Category Archives: Cancer

Addresses the main subject matter of this web-site – CANCER.

There is NO clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer, scientists claim

Editor’s NOTE: On one of several cross-country road trips with Dr. Kelley during 1999 or 2000, Kelley expressed these very facts to me. “Smoking…,” he said, “may in fact contribute towards ill health, but in and unto itself does NOT cause cancer. (Ed.)

smokinScientists from Stanford University claim only people living with a smoker for over 30 years might be more likely to develop lung cancer

The research, which studied 76,000 women, adds to a body of evidence that argues there is no link between second-hand smoke and lung cancer

There is no clear link between passive smoking and lung cancer, American scientists have claimed.

Researchers from Stanford University say their findings add to a body of evidence which shows that while smoking cigarettes is strongly linked to cancer, passive smoking is not.
Their large U.S. study of more than 76,000 women did not find a link between the disease and secondhand smoke. Continue reading

Boy, 7, born with rare cancer loses his insurance because of Obamacare…leaving his parents needing $50,000 to pay for life-saving chemotherapy

Hunter AlfordLittle Hunter Alford needs chemotherapy to treat the rare and deadly cancer he was born with but has lost his health insurance under an administrative blunder seemingly caused by Obamacare.

While the president’s signature policy promised that no one with a pre-existing condition would not be covered, the Affordable Care Act has seemingly caused the seven-year-old Gainesville, Texas, boy to face an agonizing wait for treatment as his parents battle to get him back on his insurance plan.

‘Why would you cancel a kid?’ asked his mother Krista Alford. ‘I really want to send Obama and all of them pictures of my son. He has scars all over his head. He doesn’t want to leave the house because he’s afraid people are going to make fun of him because he’s bald.’

While mom Krista and dad Ron go out their minds with worry, Hunter – who was born with an extremely rare form of cancer called Plexiform Hishocyne Neoplasm – is battling the disease which has now spread to his brain. Continue reading

What I’ve Been Researching Lately

mediterranean-saladRecently our government went into a shutdown when a portion of the Republican Party fought to block funding for the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare. Many people I spoke to said that the government did have the authority to enact Obamacare and that affordable medical insurance is a right that all people have. My point in writing this article is not to argue the legality of Congress having enacted Obamacare, but rather to discuss health and the medical and pharmaceutical industry in general.

The human body is an amazing creation. First of all if you consider that upwards of half our body is comprised of water, it is simply amazing that it can perform all the functions that it does. But then we have different systems within our bodies, all designed to perform specific functions.

We all know, or at least have heard about, DNA, that genetic blueprint which identifies each of us individually. Well our body is comprised of millions, if not billions, of cells and each of them is identified by its own characteristics to perform certain functions within the body. Continue reading

Heidi’s Cancer Story

Mr_mrs.ross_FOIn October of 2012 Heidi went in for her annual routine mammogram. After awhile we got a phone call saying that she would need to come in for another mammogram because they found something suspicious in the images. This had happened before as her breast tissue had been classified as being dense so we were not overly concerned at this point.

After her second mammogram they told us that they wanted to see her in six months as there was definitely something they wanted to monitor. In the past she had undergone two lumpectomies for cysts that were both benign, so still we were not overly concerned at this point.

Prior to her six month follow up, in February of 2013, Heidi noticed a lump in her left breast. We waited until the six month follow up because we believed they would be able to tell us more then. When she went in for her follow up they said they were only going to take an image of her right breast. She told them she felt a lump in her left breast but they told her “…it’s not what you feel, it’s what the mammogram shows.” She argued with them until they relented and took mammograms of both breasts. The results concurred with what Heidi had said; there was a mass in her left breast. Continue reading

Obamacare victimizing cancer patients

breast_testCancer, the most feared disease in America, just got scarier thanks to Obamacare. Despite the barrage of propganada claiming our health care system is in “crisis,” the fact is that if you are diagnosed with cancer, the best country in the world to receive treatment is the United States, by a fairly substantial margin. Our technology and our physicians are the best in the world. Period, as the president so often says.

