Healthy Obese?

First time a study that shows healthy obese people have a higher level of white blood cells, compared to "unhealthy" obese.
Hmmm.... maybe its elevated because of stress, and "unhealthy" obese have decompensated stress response hence lower WBC.

Bicarbonate Increases Tumor pH and Inhibits Spontaneous Metastases

This study seems to agree with the notion that alkaline diet does have a benefit especially among patients with cancer.

I hope oncologists will take note of this study, its of great benefit to cancer survivors

Multivitamin Use and Longetivity

This is the first study showing that Vitamins specifically C and E can have a beneficial impact on our DNAs. Telomeres are parts of the DNA that shortens every time it divides. When it reaches the end of it, cell dont divide anymore, hence prone to aging and death. Its also called the Hayflick's limit.

So I guess those who takes vitamins who have a longer life span:)

Reiki

Yesterday, I learned Reiki! The energy I felt was wonderful, my hands were and still at present still warm. This happened during the attunement.
I feel also a sense of calmness, like never before, as if I know something already and yet.. I dont know what I know thats making me feel like this.
Strange things are happening, funny sometimes, as if the energy is trying to lead me to another path.

Schizophrenia and food

As Hippocrates would say... Let food by thy medicine"

What a case report! Gluten-free food can resolve schizophrenia, this is bad news for the pharma industry if study can be replicated and really shows benefit

Homeopathic remedies for cancer

This is the first study I have encountered that truly dealt with a homeopathic remedy against the development of cancer, though the study group was composed of rats.

I wonder if people will start taking this one. I'm sure the homeopaths will not use this study but rather stick to their time-tested way of choosing a homeopathic remedy.

!!!Unbelievable!!!

There was this guy who was a carpenter before he got sick. He had multiple nodules on the right side of his lungs. It didn't look good, doctors wanted to do biopsy. They had no money for the said procedure. He was wasting away slowly, coughing incessantly.

He came to our charity clinic. Felt so bad for him and his family. The wife was the one supporting them when he got sick. She was so desperate.

Since they lived about 80kms from our clinic, the best thing I could do for him was to give him the ginseng powder...

After 3 months, he came back. I didn't recognize him, coz he was looking better and had more muscle in his face and body. He told me he's back to working though not at 100%. That's still better than only one breadwinner in the family.

Gave him 1 more ginseng powder, and happily he went back home. His face was... as the cliche said.. "PRICELESS!"

Beautiful Site

Yesterday, I was so amazed and at awe at the site I saw, while holding my patient with Colon cancer that has metastasized to the lungs and liver.

Aside from me, he had 4 children and his wife holding him. You could feel the intense love and hope of each of the kids for their father. It drove me to tears. :)

I think we at the clinic should do this more often for the patients when the opportunity arises.

Vit. C for High blood pressure

I think this is a fantastic study!!! It showed those with higher plasma levels of ascorbic acid were more likely to have lower BPs. The study was carried out for 10 years and it clearly demonstrated vitamin c can make a difference in the long run.

Quantum Touch

I came late for the class :) We did some breathing exercises then some hands-on healing. Quite great to see more and more people are aware and willing to learn different healing modalities.

Today more things to learn!

Otto Warburg's right!!!

It seems like Otto Warburg's theory about cancer cells is really being proven to be true! Cancer cells seems to metastasize more quickly with the absence of oxygen was what was shown in the research by Dr. Giaccia of Stanforf Medical Center.

With deprivation of oxygen, cancer cells express lysyl osidase (LOX). LOX then breaks apart collagen and becomes an entry point for cancer cells to spread deeper into other parts of the body.

Cancer cells gulping white blood cells

The January Issue of the Scientific American out came out with an article on cancer cells fusing with white blood cells that ultimately lead to cancer metastasis/ Dr. Pawelek has demonstrated how the cancer cells fuse with the macrophages, making them more aggressive and highly metastatic.

Hmm...

Past Christmas

Saw my patient again last monday, and I would say I am bit surprised if not elated at the turn of events. When I first saw him, I was guarded and frankly pessimistic (pardon my weakness) if he could last til Christmas. That was my goal, he be able to spend Christmas with his loved ones!

Well, apparently, he is doing quite well now, despite the 5 years of chemo and 15 session of daily radiotherapy. In fact so well that he's now a bit complaining, a bit more talkative and making funny comments at me or at our staff.

He's still weak though, cant walk, but can sit for longer periods. I really dont know what I did, if ever I did anything for him. A bit of ginseng, a bit of homeopathic rememdies, a lot of body works (Access).

I wish him luck and his pain to go away and gain all the weight he lost!

Merry Christmas to all!!!

MSG

I was severely disturbed by an ad about MSg being a natural food for the intestine! That is sooo misleading! What is food for the intestinal tract is glutamine NOT glutamate!

Cancer is the leading cause of death by 2010!

Its like a problem looking at us eye to eye and challenging us what are we suppose to do about it!!

Personally, I feel that cancer as the leading cause of mortality is our own creation. We created this disease as we let "progress" take its toll on us and on Mother Earth. How much more of this do we need in order for us to realize that cancer is not just about individual struggle, its not just about losing a mother, father, son or daughter. This is about the survival of our species.

If we make projections, considering the aging population, our species can become in peril or extinction in probably a few hundred years.

Tumor Vaccine

I just attended a 2-day workshop in Cebu. It was so wonderful despite losing my wallet with everything in it!!! I almost slept at the airport :) Good thing we had contacts to borrow money. As for my IDs, tough luck I have to get new ones again.

This tumor vaccine is relatively easy to prepare and sans to life-threatening side effects.

The Newcastle Disease virus (NDV) is an oncolytic virus that causes bird flu in chickens but harmless to humans, except for the tumor cells. Upon infection with the virus, the virus starts replicating in the cancer cells. Infected cancer cells then become recognized by the lymphocytes, NK cells as foreign and therefore tumor lysis occurs.

Confirmation of an age-old knowledge?

There's this study which came out of MSNBC.com, which claimed that patients with cognitive impairment who had kidney transplantions have improved mental functions.

Interestingly, in traditional chinese medicine, the Kidney governs the mind, marrow, and the bone. So any disorder in the kidneys can manifest problems in the Brain, mental function, the blood and bone itself.

As you may know already, Kidneys plays an important role in the blood formation, as well as calcium absorption. But this is the first time to show that improved kidney function can improve cognitive function.

This is certainly an affirmation of how much accurate TCM is, when it comes to diagnostic and pathophysiologic knowledge.

Severe Fungal Infections

I came across this paper and it somehow put a period to my hunch that a lot of patients on chemotherapy drugs do have fungal infections, severe or not.

In most cases I see a lot of patients with fungal infections that drives the immune system to berserk mode. Its just that the infections are most of the time, asymptomatic so its not addressed.

A lot of patients here are given these new drugs.

We are being invaded!!!

I find it a bit disconcerting that Pharma companies are trying to get to med bloggers! First sponsoring events, then ads? then what???

Blogs are personal, IMHO. When commercial companies come in, opinions can become a bit tricky :)

What you think?

Battling with Breast Cancer.. Again

I have been seeing a 65 yr old female with metastatic breast cancer for about a month now. She came back coz the cancer grew back from the MRM. It was growing fast but the patient didnt want to do chemotherapy anymore.

So it was decided that we try homeopathic medicines. After about 1 month or so, seems like the tumor has shrunk to 50% of what it used to be. It certainly surprised me! I didnt thought it would be that fast and effective.

But we'll have to see after a few more weeks.