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Simon produces his series by drawing on a broad range of personal experience in all business types within the natural health scene including, manufacturer, farmer, middleman, extraction, retailer and wholesaler. 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Simon produces his series by drawing on a broad range of personal experience in all business types within the natural health scene including, manufacturer, farmer, middleman, extraction, </itunes:subtitle><itunes:summary>Simon brings a positive and enthusiastic approach to health issues. Simon produces his series by drawing on a broad range of personal experience in all business types within the natural health scene including, manufacturer, farmer, middleman, extraction, retailer and wholesaler. He has also had the pleasure to work with several medical inventors and excellent scientists.</itunes:summary><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-7411622078864579911</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:37:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T16:42:19.894-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">new layer of skin</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">Curaderm BEC5 treatment</category><title>Usual Treatment Cycle Typical Treatment Routine</title><description>Usual Treatment Cycle Typical Treatment Routine &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The most important thing to know about using Curaderm-BEC5  is the end result is smooth, fresh skin that has a normal appearance. Stopping treatment before this point is not advised as cancer cells may still be present which will subsequently multiply. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sunspots and Keratoses involves applying the cream 2 or 3 times a day and within a few days the skin will appear normal again. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In the case of BCCs and SCCs, the treatment process is longer as the lesion is bigger and malignant. In this case it is very important for people to understand the process because, during treatment the lesion usually appears worse than pre-treatment. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curaderm BEC5 penetrates the skin tissue and moves its way around the healthy cells to find the cancer infected cells. Once these cells are located the two BEC5 actives are activated to perform their duties. The first active contains a receptor recognizing agent that has the key to the cancer cell door. Once inside, the second active finds the lysosome (stomach) of the cell and explodes the stomach, killing the cancer cell. This killing of the cancerous cells causes a slight inflammation. This can be evidenced on the skin surface through the lesion appearing bigger and possibly watery material will seep from the lesion. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is no need to worry. This seemingly worsening of the lesion is just a sign that the cancer cells have been destroyed creating a disturbance to the skin tissue structure. In addition, Curaderm BEC5 is seeking out and destroying cancer cells that were not observable clinically (by the bare eye).  What we see with skin cancers may be the tip of the “iceberg”.  Underneath the skin the cancer may be much, much larger.  This is why during treatment the lesion appears to be much larger than before treatment.  The dead cancer cells are replaced with healthy normal cells. Despite the increase in lesion size it is most vital that you continue to apply the Curaderm BEC5 cream. The continued application allows more Curaderm BEC5 to locate cancer cells in the surrounding tissue. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The BEC active literally traces and seeks out all the cancer cells. It is imperative that the lesion area is cleaned with antiseptic and an occlusive surgical tape dressing such as micropore  tape is used after each Curaderm-BEC5 application. The treated lesion is not allowed to dry out and form a scab. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The objective of Curaderm BEC5 treatment is to return your skin to be absolutely back to normal. Once the skin area has a completely new layer of skin with no more sores, inflammation or break in the skin surface, then the treatment is over. We are glad that it is easy for everyone to know when the treatment is over because everyone’s principal objective when treating skin cancer is to have skin return absolutely back to normal. Cancer free and scar free are of course also results you can expect from using Curaderm BEC5.  However, if the treated cancer was originally a very large lesion, a very small amount of scar tissue may be seen at the end of treatment.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-7411622078864579911?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/II5mgU8ut50" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/II5mgU8ut50/usual-treatment-cycle-typical-treatment.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>42</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2008/10/usual-treatment-cycle-typical-treatment.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-3336342680792663819</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:34:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T16:35:58.324-07:00</atom:updated><title>Curaderm-BEC5 cream product is manufactured in strict compliance with Dr. Cham’s specific ingredients and formulation as used  in Clinical trials</title><description>Curaderm-BEC5 is manufactured at a pharmaceutical company in Auckland, New Zealand. The facility is managed by strict quality control to ensure the manufacturing of superlative quality products of international standards. The active ingredient, Solasodine glycosides (BEC), is supplied in purified form from Australian plant material utilizing Dr. Cham’s patented isolation techniques.  