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Inside the FAB 50: WCAC toughest league? (from ESPNHS Boys Basketball)

2012-02-03T07:28:00.000-08:00

If the FAB 50 rankings are any gauge of overall team strengths and competition, one high school league can just about claim the "best in the country" tag this season: the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference (WCAC) in the Washington, D.C. metro area.

No less than three WCAC members are ranked among the top 29 teams entering this week's play. And the trio play each other twice in the regular season, including a showdown Tuesday night between No. 9 Gonzaga (Washington, D.C.) and No. 28 Paul VI (Fairfax, Va.).

Paul VI scored its second-straight win against a higher-ranked WCAC team with a 66-53 triumph over the Purple Eagles. Last weekend, Paul VI bested No. 29 ranked DeMatha (Hyattsville, Md.) 64-62. DeMatha, which at one point this season was No. 5 in the FAB 50, also lost earlier this season to Gonzaga 76-74.

This league is just getting warmed up, too. Rematches remain for all three teams: Paul VI versus Gonzaga, Paul VI versus DeMatha; and Gonzaga versus DeMatha.

While Gonzaga now has two losses on the season to WCAC foes, it has wins against three non-WCAC teams that have been ranked in the FAB 50. That only further shows the conference’s strength this season.

The other WCAC members include St. John's (Washington, D.C.), which is the team with a win over Gonzaga; Bishop O'Connell (Arlington, Va.); Archbishop Carroll (Washington, D.C.); Bishop McNamara (Forestville, Md.); Good Counsel (Olney, Md.); and St. Mary’s Ryken (Leonardtown, Md.).

Weight Lifting Combats the Effects of Aging

2012-02-02T05:13:00.000-08:00

When it comes to fitness, investing in a set of weights might pay dividends just as big as a pair of walking or running shoes, researchers say. Indeed, research has shown that weight training (often called resistance training) can slow and even reverse the declines in strength, bone density and muscle mass that accompany aging.
The American College of Sports Medicine's fitness guidelines now recommend weight training for people over 50 in addition to aerobic activity and stretching. Muscle fibers shrink in number and in size as you grow older. They also become less responsive to messages from the central nervous system. Together, these factors contribute to decreases in strength, balance and coordination.
"Generally, sedentary people lose about 10 percent of their lean muscle mass for each decade after age 30," says Edward R. Laskowski, M.D., a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist and co-director of the Sports Medicine Center at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn.
"If you don't do anything to replace that, you're losing muscle and increasing fat," says Dr. Laskowski. "But, if you do strength training, you don't lose as much. It's like having a V-8 engine instead of a 4-cylinder. You have a bigger engine to burn more calories because it takes calories to keep that engine running."
Aerobic exercises like running, walking and bicycling strengthen your heart also a muscle by forcing it to adapt in a positive way. Similarly, weight training, done properly, challenges other muscles, forcing them to adapt to the stress and become stronger, according to Dr. Laskowski. Resistance training does more than just build muscle. It also can stimulate and strengthen bones good news for those concerned about osteoporosis. Weight training also can help older people maintain their independence by keeping them strong enough to do routine tasks.
A University of Alabama at Birmingham study found that older women who lifted weights regularly during the study were able to carry bags of groceries with 36 percent less effort and to get up from their chairs with 40 percent less stress on their leg muscles than prior to the training. The 14 women in the study ranged in age from 60 to 77 and worked out for an hour, three times a week, for 16 weeks.
"No matter what your age, you can combat lean muscle loss by weight training," says Dr. Laskowski.
Copyright 1999, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research.

1 Weird Spice That Cures Diabetes

2012-02-02T03:57:00.000-08:00

Warning: Dangerous Diabetes Drugs
Don't Work
How to Halt or Reverse Diabetes with Methods
That Are Natural, Easy ... and Virtually Free

D iabetes is the number-one lifestyle disease of modern times, and tens of millions of Americans are being handed prescriptions for anti-diabetic drugs that don't work. A large-scale study at Duke University School of Medicine and published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that despite serious risks and dangerous side effects, diabetes drugs offer few benefits and simply don't live up to their claims

Duke researchers found that the combination of the blood-pressure drug Diovan (valsartan) and the anti-diabetes drug Starlix (nateglinide) failed to reduce risk of heart attack at all and that Diovan was only slightly successful in slowing -- but not necessarily preventing -- development of type 2 diabetes.

Furthermore, practically all anti-diabetic drugs result in weight gain and eventual total dependency upon insulin injections, according to researchers Krentz, Nichols, and Gomez-Caminero in 2 recent articles published in Current Medical Research Opinion and Diabetes Obesity Metabolism.

