Mina answers:

Because he dosen’t exist.

Mina answers:

The studies you are refering to are from Australia and England. The references are on our website.

According to the doctors I deal with on Prostate Cancer explain that it has no bearing on the disease.

Mina answers:

It’s the same thing as the assumption that spaying/neutering suddenly cures out of control behavior.
Because people bandwagon. They parrot what they hear.
Yes, there are a educated people who do their own research on the topic but a majority of pet owners don’t. They go with the flow.
I strongly believe *both* sides of anything should be weighed before making a decision.

I acknowledge & agree that there is an issue with intact animals being allowed to indiscriminately breed. Again, it’s an issue of research. People who allow that to happen have not been doing so, if they did they would understand why allowing such things to go on in a problem.
Should a person do their research, feel they can be responsible of an intact dog, who is anyone else to tell them otherwise?
I have *never* been one to push spay/neuter. No one should ever feel forced into getting their dog any kind of operation. Period.

If my family had done their research with my childhood dog & spaying, she wouldn’t have ended up with some of the issues she did. I wish I had been smart enough, or had known someone who could offer me insight onto the negative at the time. Then at the very least I would not have been so caught off guard.

Add: Bring the TD. I could care less. I have personally owned a dog who suffered negatively from spaying. People who pretend the possibility doesn’t exist are being stubborn, blind & foolish.

Mina answers:

Cancer has to do with red and white blood cells. Or something wrong with their blood. Tumors in their bodies. Maybe they smoke too much and did drugs and everything and got lung cancer. Everyone will experience cancer. (don’t worry it isn’t that bad) We all do, we all get tumors and our bodies fight back and kill it because we are strong enough too. Well some people, when they already have those tiny tumors that their body is fighting back, do things or there body does things that cause even more tumors. However their entire body is fighting the small one, so they don’t notice the other tumor. And the other tumor progresses into cancer. (I know it’s a weird little story of a way to put it,.. But it’s easiest to understand and that’s how i learned it )

Mina answers:

Ok this is a general list and may not be specifically bowel related but i suppose any cancer prevention is a good thing

10 Recommendations for Cancer Prevention

1. Be as lean as possible without becoming underweight

Convincing evidence shows that weight gain and obesity increases the risk of a number of cancers, including bowel and breast cancer.

Maintain a healthy weight through a balanced diet and regular physical activity to help keep your risk lower.

2. Be physically active for at least 30 minutes every day

There is strong evidence that physical activity protects against cancers including bowel and breast cancer. Being physically active is also key to maintaining a healthy weight.

Any type of activity counts – the more you do the better! Try to build some into your everyday life.

3. Avoid sugary drinks. Limit consumption of energy-dense foods (particularly processed foods high in added sugar, or low in fibre, or high in fat)

Energy-dense foods are high in fats and/or sugars and can be low in nutrients. These foods increase the risk of obesity and therefore cancer. Sugary drinks, such as colas and fruit squashes can also contribute to weight gain. Fruit juices, even without added sugar, are likely to have a similar effect, so try not to drink them in large quantities.

Try to eat lower energy-dense foods such as vegetables, fruits and wholegrains instead. Opt for water or unsweetened tea or coffee in place of sugary drinks.

4. Eat more of a variety of vegetables, fruits, wholegrains and pulses such as beans

Evidence shows that vegetables, fruits and other foods containing dietary fibre (such as wholegrains and pulses) may protect against a range of cancers including mouth, stomach and bowel cancer. They also help to protect against weight gain and obesity.

As well as eating your 5 A DAY, try to include wholegrains (e.g. Brown rice, wholemeal bread and pasta) and/or pulses with every meal.

5. Limit consumption of red meats (such as beef, pork and lamb) and avoid processed meats

There is strong evidence that red and processed meats are causes of bowel cancer, and that there is no amount of processed meat that can be confidently shown not to increase risk.

Aim to limit intake of red meat to less than 500g cooked weight (about 700-750g raw weight) a week. Try to avoid processed meats such as bacon, ham, salami, corned beef and some sausages.

6. If consumed at all, limit alcoholic drinks to 2 for men and 1 for women a day

Since the 1997 report, the evidence that alcoholic drinks can increase the risk of a number of cancers, including breast and colon cancer, is much stronger.

Any alcohol consumption can increase your risk of cancer, though there is some evidence to suggest that small amounts of alcohol can help protect against heart disease. Therefore, if you choose to drink, do so in moderation.

7. Limit consumption of salty foods and food processed with salt (sodium)

Evidence shows that salt and salt-preserved foods probably cause stomach cancer.
Try to use herbs and spices to flavour your food and remember that processed foods, including bread and breakfast cereals, can contain large amounts of salt.

8. Don’t use supplements to protect against cancer

Research shows that high-dose nutrient supplements can affect our risk of cancer, so it’s best to opt for a balanced diet without supplements.

However, supplements are advisable for some groups of people (see our recommendations booklet to learn more).

Special Population Recommendations

Recommendations 9 and 10 don’t apply to everyone, but if they are relevant to you, it’s best to follow them.

9. It’s best for mothers to breastfeed exclusively for up to 6 months and then add other liquids and foods

Strong evidence shows that breastfeeding protects mothers against
breast cancer and babies from excess weight gain.