The Curaderm-BEC5 cream product is manufactured in strict compliance with Dr. Cham’s specific ingredients and formulation as used  in Phases I, II, and III clinical trials and open studies. The manufacturing of Curaderm-BEC5 is managed by a team of highly qualified pharmacists, chemists and quality conscious management.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Manufacturing capacity can handle tens of thousands of units per week. Every unit is located in a spacious &amp; pollution free industrial area with rich pure water sources, state of the art infrastructure along with a sophisticated laboratory for testing &amp; analysis of raw materials, intermediate and finished products. Our manufacturing unit is designed for approval by Medicine control Agencies and the US –FDA with modern machinery and latest equipments.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-3336342680792663819?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/f4Toszu67MY" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/f4Toszu67MY/curaderm-bec5-cream-product-is.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2008/10/curaderm-bec5-cream-product-is.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-1157163781646315910</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:25:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T14:28:12.733-07:00</atom:updated><title>About Simon Agius</title><description>Simon entered the Natural health sector in 1996 establishing a medical herbs import company in Australia. He managed a variety of herbal processing businesses operating in Australiasia, especially Vanuatu, and distributing the products in the USA, Japan and Europe.  By 2000 he launched a new cosmetic oil in the USA market, True Tamanu Oil, now popular with USA health stores and cosmetic formulators.  Between 2002 and 2004, Simon worked in the United Kingdom Natural health wholesaling and health websites. This included &lt;a href="http://www.21stcenturyhealth.co.uk"&gt;21st Century Health&lt;/a&gt;  Simon is an excellent communicator and team player. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;2004 – 2007 Simon was CEO of  Curaderm Global Ltd the manufacturing company of Curaderm - BEC5 and Curasol Sunscreen.  End 2007, Simon and colleagues joined to incorporate 5cMV Marketing and Management Systems (Vanuatu) Ltd, traded as Web2Mars Communications. A specialist marketer of health brands and web strategy. The success of Curaderm  marketing taking the brand from 17 web references to 27,000 in just a few years has meant the marketing company is busy with requests from a number of serious companies in health. Recently, 5cMV expanded web portfolio to CuradermShopping.com a shopping centre of “Affordable Health Solutions” . 5cMV ltd is also the venture owner and marketing manager for &lt;a href="http://www.medicaltourism-directories.com"&gt;MedicalTourismDirectories.com&lt;/a&gt;, related to &lt;a href="http://www.nipandtuckpanama.com "&gt;Nip and Tuck Solutions&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-1157163781646315910?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/IxaqHVY9zF8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/IxaqHVY9zF8/about-simon-agius.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2008/10/about-simon-agius.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-7784193368561009029</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:08:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T14:10:07.173-07:00</atom:updated><title>An Unexpected Presidential challenge in Health Care</title><description>&lt;a href="http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&amp;task=view&amp;id=138704&amp;Itemid=31"&gt; An Unexpected Presidential challenge in Health Care&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Small Bio-Tech firm, 5CMV Ltd traded as Curaderm.net has officially released a challenge to both United States Presidential Candidates; Senator’s Obama and McCain, to request a fast tracked approval for Curaderm-BEC5 based on the medical credentials and safety of Curaderm-BEC5, the non melanoma skin cancer cream.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE OCTOBER 20th 2008&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curaderm.net, on its home page has released the following statement which hopefully put an end to 90% of skin cancer care in the United States saving loss of skin tissue, facial disfigurement and other complexities for millions of Americans facing skin cancer and pre-cancerous spots.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      1. Since 2004, Curaderm.net has helped thousands of Americans avoid surgery by using a clinically proven cream that has an active ingredient naturally occurring in the eggplant. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      2. Curaderm.net is concerned that according to the United States FDA the product can not be sold at Pharmacies until it is approved. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;      3. Curaderm.net challenges both presidents to encourage the fast track approval of Curaderm-BEC5 to over the counter, approved status as soon as practically possible. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Simon Agius, CEO of Curaderm.net since 2004 has cited statements made by both Presidential hopefuls that they have sincere plans for a change in Health Care policy and therefore should listen, to the millions of Americans, turning to the new term “Dr. Google” to find the answer to avoid serious surgery or drugs that have dangerous side effects.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curaderm.net challenges both Presidents to announce an END TO 90% of Skin cancers saving huge US Government revenue and ensuring patients are treated with a safe product with a complete result. Unlike surgery, where research shows up to 30% of skin cancers recur within a few years, clinical evidence collected at hospitals and skin cancer clinics world wide prove that there is ZERO chance of skin cancer recurrence following a successful Curaderm treatment.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Through search terms related to skin cancer treatment options, tens of thousands of Americans every month have found out about the Curaderm technology and its clean safety record and proven near 100% success rate.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;United states doctors have supported the skin cancer creams aspiration to be available by Americans. Leading Doctors associations such as ACAM American College for Advancement in Medicine and ICIM; International College of Integrative Medicine have made the Curaderm BEC technology feature presentations at recent conferences highlighting the value of the ant-cancer agent medicines conclusive research.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Furthermore, a book called “The Eggplant Cancer Cure” was released late last year and readily available in bookstores throughout the United States and definitely easy to attain by President campaigners Obama and McCain. The knowledge of Curaderm is therefore definitely within mainstay America and the Vanuatu marketing has achieved to create an impressive reach of information to be widely available. Therefore, there is no denying that the cream has an immediate place in Pharmacies nationwide to immediately provide relief to over 1 million Americans a year facing surgery for non melanoma skin cancers; Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous cell carcinoma.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Whilst Fast Track approvals of Drugs such as Vioxx have faced public scrutiny for post release /side effects. Curaderm has had a safe history of open use by people in Australia and beyond since first market release in 1990. We are approaching 20 years of successful market usage without any adverse reactions, side effects or other abnormalities. Actually by all counts, Curaderm-BEC5 has what it takes to be a ‘perfect treatment’ and this claim has been endorsed by skin cancer clinics at the Royal London Hospital (UK) where dermatologists in 2002 stated BEC5 to be a cost effective treatment with superior results than any conventional medicine such as surgery and radiotherapy. Leading Doctor and researcher, Dr. Jonathan Wright (Tahoma clinic Seattle), has endorsed the medicine and is lobbying for the inventor Dr. Bill Cham to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Given the infiltration of positive clinical claims for Curaderm-BEC5 throughout the internet and within popular Medical Journals, there is no reason why Obama or McCain can be faulted if they choose to take the skin cancer challenge and announce endorsement of Curaderm during this last days of campaigning. Voters in Key skin cancer states, such as California, Florida, Texas and Arizona would also be enthusiastic towards an end to skin cancer. For people in less skin cancer prone areas of the United States, endorsing Curaderm would be a sign that health care will change and not just appear to look as if it has changed with different budgets and policies but that the Government is also keen to investigate health care options with Dr. Google and embrace new medical technologies and natural “cures” that are available and work but often not available to the general public in pharmacies because of the complex FDA approval process and need for hundreds of millions in resources. The only other way to get a fast approval with less expense and hassle is through a political push.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Since Skin cancer has affected McCain in his life and Obama’s mom died of cancer without adequate health care, it seems cancer is already part of the health care agenda in this election campaign and so Curaderm.net sitting in the sunny isles of Vanuatu, has now officially released this Presidential challenge. And, meanwhile, over 5000 regular customers are forwarding the same email to all their families and friends, the idea is spreading in email inboxes like wildfire. The challenge for either of the Presidents is on and this web2.0 challenge is probably a first in the history of Politics and taking lobbying away from companies and straight to the people who have already benefited from Curaderm in the last 4 years and become strong advocates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Between now and November 4th, all Curaderm.net customers and Doctors advocating the treatment throughout the United states are quietly hoping for McCain or Obama to reply to this challenge.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-7784193368561009029?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/IWv79HXgoaU" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/IWv79HXgoaU/unexpected-presidential-challenge-in.