Lead researcher Robert Califf of the Duke study said, "This is a sobering confirmation of the need to continue to focus on lifestyle improvements."

Unfortunately, the medical mainstream has failed miserably to help diabetic patients reverse their diabetes naturally. This failure is inexcusable considering that anyone can reverse type 2 diabetes and stop type 1 diabetes in its tracks in less than 4 weeks with the right plan -- a plan that....

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Unfortunately, very few diabetics know what actually does work. And that's because most doctors simply lack the necessary training and knowledge to steer their patients in the right direction.

Too many doctors don't even discuss nutrition with their patients, and those who do often make matters worse by advising overly restrictive diets or unrealistic amounts of exercise

. A recent paper published by the Society for Biomedical Diabetes Research says, "Diabetic patients encounter . . . confusing and contradictory advice from a variety of sources."

As a result, diabetic patients "exhibit restrictive eating behaviors, they express feelings of dietary deprivation, and rigid dietary control is perceived as the only way to a proper diet and weight management. Binge eating, [excessive] restraint, and body dissatisfaction frequently occur among these patients."

So if you've tried and failed to manage your diabetes naturally, it's not your fault! Doctors and the media do more to confuse than to clarify, and meanwhile the diabetes freight train leaves a staggering path of heartbreaking consequences in its path, such as the following:

Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure, nontraumatic lower-limb amputations, and new cases of blindness among adults in the United States.
Diabetes is a major cause of heart disease and stroke.
Diabetes is the 7th leading cause of death in the United States.
A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says that at the rate things are going, as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults will have diabetes by 2050.

"These are alarming numbers that show how critical it is to change the course of type 2 diabetes," said Ann Albright, Ph.D., director of the CDC's Division of Diabetes Translation. "Successful programs to improve lifestyle choices on healthy eating and physical activity must be made more widely available, because the stakes are too high and the personal toll too devastating to fail."

The key phrase here is successful programs. To succeed you need to know exactly how to eat foods you love -- and feel satisfied, while still banishing diabetes. And you need to know about inexpensive supplements that help you slash your blood sugar effortlessly, such as . . .

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==> A well-loved spice that slashes blood sugar. Test subjects took as little as 1/4 teaspoon of this common spice daily, and nearly all subjects with diabetes showed substantial improvement. And the spice and diabetes were clearly connected because when the spice was no longer consumed, volunteers' blood sugar levels started to rise again.

Obviously, a spice and a mineral alone aren't going to single-handedly reverse your diabetes permanently, but such powerful supplements combined with the right effective, easy, and inexpensive natural methods can put you on your way to ending diabetes. No drug in the world can do that, no matter what Big Pharma promises. In fact, drugs are often worse than ineffective -- they can even make your life miserable or even be more risky than diabetes itself.

Consider the drug Avandia, once the most popular diabetes drug in the world, which was found in 2008 to dramatically increase risk of heart attacks and death. It took the FDA until last month to finally pull Avandia from the U.S. market.

Another popular diabetes drug, Actos, has its own array of ugly side effects, including average weight gain of nearly 9 pounds and a higher risk of dangerous and possibly deadly fluid buildups. Furthermore, Actos's heart risks may be almost as bad as Avandia's, and some researchers have linked this drug to bladder cancer.

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The latest high tech prostate cancer treatment

2012-02-01T05:05:00.000-08:00

You Can Now Treat Prostate Cancer with
the Most Expensive Medical Device
in the History of the World

If you've heard that proton therapy is the magic bullet for prostate cancer, be warned: There's a lot of money tied up in this therapy, but not a lot of research. That's a scary combination for any health treatment. Let's look at the facts. . .

Continued below. . .

Toxic chemical condemned 8 men to die of prostate cancer
. . .but one of them escaped. [Search "Don't Touch My Prostate"] Here's how he did it!

John found the miracle he needed. Four years after his diagnosis, he told us, "I am healthy and happy with no symptoms of the disease." He actually wishes he'd gotten the disease sooner so he could have told his Army buddies this secret. It might have saved their lives.

We're ALL exposed every day to chemicals similar to the ones that killed these veterans. A man is just about certain to get prostate cancer if he lives long enough. That means John's life-saving secret is big news for men everywhere. Click here [Search "Don't Touch My Prostate"] and keep reading. . .

This treatment definitely has some advantages

Proton therapy isn't even a new breakthrough, although the public didn't get interested till recently.

    The therapy was initially prompted by Dr. James Slater of Massachusetts General, who first started harvesting protons from a Harvard cyclotron in the early 1960s. Dr. Slater had been disheartened by the side effects of radiation treatment (using X-rays) and has since devoted most of his professional life to bringing proton-based treatments to medical facilities.

