Friday, 30 November 2012

The truth is coming out slowly.

Quite shocking really that women are still not being informed about the below.

 

“30 Years of Breast Screening: 1.3 Million Wrongly Treated”

Written by Sayer Ji

The breast cancer industry’s holy grail (that mammography is the primary weapon in the war against breast cancer) has been disproved. In fact, mammography appears to have CREATED 1.3 million cases of breast cancer in the U.S. population that were not there.
A disturbing new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine is bringing mainstream attention to the possibility that mammography has caused far more harm than good in the millions of women who have employed it over the past 30 years as their primary strategy in the fight against breast cancer.[i]
Titled “Effect of Three Decades of Screening Mammography on Breast-Cancer Incidence,” researchers estimated that among women younger than 40 years of age, breast cancer was overdiagnosed, i.e. “tumors were detected on screening that would never have led to clinical symptoms,” in 1.3 million U.S. women over the past 30 years. In 2008, alone, “breast cancer was overdiagnosed in more than 70,000 women; this accounted for 31% of all breast cancers diagnosed.”
As we revealed in a previous article,[ii] the primary form of mammography-detected breast cancer is ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS), also known as ‘stage zero’ or ‘non-invasive breast cancer.’ Unlike truly invasive cancer, which expands outward like the crab after which it was named (Greek: Cancer = Crab), ductal carcinoma is in situ, i.e. situated, non-moving – an obvious contradiction in terms.
Also, DCIS presents without symptoms in the majority of women within which it is detected, and if left untreated will (usually) not progress to cause harm to women. Indeed, without x-ray diagnostic technologies, many if not most of the women diagnosed with it would never have known they had it in the first place. The journal Lancet Oncology, in fact, published a cohort study last year finding that even clinically verified “invasive” cancers appear to regress with time if left untreated:
[We] believe many invasive breast cancers detected by repeated mammography screening do not persist to be detected by screening at the end of 6 years, suggesting that the natural course of many of the screen-detected invasive breast cancers is to spontaneously regress.[iii]
The new study authors point out “The introduction of screening mammography in the United States has been associated with a doubling in the number of cases of early-stage breast cancer that are detected each year.” And yet, they noted, only 6.5% of these early-stage breast cancer cases were expected to progress to advanced disease. DCIS and related ‘abnormal breast findings,’ in other words, may represent natural, benign variations in breast morphology. Preemptive treatment strategies, however, are still employed today as the standard of care, with mastectomy rates actually increasing since 2004.[iv]
The adverse health effects associated with overdiagnosis and overtreatment with lumpectomy, radiation, chemotherapy and hormone-suppressive treatments cannot be underestimated, especially when one considers the profound psychological trauma that follows each stage of diagnosis and treatment, and the additional physiological burdens such psychic injuries lead to, including up-regulation of multidrug resistance genes within cancer as a result of the increased adrenaline associated with the ‘flight-or-fight’ stress response.[v]
Also, it is now coming to light that chemotherapy and radiation actually increase the proportion of the highly malignant cancer stem cells to the relatively non-malignant daughter cells within the tumor colony. Much in the same way that conventional antibiotic agents will drive multidrug resistance within the subpopulation of surviving post-antibiotic bacteria, ensuring recurrence, conventional treatments also drive the surviving stem-cell enriched tumor populations into greater resistance and metastatic potential when it does inevitably recur. Or worse, radiation therapy may actually increase the ‘stemness’ of breast cancer cells making them 30 times more malignant (capable of forming new tumors).
If it is indeed true that DCIS, other abnormal breast findings, as well as clinically confirmed invasive breast cancer, either remain benign or regress when left untreated, the entire breast cancer industry, which is already deeply mired in cause-marketing conflicts of interest, must radically reform itself, or face massive financial and ethical liabilities vis-à-vis outdated and no longer “evidence-based” practices.
Another serious problem with mammography (and there are dozens of them) not addressed in this latest research finding concerns the unique carcinogenicity of the x-rays the technology employs. We now know that the 30 kVp radiation, colloquially known as “low energy” x-rays, are between 300-400% more carcinogenic than the “higher energy” radiation given off by atomic bomb blasts (200 kVp or higher).[vi] Present day radiation risk models used to assess the known breast cancer risk associated with mammography against the purported benefits do not take into this profound discrepancy. In fact, these models were developed before DNA was even discovered.
Also, considering that breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1/BRCA2, interfere with the DNA self-repair mechanisms needed to reduce the carcinogenicity associated with radiation exposure within those who carry these genetic variations, the harms associated with mammography may be exponentially higher than the conventional medical community presently understands and communicates to their patients. Indeed, it is likely that x-ray based mammography screenings have been planting the seeds of future radiation-induced breast cancer within exposed populations.
With top-tier biomedical journals now publishing research diametrically opposed to the policies and recommendations of both governmental, non-governmental and industry-sponsored health organizations, the time is ripe for us to critically evaluate conventional medicine’s conventional standard of care and to educate ourselves further to the true causes of cancer, and how to go about preventing and/or removing them.
For more alternative information on breast cancer, and related women’s health issues, visit our health guides on GreenMedInfo.com.
Also, view the free webinar titled “The Problem with Pink” hosted by the co-authors of Cancer Killers: The Cause is the Cure below:

Sayer Ji is the founder and director of GreenMedInfo.com and co-author of the book The Cancer Killers: The Cause Is The Cure. His writings and research have been published in the Wellbeing Journal, the Journal of Gluten Sensitivity, and have been featured on Mercola.com, NaturalNews.com, Reuters.com, GaryNull.com, and Care2.com. Check out his newest project with co-author Tania Melkonian: EATomology: An Edible Philosophy of Food
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Wednesday, 14 November 2012

Robyn Hanisch included this in successfully healing herself of lymph cancer.

Benefits of Wheatgrass

WHEATGRASS JUICE…

Increases red blood-cell count and lowers blood pressure. It cleanses the blood, organs and gastrointestinal tract of debris. Wheatgrass also stimulates metabolism and the body’s enzyme systems by enriching the blood. It also aids in reducing blood pressure by dilating the blood pathways throughout the body.
Stimulates the thyroid gland, correcting obesity, indigestion, and a host of other complaints.
Restores alkalinity to the blood. The juice’s abundance of alkaline minerals helps reduce over-acidity in the blood. It can be used to relieve many internal pains, and has been used successfully to treat peptic ulcers, ulcerative colitis, constipation, diarrhea, and other complaints of the gastrointestinal tract.
Is a powerful detoxifier, and liver and blood protector. The enzymes and amino acids found in wheatgrass can protect us from carcinogens like no other food or medicine. It strengthens our cells, detoxifies the liver and bloodstream, and chemically neutralizes environmental pollutants.
Fights tumors and neutralizes toxins. Recent studies show that wheatgrass juice has a powerful ability to fight tumors without the usual toxicity of drugs that also inhibit cell-destroying agents. The many active compounds found in grass juice cleanse the blood and neutralize and digest toxins in our cells.
Contains beneficial enzymes. Whether you have a cut finger you want to heal or you desire to lose five pounds…enzymes must do the actual work. The life and abilities of the enzymes found naturally in our bodies can be extended if we help them from the outside by adding exogenous enzymes, like the ones found in wheatgrass juice. Don’t cook it. We can only get the benefits of the many enzymes found in grass by eating it uncooked. Cooking destroys 100 percent of the enzymes in food.
Has remarkable similarity to our own blood. The second important nutritional aspect of chlorophyll is its remarkable similarity to hemoglobin, the compound that carries oxygen in the blood. Dr. Yoshihide Hagiwara, president of the Hagiwara Institute of Health in Japan, is a leading advocate for the use of grass as food and medicine. He reasons that since chlorophyll is soluble in fat particles, and fat particles are absorbed directly into the blood via the lymphatic system, that chlorophyll can also be absorbed in this way. In other words, when the “blood” of plants is absorbed in humans it is transformed into human blood, which transports nutrients to every cell of the body.
When used as a rectal implant, reverses damage from inside the lower bowel. An implant is a small amount of juice held in the lower bowel for about 20 minutes. In the case of illness, wheatgrass implants stimulate a rapid cleansing of the lower bowel and draw out accumulations of debris.
Externally applied to the skin can help eliminate itching almost immediately.
Will soothe sunburned skin and act as a disinfectant. Rubbed into the scalp before a shampoo, it will help mend damaged hair and alleviate itchy, scaly, scalp conditions.
Is soothing and healing for cuts, burns, scrapes, rashes, poison ivy, athlete’s foot, insect bites, boils, sores, open ulcers, tumors, and so on. Use as a poultice and replace every two to four hours.
Works as a sleep aide. Merely place a tray of living wheatgrass near the head of your bed. It will enhance the oxygen in the air and generate healthful negative ions to help you sleep more soundly.
Enhances your bath. Add some to your bath water and settle in for a nice, long soak.
Sweetens the breath and firms up and tightens gums. Just gargle with the juice.
Neutralizes toxic substances like cadmium, nicotine, strontium, mercury, and polyvinyl chloride.
Offers the benefits of a liquid oxygen transfusion since the juice contains liquid oxygen. Oxygen is vital to many body processes: it stimulates digestion (the oxidation of food), promotes clearer thinking (the brain utilizes 25% of the body’s oxygen supply), and protects the blood against anaerobic bacteria. Cancer cells cannot exist in the presence of oxygen.
Turns gray hair to its natural color again and greatly increases energy levels when consumed daily.
Is a beauty treatment that slows down the aging process when the juice is consumed. Wheatgrass will cleanse your blood and help rejuvenate aging cells, slowing the aging process way down, making you feel more alive right away. It will help tighten loose and sagging skin.
Lessens the effects of radiation. One enzyme found in wheatgrass, SOD, lessens the effects of radiation and acts as an anti-inflammatory compound that may prevent cellular damage following heart attacks or exposure to irritants.
Restores fertility and promotes youthfulness.
Can double your red blood cell count just by soaking in it. Renowned nutritionist Dr. Bernard Jensen found that no other blood builders are superior to green juices and wheatgrass. In his book Health Magic Through Chlorophyll from Living Plant Life he mentions several cases where he was able to double the red blood cell count in a matter of days merely by having patients soak in a chlorophyll-water bath. Blood building results occur even more rapidly when patients drink green juices and wheatgrass regularly.
Courtesy: Hippocrates Health Institute
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Saturday, 3 November 2012