But from now on, if you are covered by Obamacare, your options for cancer treatment are diminishing. Continue reading

Obama Inc. to Deny Cancer Treatments by Redefining What “Cancer” Is

NOTE: We tend to avoid what could be construed as ‘political’ postings on this site, however felt that the following by Daniel Greenfield is worth posting. One must keep in mond, that YOUR health is YOUR responsibility, and that if you are serious about curing your cancer, or most importantly – preventing it – then what follows below may be of no concern to you. THINK! (Ed.)

obamacare_weblogThe death panels aren’t going to come through the front door. They’re going to sneak up on you from behind with piano wire.

On July 29, 2013, a working group for the National Cancer Institute (the main government agency for cancer research) published a paper proposing that the term “cancer” be reserved for lesions with a reasonable likelihood of killing the patient if left untreated. Slower growing tumors would be called a different name such as “indolent lesions of epithelial origin” (IDLE).

Their justification was that modern medical technology now allows doctors to detect small, slow-growing tumors that likely wouldn’t be fatal. Yet once patients are told they have a cancer, many become frightened and seek unnecessary further tests, chemotherapy, radiation, and/or surgery. Continue reading

Six-year-old loses battle with brain cancer after being granted bucket list wish of playing in the snow

‘She’s been patiently waiting for heaven’

Maddie HigginsA terminally ill six-year-old girl, who fulfilled her bucket list dream of playing in the snow earlier this year, has lost her battle with brain cancer.

Maddie Higgins from Arlington, Texas, passed away early Monday morning and her mother, Melanie, announced the news to her 8,000-plus supporters via Facebook.

Our precious baby, our angel bean, our little mandolin, my pumpskins . . . passed away. God better be ready to give her the biggest most beautiful wings ever because she has been patiently waiting.’ Continue reading

Cancer-stricken boy, 3, died just days of being granted final wish to see the Eagles play

Bryan MaennerA three-year-old cancer sufferer has passed away – just days after being granted his dying wish of seeing the Philadelphia Eagles play.

Bryan Maenner was surrounded by family members as he succumbed to the disease in his home in Philadelphia on Tuesday – 18 months after he was first diagnosed with a rare blood cancer that caused tumors to develop through his body.

The little boy, who had a healthy twin brother, had undergone radiation, chemotherapy and a stem cell transplant, but three weeks ago, doctors told his family there was nothing they could do. Continue reading

Dr John Beard and the The Unitarian Trophoblastic Theory

beardHere is the truth about cancer and the truth about fact #1. Dr John Beard of Scotland discovered the cause of all cancers and published a paper on The Unitarian Trophoblastic Theory of cancer in 1902. Cancer, while having multifactorial stimuli that will cause the process of the initial replication of the undifferentiated cell, has in fact, one root cause – a deficiency of pancreatic enzymes. Everything else associated, “goes along for the ride” so to speak.

John Beard stated, and later proved clinically, that cancer was the result of failure of the Pancreas to produce proper amounts of pancreatic enzymes. He stated that cells left over from embryonic development of the fetus are scattered throughout our bodies and later in life are occasionally stimulated to begin reproducing. [by some local stimulant such as environmental poison, drug, food, injury etc.] It is the job of pancreatic enzymes to digest these cells the moment they begin to multiply. Continue reading

Why Medicine Won’t Allow Cancer to Be Cured

health_logo_05Imagine a commercial plane crashed and there were some fatalities involved. You can be sure that would make the headline of every major newspaper. Well, we have the equivalent of 8-10 planes crashing EVERY DAY with everyone on board dying from cancer.

Nearly two million Americans are diagnosed with cancer every year—one person out of three will be hit with a cancer diagnosis at some time in their lives, in spite of the massive technological advances over the past half-century.

