COX Inhibitors in Broad Role in Cancer Prevention And Treatment Envision the very slippery slope we tread with this one, with the pharmaceutical companies wringing their hands and drooling at the mere prospect. Recall how often we talk about inflammation as a contributor to just about every chronic disease known to man. So is it […]
Bromination of deoxycytidine by eosinophil peroxidase: A mechanism for mutagenesis by oxidative damage of nucleotide precursors I left the long title for effect. Basically, this article described one mechanism by which chronic inflammation can lead to DNA mutations and subsequent cancer. Inflammation contributes to so many other chronic diseases; why should cancer be any different?? […]
Omeprazole Treatment in Patients w/ H. Pylori May Increase Cancer Risk Prilosec is designed to lower the amount of stomach acid, as are numerous other “ulcer drugs”. The strange thing is that very, very few patients produce TOO MUCH stomach acid. Quite the opposite. Consider this. You have an open wound on your arm. You […]
Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the Treatment of Cancer This is always a very touchy subject and recommendations should ONLY be taken from those fully familiar in this field. There are certain chemotherapeutic drugs that work by creating high levels of free radicals, and taking antioxidants would prevent that drug from working the way it […]
Aging, Immunity, and Cancer This is a review of the current literature supporting the idea that our immune system is constantly fighting off cancer, and it is the slowing of the immune system response with age that increases our risk for cancer. This really does shed new light on many new therapies coming out that […]