    Proton therapy itself is fairly simple. It uses a beam of protons to inject a tumor with radiation. Protons are one of the three main particles that make up atoms (the other two are electrons and neutrons). Protons have a positive charge while electrons have a negative charge.

    Like X-rays, protons wreck the genetic makeup of a tumor. More importantly, proton therapy is much more precise than other radiation therapies, but without the side effects.

    For example, when a patient undergoes X-ray treatment, tissues surrounding the tumor site are easily destroyed. The side-effects and resulting sickness can be overwhelming.

    But in proton therapy, the stream of charged particles can be tailored to the contours of the tumor, without affecting any tissues except the tumor.

    Unfortunately (and like too many things in the medical industry), proton therapy suffers from a money bias. Construction costs for a proton-beam generator can top $200 million, making it the most expensive medical device ever invented.

    One of the reasons the treatment is so expensive is that protons aren't exactly easy to harvest. For proton therapy, protons must be stripped from hydrogen atoms and then moved into a stream that is nearly as fast as the speed of light.

    The device that makes this possible weighs around 220 tons and must be housed in a structure at least the size of a football field. So, beyond the cost of the machine itself come considerable construction expenses for any hospital toying with the idea of offering this treatment.

But here's the worst problem of all. . .

Proton therapy involves spending a stupefying amount of money on something that doesn't necessarily work better than other prostate cancer treatments. Anthony Zietman, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and past president of the American Society for Radiation Oncology, has gone on record saying proton therapy is a very good treatment for prostates, but "It just doesn't appear to be superior treatment."

    In the world of peer-reviewed journals, they won't be able to say whether proton therapy deserves all the rave reviews it's gotten until somebody puts together a decade-long, randomized trial to see which treatments have the best outcome overall.

    In the meantime, the Internet has become a serious hindrance to spreading accurate information about this treatment. Loads of blogs and websites run by men who had success with their own proton treatment laud the benefits of proton therapy. I don't deny that they have good intentions. Many of these enthusiastic Internet writers feel proton therapy was the best and only cure for their prostate cancers.

    Plus, men love the fact that's it's non-invasive. Who wouldn't? After all, few things shake a man's pride like the idea of losing bladder function or becoming impotent. A man's well-being after conventional radiation or surgery can be very poor indeed.

    But the buzz reminds me of prime-time commercials from the pharmaceutical industry (although more honest, I hope). When you see a commercial for the latest and greatest pill, featuring happy people evangelizing a drug, it's hard not to wonder if it might work for you.

    Just remember, the bloggers are comparing proton therapy to conventional radiation and surgery. To be fair, it IS an improvement — a very expensive one. But why go there at all?

    The problem in this case is that too many websites are written by guys who aren't aware of the costs-versus-benefits of this treatment, much less the benefits of alternative cancer treatments. They're excited by the high-level technology — the ultimate power tool for guys — and they give false hope to millions of men searching the Internet for legitimate answers.

    The bias for proton therapy technology continues to grow with time, making it hard to put together any kind of a reliable study on outcomes. Researchers are finding that men who went in thinking proton treatment was superior, who then have unexpected and unnecessary side effects, still advocate proton therapy as the best choice they could have made.

    Marketers call it "post-purchase dissonance." When people have made an important choice, they have to convince themselves they did the right thing. If the purchase is a let-down, some people go into denial and still insist they made a good choice.

    And remember, as with most medical therapies these days, the advice you get from doctors is subject to a ton of bias. Dr. Zietman, while being interviewed for an article in Men's Health last year, said, "In the absence of knowledge, anything goes. Surgeons recommend their favorite surgery. Radiation oncologists recommend their favorite form of radiation."

    It follows that oncologists smitten with cool technology — and with making money — recommend proton therapy.

Money-driven healthcare, the vampire
that's sucking the life out of our country

What's obvious here is that the least expensive option for treating early-stage prostate cancer rarely gets lip service from the experts. Officially, it's called "active surveillance." You may know it as "watchful waiting."

    Watchful waiting boils down to closely monitoring a patient and watching for any signs of growth in his cancer. If there's no growth, there's no treatment. If there is growth, the patient gets treated. Most prostate tumors are slow-growing. There's no pressing need to take action. And there are dozens of safe nutrients, foods and herbal remedies a man can use to control or eliminate prostate tumors without resorting to radiation, chemotherapy and surgery at all. I gave readers my take on all this in my Special Report, Don't Touch My Prostate.