10. After treatment, cancer survivors should follow the recommendations for cancer prevention

The Report found growing evidence that maintaining a healthy weight through diet and physical activity may help to reduce the risk of cancer recurrence.

And, always remember – do not smoke or chew tobacco
Smoking or using tobacco in any form increases the risk of cancer and other serious diseases.

Another source says the following….

Milk, dietary calcium may protect against bowel cancer

Calcium, vitamin D partner in colon cancer prevention
Ginger shown to slow colorectal cancer
Polyphenols could reduce colorectal cancer risk
Diet key to colon cancer risk in women
Colon cancer risk cut by dairy products – study

08/07/2004 – Higher consumption of milk and calcium is associated with a lower risk of bowel cancer, according to a major study based on 10 different trials.

The findings contrast with evidence that dairy products can increase the risk of other cancers, such as breast and prostate, although only milk was linked with a decreased cancer risk in the new study.
Researchers from the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in the US analysed the results from studies carried out in five different countries, involving around half a million people, 5,000 of whom developed bowel cancer.

They report in this week’s Journal of the National Cancer Institute (vol 96, no 13, 1015-1022) that the more milk people drank, the less likely they were to have bowel cancer.

People with an intake between 70-174g had a 6 per cent lower risk than those drinking less than 70g. The risk decreased further to 12 per cent for those with an intake of up to 249g and to 15 per cent lower risk for those with an intake of more than 250g daily.

The study did not find a significant impact on risk from other dairy foods such as cheese and yoghurt.

Bowel cancer, also known as colorectal cancer, is the third most common form of the disease worldwide.

Studies in animals have suggested that calcium may reduce the risk of colorectal cancer although research into the impact of calcium or dairy foods on bowel cancer risk has been inconclusive. Calcium is also known to help combat the risk of colon cancer.

The new study also showed that calcium intake was inversely related to the cancer risk. The relative risk for the highest versus the lowest quintile of intake was 0.86 for dietary calcium and 0.78 for dietary and supplemental sources combined. These results were consistent across studies and sex, said the researchers.

This suggests that increasing calcium intake to 1,000mg a day or more could result in 15 per cent fewer cases of bowel cancer in women and 10 per cent fewer cases in men.

Researchers do not yet understand the mechanism by which milk could prevent cancer.

A diet rich in fruit and vegetables and fibre has also been shown to have a protective effect on the disease.

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I’ve also heard that tomatoes are an excellent and here’s an article that states just that!

Exhaustive Survey Links Tomato Intake to Reduced Risk of Cancer
A thorough review of scientific literature strengthens the evidence that eating tomatoes and tomato-based products can provide powerful protection against many kinds of cancer. Dr. Edward Giovannucci, a leading cancer researcher at Harvard Medical School, reached this conclusion after analyzing the results of 72 studies on the health effects of tomatoes.
“The antioxidant properties of lycopene, a carotenoid found primarily in tomatoes, have raised interest in the tomato as a food with potential anticancer properties,” says Dr. Giovannucci, whose research review appeared in the February 17, 1999, issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Some studies examined dietary differences between cancer patients and people free of the disease, while others measured lycopene levels in blood plasma. A total of 57 studies present convincing evidence of a relationship between tomato consumption or blood lycopene level and the risk of cancer.

The data are strongest for cancers of the prostate gland, lung and stomach, but also extend to several other kinds, including breast, pancreatic, colorectal, esophageal, oral and cervical cancers. According to Dr. Giovannucci, these benefits were observed whether the diets contained fresh or processed tomatoes.

Researchers believe that lycopene neutralizes harmful free radicals that can damage cells and trigger cancer. But researchers believe that cancer protection most likely comes from a complex interaction between lycopene and other phytochemicals and nutrients present in tomatoes.

The author advises that current recommendations should emphasize the health benefits of diets rich in a variety of fruits and vegetables, including tomatoes and tomato-based products. Though there is strong evidence connecting lycopene and cancer protection, researchers are not in agreement about how this occurs.

Hope that helps!

Mina answers:

There are no vaccines or anything else to prevent cancer.

Mina answers:

There is nothing to prevent it, because they do not know what causes it. A theory is we are all born with cancer cells, but something triggers them to grow. Researchers are working hard to find the answers. Example: My nephew 12 months old goes to his pediatrician for his one year check up- the baby was breast feed and only introduced to foods within the last three months. Md notices lump in abdomen-sends my sister to hospital the next day for ultrasound. Diagnosis Wilm’s tumor, a very rapid growing tumor inside the kidney that has to be removed and treated with Chemo for a year. How do you explain children with cancer, they haven’t even begone life and they have to fight for it. Cancer is a mystery and they need money for research. My sisters sons MD are looking into our water supplies. You can try a healthy lifestyle, but the air you breath is polluted, water, etc. Only our Maker knows the answers.

Mina answers:

This is not an if, it’s a when. And don’t worry, as the West becomes more obese, more people will die of heart disease, diabetes, etc. Third world peoples will, as you point out, keep starving to death.

And, since you’ve asked this question on R&S, God will, as usual, do nothing at all.

