6th April 2010

Apple’s CEO has gone through a transplant

After having a tumor of the pancreas, Apple’s CEO has gone through a transplant.

Now your challenge is to continue immunosuppressive therapy without causing other cancer.

Less haggard than in the past, Steve Jobs returned to face the world last week. The effort was worth it: to present their latest toy in society, Read the rest of this entry »

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29th September 2009

Cranberry (Vaccinium macrocarpon)

cranberyNatural Standard assigns a letter grade for indications based on the quality of available scientific evidence (view Grading Rationale). Letter grades have the following meaning: -Strong scientific evidence for this use; - Good scientific evidence for this use; - Unclear scientific evidence for this use; - Fair scientific evidence against this use (it may not work); - Strong scientific evidence against this use (it likely does not work). Uses based on scientific evidence Scale Read the rest of this entry »

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29th September 2009

Shark Cartilage

sharkNatural Standard assigns a letter grade for indications based on the quality of available scientific evidence (view Grading Rationale). Letter grades have the following meaning:

Strong scientific evidence for this use; - Good scientific evidence for this use; - Unclear scientific evidence for this use; - Fair scientific evidence against this use (it may not work); - Strong scientific evidence against this use (it likely does not work). Read the rest of this entry »

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27th September 2009

Antineoplaston Therapy

antineoplaston-therapyAntineoplastons are a group of naturally occurring peptide fractions which were observed by Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD in the late 1970s to be absent in the urine of cancer patients. It was hypothesized that these substances may have anti-tumor properties. In the 1980s, Burzynski identified chemical structures for several of these antineoplastons, and developed a process to prepare them synthetically. Antineoplaston A10, identified as 3-phenylacetylamino-2,6-piperidinedione, was the first to be synthesized.  Read the rest of this entry »

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14th September 2009

Passion Flower (Passiflora incarnata L.)

images4Apricot vine, banana passion fruit (P. mollissima), Calmanervin (combination product), Compoz (combination product), corona de cristo, EUP, Euphytose (combination product), Fleischfarbige, fleur de la passion, flor de passion, granadilla, grenadille, Jamaican honeysuckle (P. laurifolia), madre selva, maypops, Naturest, passiflora, passionflower, passion vine, Passionsblume, purple passion flower, Sedacalm, water lemon, wild passion flower. Read the rest of this entry »

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1st September 2009

Boron

boronBoron is an element extracted mainly from kernite and borax and has properties that border between metals and non-metals.
Boron is a trace element, which is found throughout the global environment. It has been suggested for numerous medicinal purposes, but there is not strong evidence for any specific use. Preliminary studies report that boron may not be helpful for enhancing bodybuilding, reducing menopausal symptoms, or treating psoriasis. Read the rest of this entry »

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