Tag: Cancer

It’s probably the deadliest disease known to man; it can literally eat you alive, reducing you to a vegetable during the last few months of your life. Cancer is dangerous, and unfortunately, we have no cure for this disease. But the good news is that researchers and scientists are continuously working on discovering new and [...]

Gemcitabine and vinorelbine are somewhat effective but toxic when few options remain, but more investigation is needed. The optimum therapy for patients with relapsed or refractory aggressive HOdgkin's not qualifying for high-dose chemotherapy is not known. Hodgkin's lymphoma patients who relapse or do not respond to primary treatment require an adequate salvage therapy. HDCT followed [...]

The vinorelbine/ cisplatin combination for esophageal cancer is based on Phase II data, more specifically on one phase II study. The authors concluded that, "…vinorelbine and cisplatin in combination constitutes an active regimen for patients with metastatic squamous cell carcinoma of the oesophagus with response rates similar to the better treatment in the previous EORTC [...]

Here we are in the middle of summer. The weather is nice. The food is fresh. We’re more active and happy — and hopefully feeling good. At LMI, we use a lot of nutritional supplements to help people regain their health and vitality.  Too many times though, we find that people think they can build [...]

Another person has been diagnosed with ACC from WV. In the last two years, that is three including me. The other two have been within the last six months. Considering how rare this cancer is, and the relatively small population of WV, that is interesting. ACC is also frequently misdiagnosed, so there may be many [...]

Based on the limited information available, I assume that this is a child with diminished immunity with a suspicion of Pneumocystis. The provider explains that IV peatamidine is used because the child would not co-operate with inhalation of the drug. It also appears that once the acute episode is treated, IV pentamidine is for prophyalxis.Pneumocystis [...]

Part 1 of a 2-part article It is an admirable goal that the President and Congress are debating various proposals known as “Health Care Reform.” Every American citizen should have insurance but something is missing. Lost in the debate and headlines is the fact that having health insurance does not increase your chances of being [...]

Have you heard all the fuss over the way Oprah presented hormone replacement therapy (HRT) on her show? You may have even read about it in Newsweek. Oprah’s guest on the show, Suzanne Somers, touted the benefits of using bioidentical hormones for HRT over synthetic drugs. She said bioidenticals changed her life. They gave her [...]

Eosinophilic folliculitis (EF) is a pruritic skin eruption consisting of follicular papules or pustules, predominantly located on the scalp, face, neck, and upper chest. Among various treatments is Photochemotherapy; tar and ultraviolet B (Goeckerman treatment) or petrolatum and ultraviolet B . It is generallya ccepted that hsi is a safe and effectvie treatment for his [...]

The second video in breakthrough cancer treatment series. Find out what treatments are available to you and what the options are. Listen to the amazing stories of how leading doctors help their patients get rid of cancer. … breast cancer center experimental medicine prostate singapore treatment