Sodium Benzoate

Did you know that Sodium Benzoate, which is a very common preservative and found in many products, when combined with Vitamin C, creates Benzine (a known carcinogen) when ingested?  I have just checked the label of a well known "fresh" fruit juice to find that it is preserved with sodium benzoate and that there is added Vitamin C to the "natural" fruit juice. And to think that we think we are being healthy and doing the right thing!! Scary stuff! Makes you wonder about all the other things that we feed ourselves and our children.
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The Value of Digital Infrared Thermography
I  found this on the Port Moody Naturopathic Wellness site, which explains thermography vs mammography very well. I sometimes wish that I could shout this message from the roof tops to all the women out there who have no idea that they do NOT have to have a mammogram.




Cancer Prevention

The Value of Digital Infrared Thermography In Breast Cancer Prevention

Dr. Sharon Gurm, BSc, ND - Sep 04, 2012 - , , , - No Comments
What Is Thermography?
Advanced digital infrared technology (thermography) is an FDA approved imaging technique that is used to evaluate breast health. It measures heat emitted by tissue cells that are excessively metabolically active and exhibit other variant behaviors characteristic of abnormal (cancerous or pre-cancerous) cells. Suspicious clusters of cells begin to generate blood vessels and follow growth patterns that are unique from surrounding healthy tissue – characteristics that generate more heat and can be detected by advanced digital infrared equipment.
What are The Benefits of Breast Thermography?
Thermography is a safe, non-invasive and painless procedure that does not expose the individual to any radiation. There are no adverse effects or contraindications, and it can be used at any age, but is most appropriate for women age 18+.
There are many benefits in using thermography to evaluate breast health:
  1. For some individuals, it can be used as an alternative to more invasive procedures (such as mammography and ultrasound). If there is an area of concern, it can be closely monitored with thermography while the patient makes some lifestyle, dietary and nutritional modifications – as appropriate and as directed by their naturopathic doctor or integrative medical doctor. Not only does this method avoid or minimize harmful radiation exposure and undue psychological stress, it avoids the additional – and more significant – harms of potential over-diagnosis and over-treatment. Recent evidence from long-term studies evaluating the harms and benefits of routine mammography demands review of current standards of practice in breast cancer screening. Studies reveal that, in most age groups, routine mammography causes more harm than benefit – quite the opposite of long held beliefs of the medical community and public. For more information on the subject of risks associated with routine mammography, read: Routine Mammography Proves No Benefit and May Even Increase Your Risk – What are Your Options?
  2. If there is an area of particular concern, the patient and the doctor can then discuss further evaluation using structural testing (mammogram, ultrasound). This allows for doctor and patient discuss individualized recommendations breast cancer screening based on the person’s risk factors, thermography evaluation, clinical breast exams and other applicable information – rather than a ‘one size fits all’ approach to breast cancer screening that, again evidence is mounting, causes more harm than benefit. To learn more about the subject of personalized recommendations for breast cancer screening, read: Breast Cancer Screening: A Need for Personalized Recommendations
  3. Thermography can be used to clarify findings of a mammography report before more invasive – possibly unnecessary – steps are taken, such as a diagnostic mammogram (involving more radiation exposure), ultrasound and/or biopsy. All of these procedures carry additional risk. There is also the significant and often overlooked issue of added psycho-emotional stress for women who are suddenly faced with the possibility of a cancer diagnosis and often have to wait several weeks-to-months before further tests can be performed. This is a common scenario for women with dense breasts (or fibrocystic breasts), breast implants and microcalcifications (tiny deposits of calcium) in breast tissue. Unlike thermography, mammography cannot accurately distinguish microcalcifications from cancerous tissue. If the mammogram reveals microcalcifications, the next step is often ultrasound and diagnostic mammogram, possibly followed by biopsy. Often the end result is “negative” on biopsy. The woman has just undergone significant stress, trauma and disproportionate concern over an inconclusive mammogram report resulting in unnecessary invasive procedures that have now (as a result of stress, radiation and disruption to the delicate environment of the breast tissue) raised the level of risk of developing breast cancer in a woman who did not have that risk in the first place. I have witnessed this exact scenario multiple times in my practice and I cannot emphasize how damaging it is for the woman on a physical, emotional and spiritual level.
  4. Thermography appears to be superior to mammography at detecting DCIS – the most common form of breast cancer.