Western medicine is no closer to finding a “cancer cure,” while cancer has grown into a worldwide epidemic of staggering proportions. The statistics speak for themselves:

  • In the early 1900s, one in 20 people developed cancer
  • In the 1940s, one in 16 people developed cancer
  • In the 1970s, it was one in 10
  • Today, it’s one in three!

According to the CDC, about 1,660,290 (1.66 million) new cancer cases are expected to be diagnosed in 20131. If overall death rates are falling, why are incidence rates still on the rise? The answer is simple: the 40-year “war on cancer” has been a farce.

The cancer epidemic is a dream for Big Pharma, and their campaigns to silence cancer cures have been fierce. Continue reading

What is prostate cancer?

The prostate
Prostate-CancerThe prostate is a gland found only in males. As shown in the picture below, the prostate is just below the bladder and in front of the rectum. The size of the prostate varies with age. In younger men, it is about the size of a walnut, but it can be much larger in older men. The tube that carries urine (the urethra) runs through the center of the prostate. The prostate contains cells that make some of the fluid (semen) that protects and nourishes the sperm. Continue reading

Robin Quivers says a vegan diet aided her recovery from cancer

robin-quiversRobin Quivers was making all the news Monday morning while Howard Stern played sidekick, a role reversal that gave way to Quivers’ discussion about her long-time battle with cancer.

Quivers underwent surgery last year to remove a large mass in her pelvic area and chemotherapy to attack a tumor on her bladder. On Monday, Quivers discussed her year-long absence from the Sirius XM show’s studio, and staffers tweeted and posted about it as well.

During her ordeal, Quivers has been largely mum about her health, with only Stern and other members of her inner circle privy to the details. Stern said Monday, “I thought she was a goner” and had also said that he would not continue doing the show without her. Continue reading

Monster inside your body: How does a single rogue cell turn into deadly cancer?

Nancy Johnson (c) George Johnson.jpgAt the start it all seemed so innocent. My wife Nancy was doing sit-ups in the gym when she noticed a lump on the inside of her right leg.

It didn’t go away, and she was diagnosed with a tumour that had started for no good reason in her uterus and burned down into her groin.

You start looking for a reason — how can a cell minding its own business transmogrify into a monster growing within?

As a science journalist I found something sickly fascinating about the way a single cell can break from the pack and start multiplying, creating something alien.

Nancy had some known risk factors. She was 43 and we had no children — something we often argued about.

The less frequently a woman is pregnant, the more monthly menstrual cycles she endures.
With each period a jolt of oestrogen causes cells in the uterus and mammary glands in the breast to begin multiplying, duplicating their DNA, preparing for a child that may not come. Continue reading

Would the US government let Jesus cure cancer?

jesus_and_child_in_gardenIn the 1990s, I watched a federal trial in a Los Angeles courtroom. The defendant was charged with selling medical drugs without a license to practice medicine.

The defendant was prepared to argue that a) the substance he was selling was naturally produced in the body and b) it was effective.

The prosecution moved to exclude such testimony, on the grounds that it was irrelevant.

The judge agreed. Therefore, the trial was nasty, brutish, and short. The defendant was found guilty and sentenced to prison for several years.

This is how the federal bureaucracy operates. “Do you have a government-issued license to heal? No? You’re a criminal.”

I believe that if Jesus of Nazareth were walking the Earth today, in the United States, he would be arrested on the same grounds. Continue reading

FOLLOW UP: Amish parents will be forced to give their 10-year-old daughter chemotherapy, court rules after hospital makes legal challenge to block their herbal remedy approach

In a follow up to a story story posted on this site on August 23rd…

Maria SchimerAn appeals court in Ohio has sided with a hospital that’s seeking to force a 10-year-old Amish girl to resume chemotherapy after her parents decided to stop the treatments.

The decision issued Tuesday sends the case back to a county judge and says he must give more consideration to the request by Akron Children’s Hospital. Continue reading