A new report from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden states that women who have been through menopause, who drink daily more than 250 ml beer, 100 ml wine or 25 ml of high-per cent alcohol, clearly increase the risk of getting sick with the most frequent kinds of breast cancer. This risk is particularly increased if the women in addition to drinking alcohol are on hormone replacement therapy.

It is well-known that excessive consumption of alcohol increases the risk of breast cancer within women, especially those who have left menopause behind them. However at this point it has not been examined whether there is a connection between alcohol and the development of certain kinds of cancer of the breast.

The researchers had from 1987 to 1997 data to the consumption of alcohol of approximately 51,800 women collected. All participants in the Breast Mammography Study had gone through the menopause stage while still a part of the study where they could be assessed on an ongoing basis.

Already known is more than a half glass of wine daily clearly increases the risk of breast cancer. The Swedish researchers found that increasing the alcohol by 10 grams daily also increases the risk to get sick with an OS-positive cancer of the breast in such a way specified. This most frequent kind of cancer of the breast is propelled by the female sex hormone OS which channels growth.

10 grams of alcohol is contained in a small beer glass (250 ml)

A half glass of wine (100 ml) already contains 12 grams of alcohol.

In the Swedish investigation the consumption of alcohol of more than 10 grams of alcohol per day increased the risk for an OS-positive cancer of the breast. Absolutely 232 in 100,000 got sick in the group with consumption of alcohol of more than 10 grams per day. Women who got cancer of the breast who did not drink during the study compared to women who did drink alcohol were only 158 in 100,000.

There is a particularly strong aggravation to the risk by alcohol when combined with hormone replacement therapy. This causes concern that the risk of breast cancer increases particularly strongly within the women who drink more than 10 grams of alcohol daily and take hormone replacement therapy. With them the risk for OS-positive tumors increased by 3.5%.

The researchers draw the result that their results show that with women who have gone through menopause with just a moderate consumption of alcohol have significantly increased the risk for OS-positive cancer of the breast. This realization is of importance, since OS-positive breast cancers are the most proliferated types of breast cancer in our modern society and thus gives some plausibility to the studies findings.

Riz Stone writes exclusively for cancer-treatment-help.com =>

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It was one late evening in mid-July 2005, that our friend, Chai and his wife came to our house.
Chai’s 82-year-old mother-in-law (let us refer to her as SK), came down with colon cancer. She lost weight, was anaemic and could hardly walk. She was admitted into a hospital for investigation. The gastroenterologist performed a colonoscopy and found a large mass at the hepatic flexure. It obstructed the passage of the colonoscope. The biopsy report of 16 July 2005, indicated infiltrating, moderately differentiated adenocarcinoma. The doctor wanted to operate on her immediately but the family (Chai and his wife) hesitated. They came to seek our opinion.

To most people, common sense dictates that there is no other option except to go for surgery. But Chai and his wife were very hesitant to put their mother through surgery. They asked: “What if she did not undergo surgery?” My answer then was: “Well, the stools will be blocked and accumulate within the colon. With time the intestine may just burst.” They then asked: “Can your herbs do something.” My answer: “I just don’t know. I cannot see how the herbs can ever clear the blockage at all.” After a lengthy discussion, we came to a compromise. I would prescribe SK Capsule A, GI 1 and GI 2 teas. SK would take them for at most a week or two. If there was NO improvement then a surgery had to be done without further delay. At the same time, SK must immediately switch to a proper, healthy diet.

Chai and his wife went home and followed my advice. They indeed took a calculated risk. Two weeks on the herbs, the health of SK was back to normal. She regained her strength and her bowel movement was good, with well formed stools. She could help with cooking and drying the family’s clothes, etc. In short, she became well and was able to lead a normal life.

After two months, Chai brought his mother-in-law to meet us. She was a sweet 82-year-old grandmother and was so full of life. On 22 October 2005, SK came to our centre again for the second time. She told me: “I am so full of strength now. I can jump and dance. The last time I saw you, my skin was flabby. Now you see, I have put on a bit of weight and my arm is rounder.” In October 2006, we got to meet SK again. She was well and still remained a nice, jovial lady. This was a year and three months after her colon was found blocked by cancerous tumour. She took herbs instead of undergoing an emergency surgery.