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2008/10/unexpected-presidential-challenge-in.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-6122695383492969924</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 21:00:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T14:02:33.829-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">curaderm bec5 history trust curaderm</category><title>Curaderm Brand History</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.curaderm.net"&gt;Curaderm Brand History &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The brand Curaderm was originally manufactured and distributed by Cura Nominees Pty Ltd in Australia. This followed full clinical trials and monitoring of participants beyond five years.  The brand was immediately popular as an over the counter medicine in Australia. Over 60,000 units of Curaderm were sold in the first few weeks of release of the product.  &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The rapid popularization of the effective treatment lead to a lobby movement by the Australian Dermatologists and Skin cancer surgeons. The lobbying efforts lead to Curaderm to becoming re-classified to prescription only status. This action severely affected the brands reach, however, sales and excellent treatment results continued throughout the 1990’s.  Cura’s restricted Curaderm sales were balanced by the company manufacturing other successful cosmetic and therapeutic products for the Australian market. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Cham was disappointed with the Australian medical system reclassifying Curaderm so that information on Curaderm was hidden from the consumer.  By 2000, a Double Blind Randomised Vehicle controlled clinical trial with leading United Kingdom Dermatologists and Hospitals was arranged. A primary objective of this trial was to prove the treatment to be a safe home based treatment. The excellent results paralleled results from clinical trials in Queensland during the 1980’s and completely refuted all wrongful statements suggested by the Australian Dermatology lobby. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Despite this irrefutable evidence, Curaderm was not given any praise by the Australian dermatologists about the United Kingdom clinical results. Even the Australian Medical Journal was not cooperative to publish the excellent results so the Australian doctors could be more informed and prescribe the treatment to consumers. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;With Curaderm in such a restrictive position within the Australian market it was decided the entire brand including manufacturing, management and distribution would be moved out of Australia. Since 2004 Curaderm Global Limited has been established in the Australasian Pacific Islands of Vanuatu with a new vision of creating a global brand&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Curaderm.net was launched during 2005 to promote the clinical value of Curaderm as an effective home based skin cancer treatment. The brand name was extended to Curaderm-BEC5 to incorporate the success of the 2002 United Kingdom clinical trials which used the registered the trial under the clinical name “BEC5”.  Millions of people beyond Australia have subsequently been enlightened to the availability of Curaderm through online web search, news releases, blogs and medical websites.   &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The internet  has promoted the strong medical science and clinical results, taking the brand beyond the internet to a series of health journals, newsletters, TV footage, magazines and specialized Doctor Networks. Distribution and Approvals for the medicine to be sold at retail pharmacies and health stores are now underway in a variety of countries including USA, South America, Caribbean, Middle East and New Zealand.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-6122695383492969924?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/Y3fGRrMmWyE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/Y3fGRrMmWyE/curaderm-brand-history.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2008/10/curaderm-brand-history.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-2148126307245127961</guid><pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 20:58:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2008-10-31T14:00:11.969-07:00</atom:updated><title>Nip and Tuck Solutions take the price of Medical Tourism Down Under</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.medicaltourism-directories.com"&gt;Nip and Tuck Solutions take the price of Medical Tourism Down Under &lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This is the age of affordable international travel and with it has come the rise of medical tourism and healthcare. Nip and Tuck Solutions Australia has seen a dramatic increase in demand for Medical tourism services for Australian surgeons and specialists.  Coinciding with the weakening Australian dollar, prices for cosmetic procedures and other common operations have been slashed to levels comparable rates of Medical Tourism Destinations India and Thailand.  Tourists and ex-pats from neighboring countries are taking advantage of the low prices available “Down Under” with Nip and Tuck Solutions, the first company in Australia to specialize in surgery holidays of the highest quality hospitals. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Nip and Tuck Solutions commented regarding the quality of services; &lt;br /&gt;”The surgeons and specialists we recommend have up to 20 years experience, and have worked internationally; Australia, US, UK, Canada, New Zealand. They are board certified in their country, holding membership of professional bodies.” &lt;br /&gt; Great value, Cosmetic surgery is now surprisingly affordable and accessible, ensured by the great exchange rate. We offer the best value cosmetic surgery holidays, working hard for you to negotiate the best prices with the hospitals and hotels. Our packages are often less than if you arranged everything yourself. For far LESS than the price of just the surgery at home, we offer a luxury holiday and complete post-surgery care.  This all adds up to an unbeatable package! &lt;br /&gt;It's true that you can have your medical costs dramatically reduced from prices charged in Europe or the USA.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People currently on the search for overseas medical procedures can take advantage of  world-class treatment for a wide variety of medical problems and, with the savings, enjoy a fantastic holiday in Australia, with its diverse culture and stunning scenery.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-2148126307245127961?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/Qx8ncJSGp00" height="1" 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wishing for an easier, safer choice than having ones skin going under the knife and then replaced with a piece of flesh from the buttocks. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In recent years, the Aldara cream was widely marketed as an easy option to treat superficial Basal cell carcinoma, however, the consumer reaction, in terms of solid results has not been conclusive. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;This week, however, Medical Doctors who follow the popular Virginia Hopkins Health Alert, would have been interested to read a small but fast growing brand, Curaderm-BEC5 natural skin cancer cream is a "better, safer way" than the imiquimod cream Aldara. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The health alert article explains Curaderm-BEC5 as "a topical (skin) cream made from eggplant, and it only destroys cancer cells, not healthy cells. You have to put it on twice a day, for two weeks to three months, and keep it covered."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dr. Jonathan Wright, who is often in the spot light for releasing breakthrough medicine facts to his 500,000 strong health enthusiasts, recently heralded the product "The skin cancer cure...yes cure..that works!" (July 2007 edition of the long running Nutrition and Healing Journal') &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As with all treatments, careful consultation should be made with both your doctor and the retailer. Online retail supply of Curaderm-BEC5 is increasing, however, not all providers have treatment support. Curaderm.net, who was featured by Virginia Hopkins, does have a medical team and experts servicing home users from all over the United States, Australia and Europe.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-1529228121204159835?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/h5KuKnrIw_0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/h5KuKnrIw_0/health-alert-compares-aldara-to.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2007/10/health-alert-compares-aldara-to.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-197788694677889607</guid><pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2007 05:27:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-16T00:36:03.470-07:00</atom:updated><title>Scaly, itchy little patches of skin</title><description>Scaly, itchy little patches of skin&lt;br /&gt;Sound published scientific data shows scaly, itchy patches of skin can be returned to healthy, youthfull skin from home. 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If this describes you, you're already familiar with those scaly, itchy little patches of skin that suddenly make their presence known on your formerly clear, youthful skin. I’m not talking about melanoma. I’m talking about the skin cancers that are completely harmless if you treat them but that can take your face off and maybe even kill you if you ignore them. If need be, your skin doctor can tell you what kind of skin cancer you have. You can have these skin cancers burned, frozen or cut off, but you risk scarring, especially if you’ve let them go too long.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another common conventional medical remedy for skin cancer is a skin cream called Aldara (imiquimod), which—in my opinion—is a dangerous drug. If it gets into your blood stream (which it almost certainly will if using the cream creates an open wound, which it usually does), it can wreak havoc on the immune system. Here’s a website called the &lt;a href="http://www.aldara1.com/"&gt;Aldara Commentaries&lt;/a&gt; with details about the harm Aldara can cause. It’s a bit of a funky site, but the information is thorough and can be saved and printed from a pdf file.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There is a better, safer way (in my opinion—I have to keep saying this so the Aldara folks won’t sue me) and it’s called BEC5. It’s a topical (skin) cream made from eggplant, and it only destroys cancer cells, not healthy cells. You have to put it on twice a day, for two weeks to three months, and keep it covered with a band-aid. This is a nuisance but in my experience it really works and it beats scarring or a wrecked immune system. Of course BEC5 can’t be sold in the U.S. because it’s natural and it works, but you can order it online at the website address above. Be sure to carefully follow the instructions.