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"Eventually, clinical trials would show that cobalt bomb therapy was no better than standard, less-damaging radiation treatment. The immediate result of the therapy was that her mother's chest, says McAndrew, "looked like she'd been sunbathing topless at Hiroshima." The long-term result for Jean was that by the early 1990s she was having chest pains and finding it increasingly difficult to breathe. The radiation treatment had scarred her right lung, and this subsequently overtaxed her heart as it tried to pump blood to her stiffening lung." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "In 1962, Jean underwent a radical mastectomy and "cobalt bomb therapy," intense radiation treatment that her doctors hoped would prevent the cancer from returning. Eventually, clinical trials would show that cobalt bomb therapy was no better than standard, less-damaging radiation treatment. The immediate result of the therapy was that her mother's chest, says McAndrew, "looked like she'd been sunbathing topless at Hiroshima." The long-term result for Jean was that by the early 1990s she was having chest pains and finding it increasingly difficult to breathe." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"I phoned each one and said, 'This party isn't about me or the end of my radiation treatment. It's about thanking you.' My heart was so full of thanks, and this was my way of expressing it." Each person at the party received flowers and a personal, handwritten note from Erica, and shared a large cake emblazoned with the words "Thank You Dear Friends." She delivered an emotional speech. But it didn't stop there. She continues to celebrate each day. "The party was an important symbolic gesture," says Erica. "Every day I remind myself how extremely lucky I am to be alive." - Rick Foster, Greg Hicks, M.D., Jen Seda, Choosing Brilliant Health: 9 Choices That Redefine What It Takes to Create Lifelong Vitality and Well-Being (Get the book.)

"Eventually, clinical trials would show that cobalt bomb therapy was no better than standard, less-damaging radiation treatment. The immediate result of the therapy was that her mother's chest, says McAndrew, "looked like she'd been sunbathing topless at Hiroshima." The long-term result for Jean was that by the early 1990s she was having chest pains and finding it increasingly difficult to breathe. The radiation treatment had scarred her right lung, and this subsequently overtaxed her heart as it tried to pump blood to her stiffening lung." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.) "In 1962, Jean underwent a radical mastectomy and "cobalt bomb therapy," intense radiation treatment that her doctors hoped would prevent the cancer from returning. Eventually, clinical trials would show that cobalt bomb therapy was no better than standard, less-damaging radiation treatment. The immediate result of the therapy was that her mother's chest, says McAndrew, "looked like she'd been sunbathing topless at Hiroshima." The long-term result for Jean was that by the early 1990s she was having chest pains and finding it increasingly difficult to breathe." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Both hair texture change and hair loss are also common reactions to chemotherapy or radiation treatment for cancer. The good news is that both these changes are usually temporary. VYour hairdresser can be your friend in more ways than one. Hairdressers are often the first to recognize and remark on hair texture changes.These changes may be the early clues to thyroid conditions and other underdiagnosed disorders. HAIR COLOR CHANGES Hair color, like eye and skin color, depends primarily on how much melanin (color-producing pigments) we inherit from our parents." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Unfortunately, as most of us are all too aware, sudden hair loss can be a reaction to chemotherapy and radiation treatment for cancer. Just as these treatments stop rapidly dividing cancer cells from multiplying, they also stop the rapidly growing hair SIGNIFICANT FACT SIGN OF THE TIMES The Polish-French composer and pianist Chopin was purported to have had a beard on only the right side of his face—the side seen by the audience.The unseen side, he claimed, didn't matter." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.) "Occasionally, dry mouth signals an injury to the salivary glands from a neck trauma, surgery, radiation treatment, or chemotherapy. Radiationrelated dry mouth is permanent, while the dry mouth from chemotherapy is usually temporary. Dry mouth may be an early warning sign of certain autoimmune disorders, including rheumatoid arthritis and Sjogren's syndrome. (See Appendix I." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"In the basement of the Children's Hospital Pavilion, the world's first hospital-based proton radiation treatment system treats about 160 patients five days a week (many for brain or prostate cancer) and provides research for NASA scientists. Down the hall is a wall covered with pictures of happy, healthy children. Through the pioneering work of Dr. Leonard Bailey, a few hundred of the United States' infant heart transplants have occurred at LLUMC." - Dan Buettner, The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived the Longest (Get the book.)

"The tumor and the subsequent radiation treatment partially blinded him. An "easy child," Jennie wasn't a squeaky wheel and her brother's illness preoccupied the parents at her expense. Jennie was a courteous child, performed well in school, dressed neatly, and took good care of herself. She had fun and especially loved her horse, Chestnut, who was kept on her grandmother's farm. One day when Jennie was twelve, she was having as good a time as a child could have. It was summer and she was at Grandma's, playing with her younger cousin." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"All patients undergoing treatment with the test preparation reported feeling well, increased vitality, and less suffering from the side effects of chemotherapy and radiation treatment. Other Uses Cat's claw is also used to support the health of people with gastrointestinal ailments, AIDS, arthritis, diabetes, PMS, chronic fatigue syndrome, lupus, and prostate conditions. HOW TO USE The dosage should be one to three capsules daily in consultation with your physician. CONTRAINDICATIONS Cat's claw is a natural, nontoxic substance with no known adverse side effects." - Freedom Press, Natural Cancer Cures: The Definitive Guide to Using Dietary Supplements to Fight and Prevent Cancer (Get the book.)