Granted, the cancer may still be there, but at least as of now, SK is leading a happy, pain-free life. She is getting used to her diet and does not grumble even though she does not take meat, milk, egg, etc., anymore. In spite of the fruits and vegetables diet that she is on, she had put on weight and had regained her health to the fullest.

Indeed, this healing miracle has taught me a lesson. I cannot in my mind explain what had happened but I don’t need an answer either. I do not want to try to explain God’s miracle in human terms. When I talked to SK, I just reminded her that it is all God’s mercy and grace. I have no other explanation than this. The impossible as seen by man and his science, is made possible by God’s grace.

One evening, I had a chat with Chai. I wondered why he and his wife were so against going for surgery. This is the reason. Not long ago, Chai’s mother had cancer of the larynx. Since there are so many siblings in the family, Chai could not make any decision by himself as regards to his own mother’s treatment. His brothers decided that medical treatment was what she needed. She underwent an immediate surgery, followed by radiotherapy. She suffered severe pains after the operation. The radiation treatment made her throat dry and sore. She could hardly eat and was on meager soft diet most of the time. The many sessions of radiotherapy weakened her and she could hardly walk by herself. Chai had to carry her up and down the stairs. Chai told me: “I could still remember the agony on my mother’s face and the sufferings that she had to go through. It was a nightmarish experience for me.” One and half years later, she died without any recovery. The family spent about RM 70,000 (about US$ 20,000) on all the medical bills.

To Chai and his wife, modern medicine is no more the answer to their 82-year old mother’s cancer. They wanted to spare her from the agony that Chai’s mother had experienced.

Story extracted from the author’s book: Getting It Right.

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As an American citizen you have many rights. The United Stated of America signed a very important document called the Declaration of Human Rights. In it, under article number 3 you will find that “everyone has the right to life…” With that said, almost everyone infected with mesothelioma got it by inhaling toxic asbestos fibers during a long period of time without any warning. This means that you may have the right for a mesothelioma asbestos claim.

The Beginning

Since the first mesothelioma lawsuit hit the courts in 1929, more and more lawsuits have been presented involving more than two hundred billion dollars. Any person that has acquired mesothelioma because of negligence of someone else is eligible to file a case in search for compensation for damages to their life.

Mesothelioma and the Law

Although mesothelioma is still a very rare type of cancer, the US government has been presented with countless cases, making it somewhat a legal priority to create answers for. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved an amendment on June 14 2006 to the highly debated “Fairness in Asbestos Injury Resolution Act of 2005″ which granted victims of mesothelioma “$1.1 million within 30 days of their claim’s approval”. Victims include people from normally exposed industries and also people exposed to asbestos during the 9/11 rescues and debris recollection after the attacks on the World Trade Center and debris recollection from reconstruction after Hurricanes Katrina and Rita.

What you can Do

Don’t ever hesitate or think twice if you want to seek legal advice for a mesothelioma asbestos claim. There are many excellent hard working legal firms that can find you the best compensations for obtaining mesothelioma by inhaling asbestos fibers. Nevertheless, you have to be diagnosed with the illness in order to file a case. Because of the innumerable cases that have been presented of people that only present symptoms from the cancer, the justice process for people currently ill from mesothelioma is hindered. The justice department has no other choice but to reject these spam cases in order to tackle the mesothelioma asbestos claims from people who are genuinely suffering the disease. There are other ways to make a mesothelioma claim for only presenting symptoms.

After certain events in his life, Ermenegildo Billar has dedicated years of his life to understanding and helping people with the infothelioma.com/ malignant mesothelioma. For your comfort he decided to create infothelioma.com/ infothelioma.com so you can have easy access to his research.

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Cancer invariably affects many of us — young, old, rich and poor. By the way things are cancer is here to stay. It is written that by 2020, new cases of cancer will double to 20 million a year. A review of literature shows that we are not winning this “war” against cancer. Cure for cancer still remains uncertain and elusive for most people.