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-4268522613365545046?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/QJ96_xzVBtE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/QJ96_xzVBtE/virginia-hopkins-health-watch-vol-3.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2007/10/virginia-hopkins-health-watch-vol-3.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-4379804931379462235</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:35:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-14T22:44:56.601-07:00</atom:updated><title>Blog Links</title><description>BLOG SEARCH-CURADERM-BEC5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&amp;amp;q=curaderm-bec5"&gt;http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&amp;amp;q=curaderm-bec5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://technorati.com/posts/tag/Curaderm-bec5"&gt;http://technorati.com/posts/tag/Curaderm-bec5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?q=Curaderm"&gt;http://blogs.icerocket.com/search?q=Curaderm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.blogdigger.com/search?q=curaderm&amp;amp;sortby=date"&gt;http://www.blogdigger.com/search?q=curaderm&amp;amp;sortby=date&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.feedster.com/search/curaderm"&gt;http://www.feedster.com/search/curaderm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-4379804931379462235?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/cSlrze1Bi90" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/cSlrze1Bi90/blog-links.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2007/10/blog-links.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8189044423849646882.post-2947418566299552735</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:33:00 +0000</pubDate><atom:updated>2007-10-14T22:35:01.546-07:00</atom:updated><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">chemo cream</category><category domain="http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#">aldara</category><title>Prescription skin cancer cream Aldara has horrific side effects, say users</title><description>ARTICLE FROM NEWSTARGET.com&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Elaine Hollingsworth put Aldara on her nose thinking that it was the "benign salve" that her dermatologist made it out to be; instead, it was the beginning of her nightmare. After using the pharmaceutical skin cancer treatment for only two weeks, a "disgusting, thick, crusty, black scab" covered her entire nose, not just the one-quarter-inch on which she applied the cream -- and this wasn't even the worst side effect.&lt;br /&gt;Around the same time her nose became covered with the scab, Hollingsworth awoke early one morning with a case of anaphylactic shock. "My throat was so swollen that it felt as if two tennis balls were lodged in it; my ears were throbbing; my nose was dreadfully swollen; and I could barely breathe or swallow," she writes in "&lt;a href="http://www.townsendletter.com/May2006/aldara0506.htm" target="_blank"&gt;Aldara: The Skin Cancer 'Cure' that Can Kill&lt;/a&gt;," an article that appears in the May 2006 issue of the Townsend Letter. Hollingsworth could have died from the severe allergic reaction. She was lucky that she had someone to drive her to the hospital.&lt;br /&gt;But even that nearly fatal experience was not the end of her Aldara troubles.&lt;br /&gt;"I was extremely ill for two weeks afterwards," she writes, "and for months, the skin all over my body burned as if I'd been in a fire, and my back was covered in bleeding, itching sores. I've learned since that my other symptoms -- memory loss, diminished eyesight, low-level headaches, dizziness, and extreme, unexplained weight loss -- are common to many Aldara victims."&lt;br /&gt;Hollingsworth is right; these &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/side_effects.html"&gt;side effects&lt;/a&gt; are common, some would say too common, among Aldara users. As much as 3M Pharmaceuticals likes to tout "slight flu-like symptoms" as its drug's only side effect, many consumers have come forward to Hollingsworth and other vocal Aldara users, expressing similar horrific experiences in emails to her. "I have been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Graves Basedow disease. My doctor said it's 99-percent certain that my diseases are due to that cream, Aldara," a 25-year-old Turkish woman wrote to Hollingsworth.&lt;br /&gt;How can a doctor be 99 percent certain that Aldara is to blame? The problem stems from Aldara's active ingredient, imiquimod (&lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/IQ.html"&gt;IQ&lt;/a&gt;). 3M reports that its cream helps cure &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/skin_cancer.html"&gt;skin cancer&lt;/a&gt; by stimulating the immune system's response, thereby helping it to fight cancerous cells. Unfortunately, IQ disrupts cytokine activity in the process and also attacks the body's mucus membrane tissue. Cytokines are a major component of the immune system's communication centers. When this communication system becomes disrupted by something such as IQ, it can result in autoimmune diseases such as psoriasis, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/celiac_disease.html"&gt;celiac disease&lt;/a&gt;, as well as inflammation in general.