Mina answers:

. The difficulty with finding a cure for cancer is that cancer is hundreds of diseases, not just one. Different cancers are caused by different things, so no one strategy can prevent them all, and different cancers respond to different treatments so no one treatment can cure them all. There will never be a single magic bullett that cures all cancers.

But some cancers CAN already be cured Seven out of ten children are cured of cancer. Testicular cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, and many cases of leukaemia can all be cured in adults with chemotherapy, most skin cancers are cured with surgery, and many cases of thyroid cancer and cancer of the larynx are cured with radiotherapy.

Many other types of cancer are also cured if they are found early enough. Yes, there is still a long way to go, especially with some of the commonest types of cancer such as lung, breast, bowel and prostate cancer, and there is much research and dedicated hard work going on in all types of cancer to try and find cures..

Mina answers:

Cancer is an umbrella term for several hundred different diseases and disease processes. Some types of cancer, for instance basal cell skin cancers, already have a very high cure rate after simple excision. Other cancers are currently incurable. There will not be any quick cure for all the various diseases lumped under the name cancer. What would be really helpful would be if more research money was spent on trying to cure all types of cancer, including the rare varieties where research money is currently not being spent in the current cure for profit cancer research model.

Mina answers:

Please tell me How many cells you will replace?
If suppose a cell is circulating in blood ,then what?
Your logic is rational but not practical,sorry to say.

Mina answers:

The bottom line in any situation involving research is to follow the money. The individuals who do this kind of work rely on grants and fellowships to be able to do research. Medical research is not cheap. It takes millions of dollars.

Food for thought is that we might have seen a cure by now if our government had been as interested in finding a cure for cancer as they were in providing food to Russia during the cold war, or as interested as they were in toppling the government in small countries they wanted to exploit for natural resources such as oil, gas, and other fossil fuels.

Mina answers:

Follow the link below and decide for yourself.

Mina answers:

Although he had his irascible moments, Dr. Sabin refused any monetary benefits from the polio vaccine. In that regard, at least, he was a true altruist.

Some researchers become very rich with their discoveries, other make money for big pharma.

Unfortunately your supposition is not very realistic.

Mina answers:

I’m not sure how you should ask them, but i’m sure the next time whenever you have your routine physical the doctors will offer it to you… Or else you could ask the doctor about it when you are there

Mina answers:

Mmmm sound delcious. But seriously some scientist have found that raw honey and aloe vera leaves may fight against cancer. I dont know about the other ingrediants but it seems like u have a good recipie going on there.

Mina answers:

Small amounts of soy, what you would eat in your diet, are okay. Soy supplements are okay if you do not have a history of breast cancer. Soy is a “phytoestrogen” meaning “plant estrogen” and in large amounts can hasten the growth of some breast cancers (theoretically). To be honest, I don’t know of any good study proving it.

Mina answers:

The best way to prevent cancer is to have a healthy lifestyle, good nutrition and by that I mean lots of fruits and vegetables preferably raw, avoid fried foods as they contain trans fats, use only good quality products nothing processed, eat whole cereals, legumes such as beans, lentils, raw nuts, seeds, sprouts, drink plenty of water daily, exercise on a regular basis, have exposure to sunlight everyday for at least 15 minutes so you get your vitamin D, there is a strong connection between lack of vitamin D and some cancers, take multivitamins, multiminerals and fish oil to supplement your diet as most foods these days are deficient in nutrients because the soils they are grown in are deficient, also stress consumes most of your nutrients. Raw fruits and vegetables contain powerful enzymes that can get rid of any toxins in the body. Products that cause cancer are all kinds of toxins like alcohol, drugs (that includes medications) chemicals in processed foods and drinks like preservatives, coloring, flavoring etc, sugar has also been pointed out as being one of the causes for cancer, eating too much meat particularly processed meats such as salami etc are cancer causing. Toxins interfere with cell chemistry by disabling critical enzymes, damaging DNA, and by interfering with hormonal activity, signaling disease genes to turn on inappropriately. Some toxins interfere with the signals that control intercellular communication, this causes chaos in your body’s communication and feedback systems, resulting in disregulation and disease. Basically there are two reasons for disease to occur: toxicity and nutrient deficiency. Our cells need nutrients to function properly without the proper intake of nutrients the body cannot function properly, at first it manages to cope with the lack of certain nutrients but after a while the system just collapses and disease occurs, nutrients are essential for our immune system to function effectively this system is our only defense against cancer. When the immune system becomes toxic and malnourished it not longer works therefore we succumb to disease.

Mina answers:

You say you have a family history of cancer. This doesn’t usually mean that you are at any more risk of cancer than someone with no cancer in their family history.

It may reduce your fear of cancer to understand a bit about cancer that ‘runs in families’. Cancer is rarely genetic; fewer than 10% of all cancer cases are hereditary.

An indication that cancer may be hereditary and due to an inherited faulty gene is that several members of the same side of the family have had the SAME type of cancer, especially if some developed it at an early age.

But even if there is a faulty gene causing hereditary cancer in your family, it isn’t inevitable that you’ll get that cancer. Even if one of your parents carries the faulty gene, you may not inherit the gene; and if you do inherit it it doesn’t mean you’ll definitely get cancer.