Malaysians are a people of different ethnic background with various healing traditions derived from the Malay, Chinese, Indian and various indigenous races. The practice of “alternative” medicine is allowed, and is popular among Malaysians. In 1995, my wife and I started a semi-charitable organization called CA Care with the aim of helping cancer patients who have failed to find cure for their cancer through modern medicine. We understand that cancer in a complex problem and we need multi-approaches to achieve healing. The world needs more than the perspectives of medical science to help understand and solve this problem or at the very least contribute to lessen the pains and sufferings. Our strategy is to combine the best of what medical science has to offer besides relying on our Eastern healing wisdom. To us, healing of cancer should come from within. Patients need to participate in their own healing process and do what is best for themselves. After dealing with patients for over a decade we found our ways to be effective.

Our Cancer Care Therapy consists of the following holistic steps:

Step 1: Give total commitment to your healing. This is your sickness and only you can heal yourself — others can only help. If you come to us but do not believe that we can help you, then go and find someone else whom you have faith in or can trust so that he can help you better. Searching for healing in cancer needs your whole-hearted commitment. You need to change your ways — your lifestyle and mental attitude. It is more than swallowing some pills or getting an injection. Our decade of experience shows that those who participated fully in the healing process benefited tremendously.

Step 2: Seek proper medical help. We do not substitute medical doctors. We advise you to consult your doctors and get the best possible treatments, but at the same time know the limitations of what medical science can do. Chemotherapy and radiotherapy are invasive and destructive. Most patients who came to us have generally undergone all these treatments and they failed to find a cure. So it is good that patients learn to know, “when enough is enough”.

Step 3: Take herbs. Herbs are not magic potions. But, herbs can restore the imbalances that exist in the sick body. People of China and India have been taking herbs for thousands of years to cure and maintain their health. Herbs do not kill cancer cells like the cytotoxic chemotherapy drugs or radiation. Many “educated”, presumably “scientific people” are skeptical about taking herbs. Our experiences show that herbs do no harm but on the contrary, help many cancer patients. There is a saying: the believer asks no question, while no answer can satisfy the unbeliever! If you do not believe in herbs, our advice is, find other avenues for your healing.

Step 4: Eat rightly. But, we also know that diet by itself cannot heal cancer, just as drugs or herbs alone cannot cure it. However, diet is important and can determine the progress and direction of your healing. From our experience, having to give up one’s favorite food is often refuted and even detested by some patients. They counter with: My doctors say I can eat anything I like — food has nothing to do with my cancer. We suggest that you read more widely. Every year, more and more evidence accumulates and points to the fact that what we eat determines the progress and direction of our healing or have a great influence on whether we get sick or not. Today, we are aware that the causes of 70% of cancers are related to our food and lifestyle. Studies have shown that as the Western way of life gains popularity in the developing countries, more and more people in the third world are getting cancers.

From the literature, we know that cancer patients benefit from a diet that consists of the following:
• Fresh vegetables, either raw or cooked.
• Lots of fresh juices and fruits.
• Whole grains, cereals, seeds and nuts in an as unprocessed form as possible.
• Avoid taking meat, dairy products, table salt, white sugar and cooking oils in the diet.
• Avoid types of food that are preserved, canned or processed.

Step 5: Lead a happy, stress-free life. We advocate that you do proper exercise daily but do not over-strain yourself. Qi-kung, tai-qi and deep abdominal breathing exercises are good for you. Also, cultivate a positive attitude. Avoid anxiety, anger and other forms of negative emotions. Learn to love and to forgive and forget. Let go of any emotional baggage that you have been carrying in your life! We also find that those who believe in God or a higher being/order, cope better with their sickness. We advise cancer patients to find solace in the Loving God, according to their own beliefs. On top of all these, patients who have full-hearted family support and tender loving care, generally fare better. Love, care and understanding of the spouse, children and relatives are important recipes for healing.

Chris Teo, Ph.D.

For further details visit: cacare.com cacare.com, CancerCare.com.my CancerCare.com.my

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