&lt;br /&gt;In addition to this cytokine dysfunction, clinical research shows that Aldara attacks and destroys the delicate mucus membranes that line and protect the brain, eyes, nose, mouth, lips, throat, intestinal lining, vagina and rectum. When these membranes cannot effectively produce mucus, damage occurs in the tissues they are supposed to protect.&lt;br /&gt;Richard Beasley experienced this damage firsthand. In 2000, he began taking Aldara, believing that it would cure a cancerous lesion on his forehead. Instead of curing his &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/cancer.html"&gt;cancer&lt;/a&gt;, Beasley believes Aldara caused him a number of &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/health_problems.html"&gt;health problems&lt;/a&gt;, all of which the Texan espouses on his &lt;a href="http://www.aldara1.com/" target="_blank"&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;. He writes:&lt;br /&gt;"The cytokine activity, plus the imiquimod molecules that reached my blood circulation, damaged the lining and villi inside my stomach and small intestine, and damaged my colon. Because of this, I developed irritable bowel syndrome and celiac disease, with resultant loss of nutrient absorption. This created frightening weight loss, which all my &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/doctors.html"&gt;doctors&lt;/a&gt; told me was caused by the gross cytokine activity all over my body. I developed nerve damage, my tear ducts and sinus membranes were destroyed, I have lost 35 percent of my hearing and, worst of all, I ended up with Parkinson's Disease, and my brain has been seriously damaged."&lt;br /&gt;After Aldara victim received settlement from 3M, the company tried to silence his opinionsIn 2002, Beasley sued 3M Pharmaceuticals in federal court on the grounds that Aldara was causing these health problems. Only weeks before the trial, 3M privately settled with Beasley and he thought he was done with 3M -- until the &lt;a href="http://www.aldara1.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Aldara1.com web site&lt;/a&gt; caught 3M's attention. The company felt he was disclosing documents that were given to him as part of the court case, but were to remain private after the settlement. So in 2004, 3M took Beasley to court. "We were under the impression (Beasley) was in the process of trying to violate the protective order," said 3M spokeswoman Jacqueline Berry. The judge ruled in Beasley's favor, denying 3M's motion that he was violating the order.&lt;br /&gt;In addition to 3M, Beasley's website attracted a lot of attention from consumers who experienced similar side effects. He has played a tremendous role in raising public alarm about Aldara, the drug that its makers, the FDA and many &lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/dermatologists.html"&gt;dermatologists&lt;/a&gt; consider a "benign" skin cancer treatment that offers a favorable alternative to surgery. Luckily, some dermatologists recognize the risk posed by Aldara, especially when it is applied to an open lesion, which then allows the drug to easily access the bloodstream. "In my opinion, based on my observations and research, Aldara should be classified as criminally dangerous material if used on any open or potentially open skin area," says prominent cancer specialist Dr. Michael Tait.&lt;br /&gt;If your dermatologist prescribes Aldara to you, learn more about the drug before you fill your prescription. Hollingsworth and Beasley, among many other consumers, are still experiencing horrible health problems that they believe stem from their Aldara treatment. For more information on Aldara, including important scientific documents, see Beasley's website, &lt;a href="http://www.aldara1.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Aldara1.com&lt;/a&gt;. He has compiled a wealth of scientific information. You can also visit Hollingsworth's website, &lt;a href="http://www.doctorsaredangerous.com/" target="_blank"&gt;DoctorsAreDangerous.com&lt;/a&gt; and read testimonials of people who have also used Aldara and experienced negative effects.&lt;br /&gt;If you have been treated with Aldara and experienced health problems that you believe were caused by Aldara, Hollingsworth invites you to send your story to &lt;a href="mailto:elaine@doctorsaredangerous.com"&gt;elaine@doctorsaredangerous.com&lt;/a&gt;. By sharing your experiences, you can help others before they fill a prescription they might regret.&lt;br /&gt;###&lt;br /&gt;FROM:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.newstarget.com/019906.html"&gt;http://www.newstarget.com/019906.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;a href="http://feedvalidator.org/check.cgi?url=http%3A//simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default"&gt;&lt;img src="valid-atom.png" alt="[Valid Atom 1.0]" title="Validate my Atom 1.0 feed" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8189044423849646882-2947418566299552735?l=simonsayshealth.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~4/z9hV65Gr81A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SimonSaysHealth/~3/z9hV65Gr81A/prescription-skin-cancer-cream-aldara.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (simon agius)</author><thr:total>0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://simonsayshealth.blogspot.com/2007/10/prescription-skin-cancer-cream-aldara.html</feedburner:origLink></item><language>en-us</language><media:rating>nonadult</media:rating></channel></rss>

