By: Rosie McCall/IFL Science Johnson and Johnson has been ordered to shell out $417 million after a court case ruled in favor of California resident, Eva Echeverria. Echeverria has been diagnosed with ovarian cancer and claims it’s the result of her decades-long use of J and J’s baby powder. The jury ruled nine to three against J and…
Cancer Patients Who Turn To Alternative Medicine Are 2.5 Times More Likely To Die
By: James Felton/IFL Science Cancer is a terrifying thing to go through. To then be faced with chemotherapy, which comes with unpleasant side effects and is never 100 percent guaranteed to work, can be even more worrying for some patients. So when someone tells you that non-invasive smelling salts rather than radiotherapy is going to fix…
Dear John McCain, Cannabis Could Help Fight Your Brain Cancer
By: Carey Wedler/ANTIMEDIA Though John McCain reportedly may undergo chemotherapy to treat his recently announced glioblastoma, the survival rate for this aggressive type of brain tumor is not particularly promising. As the American Brain Tumor Association explains: “For adults with more aggressive glioblastoma, treated with concurrent temozolomide [a drug commonly used to treat glioblastoma] and radiation therapy, median survival is…
Chemotherapy Proven To Spread Cancer, Cause Lethal Tumors In Groundbreaking New Study
By: The Mind Unleashed In a groundbreaking new study, they’ve proven that chemotherapy causes cancer cells to spread throughout the body – to replicate themselves, making your cancer worse, not better. The scientists who conducted this study titled, Neoadjuvant chemotherapy induces breast cancer metastasis through a TMEM-mediated mechanism, warn that chemo – the procedure which costs people upwards…
Newly Refined “Liquid Biopsies” Could Detect Cancer From Simple Blood Tests
By: Josh Davis/IFL Science Researchers are developing blood tests that are so sensitive they may one day be used routinely by doctors to monitor tumors, and even check if patients have undiagnosed cancer. Researchers announcing their preliminary results at the American Society of Clinical Oncology conference in Chicago this week say they have made major steps forward…
How To Make Alkaline Water To Fight Fatigue, Digestive Issues And Cancer
By: Simple Capacity Is alkaline water good for you? A healthy body should always be slightly alkaline. The majority of people today, however, tend to be more acidic (if not highly acidic). This is caused by stress, environmental factors and the foods they eat. Why does this matter? Simple, the more acidic your body the more likely you are…
Watching Your Parent Die Is Absolute Hell
By: Christine Burke/Scary Mommy My dad was dying long before we received the devastating news on a cold winter morning. After suffering a minor stroke, my father’s stage 4 cancer was discovered quite by accident while he had follow-up tests to prevent further strokes. As my father relayed the news to me, I gripped the…
U.S. Government Finally Admits Marijuana Really Does Kill Cancer Cells
By: Healthy Food House Apparently, the fact that cannabis successfully destroys cancer cells is no longer a conspiracy theory in the U.S. Therefore, can we regard it as a preventative herb against cancer, or can anyone reject the idea of using medicinal marijuana? According to Amy Willis, to the official cancer advice website, the US government…