In the case of breast cancer, for example, two rare faulty genes have so far been identified as responsible for hereditary breast cancer, BRCA1 and BRCA2. Only 5 – 10% of all breast cancer cases are hereditary. If someone carries one of the faulty genes, each of their children has a 50% chance of inheriting it, and if they inherit it a 50 – 80% chance of getting breast cancer.

But, as I said, these genes are rare. Over 90% of cancer cases – all types – are not hereditary.

An isolated case of a cancer in a family is not hereditary; and several members of the same family having different cancers doesn’t mean cancer runs in the family. So for instance if one family member had stomach cancer, another had lung cancer, another had bone cancer, another cervical cancer – that’s not hereditary. One in three people will get cancer – it’s not unusual to have several members of the same family who have had non-hereditary cancer.

That’s the case in my family – several family members, including both my parents, had cancer. None of the cancers were hereditary, and no members of my immediate or extended family are considered at increased risk of them. Of my parents’ six children – now in their 40s, 50s and 60s – only I have developed cancer, and mine too was non-hereditary and unconnected to theirs.

If it was older members of your family who had cancer, it’s worth knowing that cancer diagnosed after the age of 50 is considered less likely to be hereditary

Preventing cancer? – well, nobody knows what causes most cancers, so it’s difficult to say how to prevent it. Not smoking is important, as smoking is a risk factor in many cancers.

As for diet – there are no foods or diets proven to prevent cancer. I once thought my healthy, largely organic vegan diet, coupled with the facts that I’ve never smoked and I exercised regularly, would protect me against cancer. I was wrong.

Mina answers:

There are many different kinds of cancer. The accumulated effects of repeated sunburn/sunexposure can cause skin cancers. Heavy drinking & alcoholism can cause pancreatic and liver cancers. Smoking/second-hand smoke can cause lung cancer. Over-exposure to radiation can cause cancer. Existing cancers can cause other cancers. It would take far too long to list all the causes and possible causes. Some days I feel that everything causes cancer.

As far as prevention, there’s no guarantee that anything you do will prevent it. But you can reduce the chances. Eat healthy, reduce or avoid red meat, moderate or no alcohol, don’t smoke or linger around second-hand smoke, stay active and exercise. Stay out of the sun as much as possible and wear sunscreen/block. Any search on cancer prevention will give a long list of things you should and should not do. But in the end, if you’re genetically programmed to get it….

Don’t spend the rest of your life worrying about it. Use common sense, live a healthy lifestyle and enjoy the life you have.

Mina answers:

Interesting. Too long to read now, but some of the ideas in the article are fascinating. Living with the African tribespeople sounds like an amazing experience.

Not sure what to make of the whole thing about the number of periods.

Oh well, I’ll keep reading!

Thanks

Mina answers:

Yes, its a very good parasite cleanse program. I’ve had great success with it. It worked for me.

My friend who is a cell biologist used it and it worked for her when she contracted a parasite from another country.

Yes, it works.

I then studied the reasons why outside of her program and it makes sense. It is an age old practice that has been forgotten living in the modern age.

Yearly non toxic and harmless cleanses were practiced in every culture. Its just a part of life.

Seriously, read her info or listen to her audio interview if you wish to wade through her web site or get her book. Its well worth it.

Also, remember, as you learn this information it also opens doors for you to figure out that virus, toxins, parasites, fungus, and all kinds of things can be successfully battled by our own immune sytem if supplied with the proper nutritional tools that assist our body on a cellular level.

Sadly, this way of thinking has been forgotten because there are millions of us that simply did not have to nor have to die from diseases that leave people with little hope.

Mina answers:

30 years ago cancer was a death sentance, now there are some types of cancer that have a 90% survival rate. So cancer is perfectly curable, HIV/Aids could be cured in the future.

What we really need to worry about is that many diseases are becoming resistant to antibiotics – drug companies are far more interested in making medication people need to take for a long time, rather than a couple of weeks – because all they care about is money.

Mina answers:

Prostitute or the athlete :/

btw, can you respond to this question: Is this part of your psychology coursework because these responses that you are getting are gold if you were doing this for a psychology hwk

good questions though

Mina answers:

I have seen cancer cured by prayer many times.
I have never seen HIV or aids cured by prayer,
but i have heard of it and with God anything is possible.

Mina answers:

Now i would save the business man because he has 3 other people relying on him. But then again the prostitute might deserve this because she might not have had any choice in becoming a prostitute. :/

Mina answers:

Yes, God CAN heal an amputated leg. The question is WILL he? The answer is probably NO. Christ said very few people had faith, REAL faith in this world. If they did, they could move mountains.

Also, few people ask with His purposes in mind. If you ask for your leg to be healed so you can have an easier life, you are self-motivated. If you, to your deepest core, want to use it to serve God only, then perhaps He would listen. But normally God uses these things in our lives to teach us lessons, witness to others, and achieve His purposes, knowing that in heaven your leg will be fully restored for an eternity, versus the 50 years here on earth you are without it.