  5. Thermography can often detect changes in breast tissue before a tumor forms and reveals hormonal influences that can contribute to cancer development or recurrence. Mammography can only detect a potential cancer once a sizable tumor (at least 1 cm in diameter, consisting of 1 billion abnormal cells) has actually formed. In addition, mammography is not sensitive to fast-growing tumors in the pre-invasive stage. At this stage, the temperature variance detectable by thermography can provide valuable information for early intervention using non-invasive strategies.
  6. Thermography can help point patient and physician in the direction of appropriate course of treatment and it can be used to monitor changes in breast tissue. When hormonal influences and unhealthy metabolic or vascular activity is revealed by thermographic evaluation, the individual can discuss intervention options and treatment strategies to reverse the changes and actually help prevent cancer from occurring in the first place. While some women may continue to use the old “I’ll wait-and-see if a mammogram tells me I have cancer and then I’ll have to do something about it” approach, I think if given the option most would choose to take a more empowering and proactive approach to their breast and overall health – and thermography can help facilitate the latter choice.
Can Thermography Diagnose Breast Cancer?
Previous research has looked at the clinical validity of thermography in diagnosing benign or malignant (cancerous) disease. However, even with the advances made in thermography as of today, it is not capable of diagnosing malignancy – its benefit lies in the ability to detect the tissue changes that occur when a woman is at greater risk of malignancy or if malignancy is present. Therefore, I recommend this tool to monitor breast tissue as part of a complete breast health evaluation that also includes hormone testing, nutritional analysis, clinical breast exam and personal as well as genetic health history (i.e. risk factor assessment). When used this way, we can minimize the number of mammograms needed for a given individual (sometimes even avoid them altogether) and thereby help avoid a large percentage of unnecessary imaging and biopsies performed as a result of false positives from mammograms.
Findings published in the CMAJ (Nov 2011), support previous and subsequent evidence that routine screening with mammography does not reduce all-cause mortality (i.e. overall rate of death). Rather, the findings indicate that due to the high rate of false positives yielded by routine mammography, the number of invasive procedures (such as biopsy) occur at a high rate, thereby causing more harm (from overdiagnosis and overtreatment) than benefit. If findings on thermography are alarming – particularly if there is change from the baseline thermogram – further assessment using structural testing (mammogram, ultrasound) should be performed.
Another concern with thermography, is variability in assessment technique and accuracy of information from center to center. It’s important to do your research before choosing a center for thermography evaluation. The evaluator must be a board-certified thermologist and the equipment used should be advanced digital infrared technology. External influences must be controlled to reduce the influence of confounding factors (i.e. room temperature, clothing, pre-exam activities, etc.). Images must be taken from anterior and lateral views. In addition, results are more useful when another set of images are taken after a “cold challenge” is performed. The cold challenge induces a physiological response in normal cells that can further assist the evaluator and physician in distinguishing abnormal tissue activity.
What’s Your Attitude Toward Breast Cancer Prevention?
The decision to use or not use thermography, ultimately depends on your attitude around breast health and cancer prevention. What are your beliefs toward healthy living? How important is health to you? How much do you value quality of life? How long do you wish to live and do you wish to live those years in good health? Are you prepared to make the necessary changes that may be required to preserve your health (mind, body, spirit) and prevent or reverse malignant disease? Do you wish to be empowered with the knowledge that you can take a proactive approach to cancer prevention and treatment or are you of the mindset that you will wait and deal with it if and when the time comes that you are faced with a cancer diagnosis?
The decision to screen for breast cancer and how to go about it is currently a hotly debated topic in medicine. The evidence is clear that what we have traditionally been doing in North America does reduce death from breast cancer (for women aged 40-74) but the benefit is small and partially offset by harms caused by unnecessary intervention. As physicians and as patients, we need to appreciate the need for individualized recommendations and informed decision-making based on risk factors and most importantly, based on a philosophy that respects the patient’s beliefs, attitude and wishes.
With mounting evidence suggesting there is a significant environmental influence on cancer development and progression, breast cancer is largely a preventable disease. There are aspects of environmental, nutritional and genetic influence that are within our control and some aspects that are not. If you empower yourself with the knowledge of what you can do, then at least you can make sure you have done your part. I believe our role as physicians and health care providers is to guide you in this journey and facilitate the path to optimal health – mind, body and spirit.http://thermoscansa.wozaonline.co.za
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