"Bums from radiation treatment cause inflammation in the stomach lining. • Bacteria, such as H.pylori, cause ulcers and gastritis. It can be tested by your Medical Doctor through a stool sample or a blood test. Typical treatment for this would be antibiotics. Other microbes like viruses and fungus can cause problems in those with a compromised immune system. Those with AIDS, the elderly and prolonged debilitating illness like cancer may be more susceptible to viruses or fungal infections." - Heather Caruso, Your Drug-Free Guide to Digestive Health (Get the book.)

"Does surgery or radiation treatment or chemotherapy do one single thing for any of the causes that we have discussed in the previous sections? And the answer, of course, is zero, zilch, nada, nothing. All they do is attempt to remove the symptom (the physical manifestation of the cancel) that results from these causes. Is it any wonder they have had such a poor track record? And on top of everything else, now that we know the causes of cancer, we can see that radiation and chemo actually significantly compound the problem. • Exposure to radiation is a known carcinogen." - Jon Barron, Lessons from The Miracle Doctors: A Step-by-Step Guide to Optimum Health and Relief from Catastrophic Illness (Get the book.)

"The radiation treatment had scarred her right lung, and this subsequently overtaxed her heart as it tried to pump blood to her stiffening lung. By 1995, Jean was tethered to an oxygen tank and declining steadily. It was clear she was going to die of either sudden heart failure or her lungs simply giving out. In March 1998, nine months before her death, Jean told her daughter she'd had a mammogram on the remaining breast." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Limited evidence suggests it may help prevent altitude sickness and the side effects of cancer radiation treatment. Bee pollen is thought to balance the endocrine system and provide specific benefits for menstrual and prostate disorders. Proponents also claim that bee pollen can improve sexual performance, prevent infection and cancer, prolong life, produce weight loss or weight gain, and aid the treatment of renal disease, colitis, and skin blemishes (Mirkin 1989; Mansfield et al 1981)." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"Andre Konski, clinical research director of the radiation oncology department at the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, and his colleagues studied 84 men who underwent external beam radiation treatment for prostate cancer five years before. They compared the outcomes of patients younger than 55 with those 60 to 69 years of age and with those 70 and older. All of the men were in similar stages of the disease. At the five-year mark, Konski's team found no statistically significant difference in the health status of the men in the three groups." - Bottom Line Health, Bottom Line's Health Breakthroughs 2007 (Get the book.)

"Oral administration of ginseng extract, radiation treatment and the combination of both increased the survival of intrahepatic sar-coma-180 tumour-bearing mice to 20.4%, 16.9% and 82.1% respectively. radiation treatment destroyed both cancer and liver cells but ginseng extract seemed to help recovery of healthy liver cells from radiation treatment and inhibited the infiltration of cancer cells.94 More conclusive results have been reached in anti-carcinogenicity experiments where ginseng was coadministered with a known cancer-causing agent." - Simon Mills and Kerry Bone, Principles and Practice of Phytotherapy: Modern Herbal Medicine (Get the book.)

"Finally, black hairy tongue can also be a warning sign of poorly managed diabetes. WHITE HAIRY TONGUE Have you ever looked in the mirror and been dismayed to discover that your tongue's turned white? It may merely be from leftover toothpaste, or it might signal a reaction to peroxide-containing mouthwash. A white hairy tongue is, however, more often a sign of a recent fever. Or it can be a tip-off that you're a I 111 smoker or a mouth breather, or even that you're eating a diet too low in fiber. HEALTHY SIGN A healthy tongue should be rosy and silky soft." - Joan Liebmann-Smith, Ph. D., and Jacqueline Nardi Egan, Body Signs: From Warning Signs to False Alarms...How to Be Your Own Diagnostic Detective (Get the book.)

"The effectiveness of Calendula ointment was compared to that of trolamine, a commonly used topical nonsteroidal compound for enhancing skin healing, in preventing radiation-induced dermatitis in a phase III study involving 254 women undergoing radiation treatment after breast cancer surgery. The women were randomly divided into two groups. In one, 126 participants were instructed to apply the Calendula to the irradiated area after each session and two other times during the day, or more if dermatitis and pain were felt. The other 128 patients applied the trolamine." - Thomson Healthcare, Inc., PDR for Herbal Medicines, Fourth Edition (Get the book.)

"The long-term result for Jean was that by the early 1990s she was having chest pains and finding it increasingly difficult to breathe. The radiation treatment had scarred her right lung, and this subsequently overtaxed her heart as it tried to pump blood to her stiffening lung. By 1995, Jean was tethered to an oxygen tank and declining steadily. It was clear she was going to die of either sudden heart failure or her lungs simply giving out. In March 1998, nine months before her death, Jean told her daughter she'd had a mammogram on the remaining breast." - Shannon Brownlee, Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine Is Making Us Sicker and Poorer (Get the book.)