Mat 17:15 “Lord, have mercy on my son, for he is an epileptic and suffers severely; for he often falls into the fire and often into the water.
Mat 17:16 So I brought him to Your disciples, but they could not cure him.”
Mat 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.”
Mat 17:18 And Jesus rebuked the demon, and it came out of him; and the child was cured from that very hour.
Mat 17:19 Then the disciples came to Jesus privately and said, “Why could we not cast it out?”
Mat 17:20 So Jesus said to them, “Because of your unbelief; for assuredly, I say to you, if you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move; and nothing will be impossible for you.

If these men who witnessed first hand Jesus’ miracles didn’t have faith, what about us who have NOT seen, and are living in a world bent on discreditting everything God says?

Mina answers:

Read up on people like Albert Enstein, Nikola Tesla, Dr. Otto Warburg, read up on all of their ideas, read and learn everything you can, the more you learn the more you will see how all professions relate to eachother in some way, become obsessed with what you know and figure out why people think the way they do, what drives peoples decisions, is it intelligence, is it money, it is comfort. Learn why and how people think and learn something that you will have a passion in doing, then come up with an idea or concept that you know will benefit mankind. There are already cures out there for cancer, for hiv, but whats a current problem to thinkers like you is that most people dont posses the drive you have. They settle for conformity, for social structure and a feeling of belonging to society, this creates problems with coporations and governments taking advantage of their citizens, by for exmaple: taking 20 years to release a cure for HIV, even though there is already one out there, what they seek to do is benefit off of current treatments. Remember that anything in life that is too good to be true, usually isnt, but anyone who is at risk of losing money in future profits will brainwash people into thinking a good idea is a bad idea this is how the world works today, and its kind of sad and disgusting. Find a way to break politics and coprorations and you have freedom to invent anything you want and be praised for it, rather than possibly killed for the intelligence you posses. Read, read, read and absorb everything and make meaning of it.

Mina answers:

Apples do not prevent cancer.

Mina answers:

I have read that it is the apple peel. Just be sure to eat organic apples because regular apples are full of pesticides and chemicals.

Mina answers:

100% RAW vegan organic diet. Alkaline foods only. Don’t buy any CD, book, etc. All the info is available on the internet totally free.
Questions about raw vegan diet always welcome:

http://goneraw.com/forums

It has been *proven* that cancer cannot continue to exist in an alkaline environment.
Alkaline foods:

http://www.essense-of-life.com/info/foodchart.htm

Juice fasting (with fresh juices that you extract at home with your own juicer).

Http://www.freedomyou.com

Two people that used diet to reduce or get rid of cancer:

http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2008/07/no-more-cervical-cancer.html

http://www.freedomyou.com/fasting_book/Healed_Of_Cancer.htm

Good luck to you, and may the Lord bless you.

Mina answers:

Coconut has not been shown to have any effect on breast or any other cancer in any controlled clinical studies. Clinical studies use the “scientific method” to establish that a treatment works or does not work.

Breast cancer will kill you without proper treatment. Proper treatment, meaning treatment that has been shown to be effective in a great number of cases, consists of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy, as well as some other targeted therapies.

If you truly have been diagnosed, don’t wait too long to get into treatment. You have a window where you can beat this disease, but the window of time is not infinite. You must strike it before it spreads. Some breast cancers want to spread like wildfire, so delay to putz around with silly alternative treatmetns is not advisable.

Mina answers:

Change my dietary lifestyle a whole 360 degrees by cutting out the processed foods, eating lots of veggies from the” cruciferous family (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, kale, watercress) as they are known for their cancer-fighting properties.” cut out sugar as cancer feeds on sugar. Don’t use any artificial sweeteners . Eat 100% organic when and wherever possible
Examine ALL of my cosmetics and body,skin and mouthcare products for anything that shouldn’t be there.
Take a cellular level detox every now and again to keep toxins from building up.
My mom had it and that’s what she did.
Hope this helps

Mina answers:

I just answered a question similar to this..
Fish is considered “brain food” and can help strengthen the brain. In terms of cancer prevention, QualityHealth.com receommends cruciferous vegetables, dark leafy greens, carrots, and tomatoes. These can definitely help lower your risk. Try to stay away from diet sodas that have artifical sweetening.

Mina answers:

There was a study in which feeding kimchi to infected birds appeared to help them recover from bird flu. This has led to speculation that kimchi may be a preventative for bird flu.

Charred red meat does contain carcinogens associated with the development of pancreatic cancer. Regular consumption may increase your risk of developing this cancer.

Mina answers:

I would think you would first find out what degree is in demand in this field and which allows you to do the part of research you are interested in and then decide on your degree.

Mina answers:

No.

I’m not aware that the rich survive cancer at a higher rate – the treatments available to them are the same, though they might have comfier hospital beds and private rooms.

I assume you’re suggesting that a cure is being hidden in order to to keep profits up? This is unfeasible for a number of reasons.

In order to prove that any secret, hidden cure worked, several hundred people (minimum) would have to have been cured by it (otherwise how would its discoverers know it worked?). Every single one of these people would have to be keeping quiet about it– not a word to the media from any of them, or any of their delighted relatives and friends.

Any drug company discovering a cure would make far more money than they can have dreamed of making up till now – fame and fortune beyond their wildest dreams..

