Fasting may help cancer treatment, says new study

There is some recent studies that have correlated periodic fasting with preventing cancer.  Now there are new findings that fasting along with chemotherapy can help cure some types of cancer.  Here's a recent podcast and transcript that explains the latest findings.  It appears that the American Cancer Society doesn't think much of fasting though:  http://www.cancer.org/Treatment/TreatmentsandSideEffects/ComplementaryandAlternativeMedicine/DietandNutrition/fasting

Over the past 30 years, nobody has seemed to figure out why cancer of all types seems to be increasing in the developed world.  They've attributed it to chemicals in the environment, radiation, lack of exercise, eating the wrong foods, inadequate vitamins, and not enough prayer?   Maybe it is because we always have 3 square meals?  While the poorer sections of the world, sometimes have to go for days between receiving adequate nutrition? 

Anthropologists now suggest that fasting may have been "natures way" of cleaning out the body of cancers.  Many different religions around the world have featured periodic fasting --did they know something? 

No, I'm not looking forward to fasting -- but I am considering it.  Many studies over the past decade have shown that low calorie intake can dramatically extend all forms of animal lifespans. (See this in Wikipedia).  Was the longer lifespan due to not getting cancer? Fasting may help cancer treatment, says new study | TheRandomFact.com:

Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis - The Daily Beast

I'm beginning to think that Thomas Jefferson had it right.

Andrew Sullivan: Christianity in Crisis - The Daily Beast:

MIT develops new jet injection system for drug delivery - SlashGear

This new device from MIT sounds a lot like Bioject's device.  It isn't clear to me what the difference is, or if MIT is using some of Bioject's patents.

MIT develops new jet injection system for drug delivery - SlashGear:

Aspirin and cancer - Health Report - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

This seems like an important study, and I think everyone should be made aware of it.
It seems like 20 years ago, aspirin was touted as a way of preventing cancer and heart disease.  Elaine and I started taking a little piece of aspirin every day.  I was interested because we do have cancer in the family.   Then about 10 years ago, studies showed that aspirin didn't do much for cancer, but was still good for heart disease.  Our doctors have been prescribing it for us for the past 12 or 14 years.   Now it appears from this fairly important study that taking daily aspirin is now back as being a good cancer prevention medication.  I suggest you listen to this report and decide for yourself.

Aspirin and cancer - Health Report - ABC Radio National (Australian Broadcasting Corporation):

Preventing obesity may simply be a matter of time (of eating): Salk study : North County Times - Californian

This is interesting:

Preventing obesity may simply be a matter of time (of eating): Salk study : North County Times - Californian:

But it would be tough to get "three square meals in within an 8 hour period...

A Machine That Sniffs Out Cancer

Wow!
I've heard several times over the past decade about dog's ability to "sniff out cancer" --and I do remember hearing that people were trying to make a machine to do it too.  It sounds like we're getting close!


A Machine That Sniffs Out Cancer - Businessweek:

This machine, if it can be developed and approved by FDA, will be a wonderful improvement over  the many different other types of screening, and hopefully will allow for earlier detection and treatment of cancers.

What Do I Know?: Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay

The New York Times had an article that seemed to resonate with thoughts I've had over many years.  I have noticed that some of my friends and acquaintances when I was growing up who seemed to be the most against gays, seemed to also have some sort of a gay persona, or later they "came out" as gay.   I often wondered if the anti-gay slurs and act was simply a facade.  This article is a blog concerning the article, but it does have quotes from it.

What Do I Know?: Homophobic? Maybe You’re Gay:

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