The intestines have to work properly if we are to benefit from the food we eat. Digestive juices must be secreted, the food broken down into smaller components and then transported through the gut wall and onwards to muscles and organs. The lining of the gut is coated in epithelial cells, a specialised layer that produces mucous and hormones while keeping dangerous bacteria and toxins at bay. Close contact with pathogenic microbes and toxins means that the epithelial cells may mutate to form cancer. The small intestine therefore secretes the entire epithelial layer in the course of two to five days, while the large intestine takes three weeks to perform the same process. (more…)
http://www.SubliminalScience.com This is an interview with Stephanie about her use of hypnosis through all stages of surgery and a demonstration of how hypnosis can promote healing.
Program aims to increase awareness of causes, By Jennifer Jean Miller
Newton — Summer means plenty of outdoor time. And sometimes, that means too much sun
A group of professionals is working to educate residents about the dangers of skin cancers, and, with the goal to lower the number of cases in the Sussex County.
“Our culture is about being tan,” said Helen Homeijer, senior public health nurse with the County of Sussex, Department of Environmental and Public Health Services. “What people recognize as a tan is the first sign of sun damage.” (more…)
Treating tumors with salmonella bacteria can induce an immune response that kills cancer cells, scientists have found — a discovery that may help them create tumor-killing immune cells to inject into patients.
Researchers from Italy and the United States who worked with mouse and human cancer cells in laboratories said their work might help in developing a new drug in a class of cancer treatments called immunotherapies or therapeutic vaccines, which harness the body’s immune system to fight disease.
“We did experiments first in mice and then in cancer cells and immune cells from human patients, and found that the salmonella was doing exactly the same job,” Maria Rescigno of European Institute of Oncology in Milan, who worked on the study, said in a telephone interview. “Now we are ready to go into (testing on) humans, but we are waiting for authorization.”
The scientists said they thought the salmonella bacteria, which they used in a safe form that did not cause illness itself, helped to flag up cancer cells to the body’s immune system, which was then able to find and kill them.
In the very earliest stages of cancer, patrolling immune cells often recognize cancer cells as abnormal and destroy them, they explained in their study, which was published in the journal Science Translational Medicine on Wednesday (more…)
On the average, one child is diagnosed with cancer in the state each week.
The actual figure is most probably higher because the ‘one per week’ statistics is merely based on records kept by the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and the Sarawak Children’s Cancer Society (SCCS).
SCCS vice-president Wong Kok Ping told The Borneo Post at SCCS’s 9th Charity Food Fair here yesterday that on the average, SGH and SCCS records showed a total of more than 50 cases.
“This does not include patients admitted to the private hospitals,” he pointed out.
For the first seven months of this year, 32 children had been diagnosed with various types of cancer. (more…)
11 new medicines were intruduced this year, which are being distributed at no cost to patients who suffer from different conditions. The majority of the approved medicines are for cancer patients and it is the first time that they have been made available in Malta.
The new medicine has been approved by the Government Formulary List Advisory Committee and includes medicines which are to fight different forms of cancer. These can be found on the Government Formulary List. (more…)
New investigation results, ‘Gynaecologic challenging issues in the management of BRCA mutation carriers: oral contraceptives, prophylactic salpingo-oophorectomy and hormone replacement therapy,’ are detailed in a study published in Gynecological Endocrinology. According to recent research published in the journal Gynecological Endocrinology, “BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers have a 54-85% and 45% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer, respectively, and a 18-60% and 11-27% lifetime risk of developing ovarian cancer, respectively. Oral contraceptives (OCs) significantly reduce the risk of ovarian cancer also in BRCA1/BRCA2 mutation carriers.
It’s no secret that all hospitals are not equal. The special quality shared by the 152 that made it into the new 2010-11 Best Hospitals rankings (out of nearly 5,000 that were considered), and even more so by the 14 in this year’s Honor Roll, is their ability to take on and meet the most difficult challenges. Their operating rooms showcase delicate, demanding procedures—excising a cancerous portion of a pancreas without destroying the rest of the fragile organ, say, or restoring function to an arthritis-ravaged hand through a creative blend of fusing joints and splicing tendons. They are referral centers for ill patients with multiple risks—advanced age plus heart failure plus diabetes, perhaps.
Patients at these centers are not free from hospital-based infections or immune from getting the wrong drugs or becoming victims of other medical errors. No matter how skilled or deep their expertise, even “best hospitals” don’t do everything right. But when the stakes are high, calling for unusual capabilities, they are hospitals that can save lives that might otherwise be lost or preserve quality of life that might otherwise be sacrificed. That is why U.S. News has published the Best Hospitals rankings for 21 years: to help guide patients who need high-stakes care because of the complexity or difficulty of their condition or procedure. For 2010-11 we analyzed 4,852 hospitals, virtually every one in the United States, in 16 specialties from cancer and heart disease to respiratory disorders and urology. Only 152 centers appear in even one of the 16 specialty rankings. Fourteen ultra-elite Honor Roll hospitals had very high scores in six or more specialties…… (more…)
The Asbestos Disease Awareness Organization (ADAO) applauds both Senator Gloria Romero for authoring SB 624 and the Assembly Committee on Natural Resources for passing this legislation to remove serpentine, the host rock of asbestos, as California’s official state rock, supporting the eradication of asbestos to promote public health.
“ADAO dedicates our efforts on this campaign to Army Archerd, prolific Daily Variety journalist who died from mesothelioma in September 2009”
“California has the highest rate of mesothelioma deaths in the nation,” said Senator Gloria Romero (D-East Los Angeles). “This bill is about raising awareness to protect the health of our citizens. Serpentine contains asbestos, a known carcinogen. Toxic materials have no place serving as emblems for the State.”….. (more…)
When choosing a clinic at which to recognise scrutiny management for mesothelioma, there are numerous factors that patients would be wise to discuss. One of the difficulties visaged by mesothelioma patients is that although the disease can ofttimes aver decades to manifest, by the dimension it does appear up and has been positively identified, it is generally at an sophisticated stage. Consequently it is beta that patients feel physicians and hospitals that possess get in treating this virulent mould of individual; this is definitely a instant in which it is a keen serious to superior a handling tract run by fond group who will withdraw the instance to vindicate the communication alternatives and with whom you and your house are rich. Many parts of the region do not someone special clinics for relatively extraordinary disorders much as pericardial mesothelioma; if you springy in much an country you may impoverishment to temporarily relocate so as to obtain the write of medical communication you requisite……. (more…)
