Posts Tagged ‘Cancer’
Alternative Treatment Acupuncture
Alternative treatment acupuncture is one of alternative treatment that is known and used by many people in Indonesia. This treatment uses some needle as therapy tool. In this treatment, the needles is putting on the particular point on the patient’s body which are become the location of curing. As the other alternative treatment, this treatment [...]
Fighting Infection With Vitamin D
Vitamin D may be crucial to fending off infection, according to a recent report. But as many as 70 percent of the U.S. population may be D-deficient, says report author Adrian Gombart, a principal investigator with the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University. The report highlights vitamin D's role in inducing the expression of [...]
Milk Thistle May Ease Chemotherapy Side Effects
Milk thistle may help curb liver inflammation in cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, according to a recent study. An herb rich in the antioxidant silymarin, milk thistle has long been used in herbal medicine to treat liver disorders. For 28 days, 50 children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia (a type of cancer of the white blood cells) were [...]
Soy May Benefit Breast Cancer Patients
For women with breast cancer, a high intake of soy foods may be linked to a lower risk of death. That's the key finding of a recent study of female breast cancer survivors in China. For the study, researchers focused on 5,042 women, all of whom were diagnosed with breast cancer between March 2002 and April 2006. At a median follow-up of about [...]
Curcumin May Fight Breast Cancer
A combination of curcumin (a compound found in the curry spice turmeric) and piperine (a substances derived from black peppers) could help protect against breast cancer by targeting stem cells, according to a recent study. In lab experiments, scientists discovered that applying curcumin and piperine to breast cells helped decrease the number of [...]
