cancer Society (not my favorite organization) states that there are two reasons why the cancer came back: Smaller parts of a tumor […]
It’s as accepted as apple pie and baseball. You get your annual medical check up to stay healthy. This way you can catch bad stuff before it gets worse, right? Wrong. Wrong? How can that be wrong?? The same way hormone replacement therapy, statins, 8 glasses of water per day, antibiotics for every sniffle and […]
Low antioxidant vitamin intakes are associated with increases in adverse effects of chemotherapy in children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia Many oncologists are fearful to use antioxidants during chemotherapy, since many of these drugs are designed to kill rapidly dividing cells via oxidative stress and the theory is that antioxidants would lower the efficacy of the […]