"Researchers hope some women can eventually use it as the sole radiation treatment for early-stage tumors. Harvest some cancer prevention A traditional American Thanksgiving dinner could help you prevent breast cancer. But why wait for a holiday? Feast on these festive treats year round, and you may get protection you can be thankful for. Binge on beta carotene. Pumpkin pie, sweet potato casserole and cooked carrots are not just great Thanksgiving dishes. They're also great sources of beta carotene, a cancer-repelling antioxidant found in foods." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Studies on this herb suggest that it can reduce the ill effects of radiation treatment, lower blood pressure, reduce symptoms of asthma and other respiratory problems, increase energy levels, improve memory, and improve male sexual ability. Velvet antler has been reported to increase energy, mental alertness, and sex drive; decrease blood pressure and cholesterol levels; and reduce PMS symptoms. Velvet antler also may be effective as an antiinflammatory." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"Studies suggest that soy isoflavones make radiation treatment for prostate cancer more effective. Tests are currently under way to see if eating soy foods before treatment helps. It may be that calcium interferes with your body's use of vitamin D, which seems to protect against prostate cancer. Results were the same whatever the source — dairy foods, fortified juices, or supplements. Healthy habits Keep your prostate healthy with a few simple lifestyle changes to go along with your healthy diet. • Get regular exercise. • Maintain a healthy weight. • Relax to reduce stress." - The Editors of FC&A, Unleash the Inner Healing Power of Foods (Get the book.)

"Supplemental L-glutamine can be helpful in the treatment of arthritis, autoimmune diseases, fibrosis, intestinal disorders, peptic ulcers, connective tissue diseases such as polymyositis and scleroderma, and tissue damage due to radiation treatment for cancer. L-glutamine can enhance mental functioning and has been used to treat a range of problems, including developmental disabilities, epilepsy, fatigue, impotence, depression, schizophrenia, and senility. It preserves glutathione in the liver and protects that organ from the effects of acetaminophen overdose." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "People receiving radiation treatment for cervical cancer, prostate cancer, or colorectal cancer have benefited from taking oral vitamin A. Radiation-induced anal ulcers can be a problem with such treatment programs, and a vitamin A megadose (100,000 international units daily) significantly reduced symptoms in 88 percent of people undergoing such regimens. This important vitamin also slows the aging process. The body cannot utilize protein without vitamin A. Vitamin A is a well-known wrinkle eliminator." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.) "Protects the skin after mastectomy and/or radiation treatment. Use a form derived from fish liver (squalene). L-cysteine and L-methionine and glutathione plus Taurine Plus from American Biologies As directed on label. As directed on label. Take with water or juice. Do not take with milk. Take with 50 mg vitamin B6 and 100 mg vitamin C for better absorption As directed on label. To detoxify harmful substances. (SeeAMINOACIOS in Part One.) Functions as foundation for tissue and organ repair. Use the sublingual form. Pycnogenol As directed on label. A powerful antioxidant." - Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, Prescription for Nutritional Healing, 4th Edition: A Practical A-to-Z Reference to Drug-Free Remedies Using Vitamins, Minerals, Herbs & Food Supplements (Get the book.)

"As a neurosurgery resident, some of my all-too-frequent cases were patients who had become paraplegic suddenly—even years later—following radiation treatment for chest tumors. The scatter radiation from the x-ray beam damaged the spinal cord resulting in prolonged radiation-induced free-radical damage. No one thought to increase the antioxidant defenses of these patients, even though the medical knowledge was available at the time—more evidence-based medicine." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"According to Prasad, laboratory experiments show that antioxidants undesirably protect cancer cells when administered only one time, at low doses, shortly before administering chemo or radiation treatment. [Journal Nutrition 134:3182-3S, 2004] However, laboratory experiments also show that growth-inhibiting doses of vitamin E (alpha tocopherol succinate), vitamin C and vitamin A administered before and after irradiation enhance the effect of x-ray radiation on cancer cells and protect normal cells against some radiation damage." - Bill Sardi, You Don't Have to be Afraid of Cancer Anymore (Get the book.)

"Radiation The benefits of radiation treatment for breast cancer are questionable, yet radiation is still the most commonly used treatment for breast cancer after surgery. A recent article in the British medical journal, The Lancet, showed that, according to one study, the use of radiation on breast cancer patients did reduce deaths from breast cancer by 13.2 percent. However, these same radiation treatments increased deaths from other causes by 21.2 percent.21 These "other cause" deaths were largely from heart disease as a result of the radiation administered right around the heart area." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.) "If the heart attack does not occur until the patient has been pronounced in remission, then the radiation treatment will look like it was successful. Deaths from subsequent heart attacks caused by cancer treatment do not have to be folded into the cancer treatment statistics. As mentioned in Chapter 19, one study on radiation treatment given to women with breast cancer showed that the use of radiation did reduce deaths from breast cancer by 13.2 percent, and this was most likely the figure that was publicly advertised." - Tanya Harter Pierce, Outsmart Your Cancer: Alternative Non-Toxic Treatments That Work (Get the book.)

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