Doctors, scientists, researchers etc would be watching their relatives die and dying themselves (they and their families develop cancer at the same rate as the rest of the population) rather than revealing any existing secret cure

Most unlikely of all, if there were a secret cure, every medical professional in the whole world would have agreed to keep existence of a cure secret. Every single one. One blabbermouth, one disgruntled researcher or sacked nurse and the whole conspiracy’s blown. Newspapers and other media wouldn’t have got a sniff of it. Likely? -and is it likely that these people, who went into medicine to help people, would be conspiring to kill them? If they wanted to make a fortune, medicine was a very poor choice of career.

I live in the UK; we don’t pay for our medical treatment, including our cancer treatment; cancer costs our government billions upon billions. The cancer treatments here are the same as they are in the US; if there was a guaranteed once-and-for-all cure, wouldn’t they be giving us that instead and saving themselves money? As it is, people like me could have recurrences and be back for more expensive chemotherapy at any time.

The problem with finding a cure is that cancer is not a single disease, it’s an umbrella term for over 200 different diseases. The difficulty with finding a cure is that different cancers are caused by different things, so no one strategy can prevent them They all respond to different treatments so no one treatment can cure them, so there isn’t a magic bullet that cures all cancers and there never will be. Nobody will ever ‘discover’ a miraculous single substance or procedure that will cure all cancers.

But progress is being made and there is dedicated – and underfunded – work going on to find effective treatments and – hopefully – cures.

And quite a few cancers CAN already be cured: seven out of ten children are cured of cancer; testicular cancer, Hodgkin’s disease, and many cases of leukaemia can all be cured in adults with chemotherapy, most skin cancers are cured with surgery and many cases of thyroid cancer and cancer of the larynx are cured with radiotherapy.

Many other types of cancer are also cured if they are found early enough – 75% of breast cancers found at stage one for example

*Oh, and for the person who said there’s a breast cancer cure in Europe – I bloody wish!! See how completely unfounded rumours about cancer cures spread?

Mina answers:

Cancer is a collective term for approximately 200 different diseases. Every cell type in your body can (in principle) develop into its own type of cancer. So it is not all that surprising that we don’t have a single cure for all cancers.

That being said, many cancers are cured on a daily basis. Most of them through surgery, but some of them are treated with additional radio-/chemotherapy. And some cancers are cured by chemotherapy alone.

Mina answers:

Well, the GOP seems to think so… Cuz They’re peddling Them as fast as They Can !!

Mina answers:

There is only profit in the sick. Cannabis cures cancer. No profit for pharms or govt’ if you can grow your own medicine.

Http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptDgnnW6dr8

http://www.scribd.com/doc/36023630/Cancer

Mina answers:

Of course! Either than or “interfering with God’s will” or some other patently absurd assertion.

What’s REALLY funny is when a Republican comes up with a good idea and Mr Obama gives credit where it’s due, the party then slams the idea as idiotic.

Mina answers:

It may help to “prevent” disease, but it isn’t nor would it ever be a cure. I was diagnosed with pre-cancer of the breast while still omnivore, and due to my health went to a raw vegan diet. At the time I chose to eat that way more for energy levels and general wellbeing. It helped, but ultimately I went back to cooked food (but still Vegan) with a smaller portion of raw still included.

Diet plays an important factor in taking care of the human body.But there are other factors that trigger cancers and disease apart from diet alone. Genetics play a role in diagnosis of some cancers, and some others are predisposed to it due to environmental, social and personal physical attributes. There are some foodstuffs which are known to aggravate certain diseases, and some others that are known to help. BUT of course that doesn’t mean a Vegan or a Raw Vegan for that matter will never get cancer, or that it is a cure/be-all-end-all. After being Raw Vegan and Vegan in general I still have the pre-cancer in my breast. If it was a definite cure then my own case would have resolved itself by now, which it hasn’t of course. I’ll be watching my body for life. There is no such thing as a dietary comfort zone for miraculous cures.

Mina answers:

Well first thing you shouldn’t get the H.P.V. Vaccine. It can kill you cause it has already killed a few people in England. You can get cervical cancer from a simple infection or disease. You can get crabs from your boyfriend during “play time”.

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I’ll try anything once, if I like it I’ll rinse and repeat.

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Errrrm no

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Get a life

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Honestly, its better you consult a specialist. I really want to help but I don’t think I can give better answers than specialist do. Sorry.

Good luck

Love is omnipresence, Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Love never fails.

Mina answers:

No it doesn’t.

There is no food or drink proven to prevent cancer (or, incidentally, to cause, cure, treat or in any way affect the progress of cancer).

If it was a simple as that then people wouldn’t get cancer.

If you really enjoy green tea, then you’re not wasting your monet. But you would be if you were relying on it to prevent cancer

Mina answers:

No.

I believe that they give it to patients of cancer and aids to increase their appetite and such to help them actually continue their lives for the time being.

Other then that uh no.

Mina answers:

Your blind, fanatical devotion to science frightens me as much as anyone’s blind, fanatical devotion to a religion. Science does explain most of how the world is run, yes – it doesn’t explain where the universe came from, or where we go when we die. Science is only half the story.

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I believe that most if not all cures for disease can be found in nature. With that said it will be almost impossible to find said cures if we keep destroying nature to build malls and other unneccessary stuff. There is money to be made by feeding us pills, not only are the medications themselves expensive but sometimes you have to take additional meds due to the symptoms the first one gave you. I think that they have found cures to most things and choose not to properly research and test it out. And as long as the drug companies and docs are getting paid the big buckaroos no one will be “allowed” to find a cure.

Mina answers:

Wishful thinking, but no. Cancer is such an awful condition that no dr. In their right mind would want a patient to have to endure it just to make a profit.

Been there, done that, pray I don’t have to do it again.

Mina answers:

Your anger has perhaps clouded your judgment. You if anyone should know that any drug company which finds a chemotherapy agent that might help to cure anyone with ALL would market that drug as soon as possible to make more money. They would not hide it for an instant if they could get FDA approval to sell it. The same goes with a drug for any of the many other types of leukemia or any of the 200 plus different types of solid tumor malignancies we see. There can never be one effective “cure all” for all the different disease lumped under the general term “cancer.” It’s like asking for one drug that cures every type of infection known to man – and no sane person of even moderate intelligence expects that to be possible.
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Trying to put myself into the patient’s shoes – with the experience of watching over 2000 of my own patients die from advanced, incurable malignancies – I don’t think I would ever want a “natural” death with no drugs at all. I would want to go out on opiates at whatever dose was required for comfort.
The choice of when to stop chemotherapy is an individual one. I spent much of my time trying to talk people out of taking further chemotherapy when I thought we had reached the point of clearly doing far more harm than good. Most people would not stop trying with chemotherapy even when I explained honestly that there was no real likelihood of a cure.
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I don’t blame you for being angry. You got a raw deal that you did nothing to deserve.
Drug companies do make far too much money in my opinion.
Health insurance companies make fortunes and care for no sick people at all.
Many oncologists work long hours for less pay than most people think.
If a doctor accepts all of the non-pay, no insurance people – they do a great deal of free care.
I figure 50% of the time I put into caring for my cancer and leukemia patients was free care.
You never see health insurance people doing anything for free.
In my day – the 1980s and 90s – drug companies would supply no free drugs for people who could not pay. I not only managed patient care without being paid, but I also wound up paying for the chemotherapy drugs we gave in my office. Not all of us get rich trying to help people like you.

Mina answers:

People want to believe in “magic”; somehow convinced that Drs. Hide cures to profit from them.

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See a doctor before you do anything else. . . A counselor who can help you with what sounds like high anxiety and lots of stress. Do you exercise? I’m serious. Exercise is fantastic for anxiety and stress. If you can’t join a gym, just start running or walking every day, or doing something active like swimming or biking, etc. Every day for about an hour. Don’t drink anything with caffeine in it -diet coke, coffee, non-herbal tea. It might help if you started doing some Yoga, or meditation of some sort. But please see a counselor before you start taking any meds. You can get through this naturally. You are lucky your blood pressure is okay. Usually that goes up with anxiety. Hang in there.

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And who do we blame for your poor grammar

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Hey,I love curry and eat it about every day.It does not cause stomach ulcers( ulcers are caused by an infection) and are treatable by antibiotics.( this was discovered by a young doctor a few years ago).As far as preventing cancer,well that like many other cures and preventions is still being debated and is unproven.Having said this,eat your curry and enjoy! It certainly won’t hurt you.I am diabetic,and my doctor told me to eat all I want.( It is good for the blood pressure though)Not a treatment,but it does help.

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Hun, just having the moles removed will not prevent skin cancer. Any cells that are dangerous, go further than just the surface of the mole on your skin, and you would literally need to have small/ large holes dug in your skin to possibly get to the bottom of them.

Think of a jellyfish – the main part of the jellyfish is on the surface of the water, but the tentacles are hanging down….
If someone could come along and slice just the body of the jellyfish off at the water line, those tentacles would still be hanging down – and capable of stinging.

It’s basically the same way with your moles. They just don’t sit on the surface, but have “tentacles” that go down into your tissue. As long as there doesn’t seem to be a problem such as discolorization, changing shape, size or texture, you really should leave them as they are for the time being.

Have you had any biopsies done ? You could always insist to your doctors that they do a biopsy…. For your piece of mind, but generally, I would take their advice – and I personally would agree with it.

Several types of moles have a higher than average risk of becoming cancerous. They include:

Large moles present at birth. Large moles that are present at birth are called congenital nevi or giant hairy nevi. These moles may increase your risk of malignant melanoma, a deadly form of skin cancer. In general, moles that are more than the size of an adult open palm pose the greatest risk. Have your doctor examine any mole that was present at birth and is palm-sized or larger.
Moles that run in families. Moles that are larger than average — which is about 1/4 inch (6 millimeters), or the diameter of a pencil eraser — and irregular in shape are known as atypical (dysplastic) nevi. These moles tend to be hereditary. They’re frequently described as looking like fried eggs because they usually have dark brown centers and lighter, uneven borders. Overall, they may look red or tan. If you have dysplastic nevi, you have a greater risk of developing malignant melanoma.
Numerous moles. If you have many moles larger than a pencil eraser, you are at greater risk of developing melanoma.
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Was a practising Geriatric Oncologist for many years.

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Absolute NO.
Facts-
* Rice is about 98% digestible. It is one of the most easily and quickly digested of all foods.
* Rice starch is different from other grain starches as it contains 100% amylopectin, which is most completely and rapidly digested grain starch.
* Rice protein, which is about 8% of the grain, has a special benefit as it has eight of the essential amino acids in delicately balanced proportions. Rice proteins are metabolized into health building amino acids. These amino acids build resilient muscles, healthy hair and skin and clearer eyesight. It nourishes the heart and lungs, tendons and ligaments, brain, nervous system and glandular network.
* The B-complex vitamins, especially thiamin, Riboflavin and niacin offered by natural brown rice help to nourish the hormonal system, heal wounds and regulate blood pressure. Rice also offers iron to enrich the blood stream and phosphorous and potassium to maintain internal water balance along with other nutrients. It thus helps restore internal balance.

Mina answers:

Well…. Did you know that lung cancer is the MOST likely to kill you?

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Be a very cautious, alert, and aware person. (Though they’re all essentially the same thing )

Limit your microwave use, limit your consumption of canned/processed foods, and foods with a lot of chemicals/preservatives. Stick with organic as much as possible.

And to reach 100, eat healthful foods, exercise, keep your mind and body as stress free as possible, stay away from dangerous situations, things and people, and according to livescience.com, be an optimist and get married

Good luck!

Mina answers:

Not no more than Asphalt.Tire rubber and asphalt are mixed together to make the walk way.And has been used sins the late 60′s.If your going to worry about that,think about your shoes.The same rubber is used in them.

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If you live to be old.. You will most likely die with prostate cancer… But most likely not from it. There is nothing to cause you to get prostate cancer or to prevent it.

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It’ll go away i had it. Go see your docter.

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When I was six years old my own mom was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. She made it out just fine. She received a type of chemo that didn’t cause hair to fall out so I hadn’t honestly thought about it.

Another friend of mine by the name of Ryland was diagnosed with leukemia (I don’t know how to spell it) Anyway he fought for 5 long years and also came out of it just fine. His hair did fall out – and going through middle and high school like that, everyone was really supportive of him.

I hope these success stories from my life shed a ray of hope on your own. I came across your article on a search for “percentage of people in the world that have cancer,” I haven’t found the answer yet, but the only reason I’m searching is for a paper I’m writing. The conclusion to the paper being; there is no cure for cancer because it’s like a callous from years of dietary abuse.

My research has shown that 86% of all cancer patients who make a sudden switch to “The Mediterranean Diet” – a diet developed by people of the world, shows that cancer is not only prevented – but it is REVERSED.

Tumors in these studies where this new diet has been applied help the body fight cancer naturally by supplying it with the correct vitamins. Synthetic vitamins do NOT do the trick. Drop the pill bottle, they’re not really helping.

You asked why there isn’t a cure.
Definition of cure is a 100% success rate.
This is only 86%, because sometimes people already have gone too far without changing their lifestyle. I don’t believe there will ever be a chemical cure for cancer – but that we are supposed to change the way we live to continue living.

Http://www.mediterraneanmeals.com/images/pyramid.jpg

Mediterranean diet pyramid. If you do a Google search on the term – it will certainly lead you to some sites that would help you get a grip on what the diet entails. Warning: Lots of preparation is required.

I’ll have your mother in my Prayers.
God Bless,
-Kurt

Mina answers:

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There are different types of skin cancer overall they are the most common cancers and account for the fewest deaths, so yes they are treatable. It depends on the type and the stage.

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I cannot give you a SPECIFIC answer — WHAT I can do is give you my experience with CANCER in 2005 at the age of 52 — I had stage 2 BREAST CANCER — WHEN the tumor was removed all of the margins were CLEAR. I also had to have something like 33 lymph nodes removed — they were all CLEAR. I had both chemo & radiation — lost all my hair — but that was o.k. It was summertime.
IN the beginning I was given so much information — the bad part was I started reading all of that literature & was realizing all of the side affects and that got so depressing. So I put all of that STUFFaway in a closet — and never looked at it again. To this day. AS time wore on I did become depressed & had to seek help — I am doing fine now.
YOU JUST HAVE TO TRUST IN GOD — HE WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU . I WILL KEEP YOU IN MY THOUGHTS & PRAYERS — GOD LOVES YOU !!!!

HAVING gone through this I know it is hard to keep your spirits up — but you have to try real hard.

SINCERELY,
JOAN

Mina answers:

You seem to be a person who prepares herself ahead of time for situations that might (or might not) come up by thinking ahead and asking questions. That is a good quality and part of “grown-up” thinking.

Lung cancer is usually pretty serious. There probably is a chance this will lead to the death of this lovely man.

Crying is a natural human response, at any age!, to sorrow and worry. Everyone copes the best they can at a funeral, some people cry, some cry in private, some just “keep busy” and try to avoid the issue of death. However you respond will be OK and get you through.

Mina answers:

Obviously I can’t know the details regarding your Grandfather’s diagnosis, but one thing I do know is that he needs hope and understanding. Giving a time limit is not the way.
Many have recovered from cancer, I for one, and miracles do happen, if something is changed. Maybe you can help him in that way, and support him.
All the very best to you both.