    Proton treatment sounds to me like technology-driven medicine gone crazy. Frightened people with cancer are willing to buy into any kind of nonsense recommended by the men in white coats, and of course we all get handed the bill.

    Medical care is the single biggest expense driving the country into bankruptcy and potential social and political collapse. Meanwhile, to the doctors and industrialists meting out the treatments, there are massive profits to be had treating prostate cancer with protons.

    Proton therapy isn't worthless. Far from it. It actually shows more reliable promise for treating brain, eye, and spinal cord tumors, as well as certain kinds of tumors in children.

    But treating something like childhood cancers requires multiple, lengthy sessions and insurance companies are loath to cover it.

    Prostate patients, on the other hand, are in and out in 20 minutes and need fewer total treatments. Medicare and most insurance companies cover the cost without hassle. And there are a lot of prostate cancer cases to funnel through the system.

    It's healthcare dictated by money, which is the worst kind.

    I should point out that even with the heavy emphasis on proton therapy as a miracle cure, it's hard to come by. Only 1% of radiation oncologists in the U.S. have experience in proton therapy. And right now, there are only nine proton centers in operation (though eight more are in development, which shows how the medical industry is responding to demand).

Sometimes the best healthcare means bucking the trends

Conclusive studies are a long way off. But for now, the best information we can find is that proton treatment is not much better than standard radiation treatment — just more expensive and more techno-fancy.

I admit, it's hard to beat claims like those made by Loma Linda Medical Center on their website's "Proton Therapy for Prostate Cancer" page: "More accurate, non-invasive, painless, provided in an outpatient setting, little impact on energy level, and requires no recovery."

But don't be so sure it's a good choice. There are many, many easy alternative treatments I'd try first.

The Secret of People Who Don't Get Cancer

2012-01-31T05:59:00.000-08:00

The secret to curing cancer:

You've been throwing it in the trash!

    In 1921, a British doctor discovered that a remote tribal people was almost totally cancer-free. But when members of this tribe move away from their native land and change their diet, they get cancer just like anyone else.

    It's all thanks to a food most of us throw away as waste!

    Click here now and watch a new video presentation about this cancer breakthrough Go To "Cancer Step Outside The Box".

    One cancer expert calls this overlooked food "the key to curing AND preventing cancer" — and you can benefit NOW -- without going to a doctor or buying expensive supplements.

    This little throwaway food tastes great. Bill Clinton (of all people) eats it regularly, and so can you.

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Finley, Bailey and Harper Lead Bowie State at Penn State Invitational

2012-01-30T08:13:00.000-08:00

(UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.) Competing in their fourth indoor meet of the season, a select group of Bowie State University women and men student-athletes participated in the Penn State Invitational. Of those participating, sophomore Brelyn Finley led the Lady Bulldogs and junior William Bailey along with sophomore Jonathan Harper were tops for the Bulldogs.

Finley placed 8th overall in the women's Shot Put with a throw of 13.55m. On the men's side, Bailey placed 3rd in the Long Jump (7.22m) while Harper finished 7th and 14th respectively in the High Jump (2.05m) and Triple Jump (14.07m).

Lady Bulldog juniors Shayla Davis and Indya Price also participated in the Invitational. Davis placed 29th in the women's 400 Meter Dash with a time of 59.01 and Price finished 33rd in the 200 Meter Dash with a time of 26.04.

Even though their were no team results, the BSU women's 4x400 Meter Relay Team finished 19th, crossing the finish line with a time of 3:59.75.

Other individual men's highlights include a 17th place finish by sophomore Bryan Williams in the Triple Jump (13.66m). Fellow sophomore Dana Smothers participated in the 200 Meter Dash and finished 28th with a time of 23.13. Bowie State's men also participated in the 4x400 Meter Relay, placing 16th overall with a time of 3:23.78.

The Lady Bulldogs and Bulldogs return to competition February 3rd and 4th at the New Balance Invitational in New York City.

Go Green With Tea?

2012-01-30T05:01:00.000-08:00

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) -- Already lauded as a powerful antioxidant, green tea extract may also help dieters shed fat, say researchers reporting in the December issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. The extract may also be a safe improvement on traditional diet drugs because its benefits are "not accompanied by an increase in heart rate," write Dr. Abdul Dulloo, of the University of Geneva in Switzerland, and colleagues. As part of their study, the investigators measured the 24-hour energy expenditure of 10 healthy men receiving three doses of caffeine (50 mg), green tea extract (containing 50 mg caffeine and 90 mg epigallocatechin), or a 'dummy' placebo per day. The study authors report that, compared with placebo, treatment with green tea was associated with a "significant increase" (+4%) in daily energy expenditure. This effect was not linked to the relatively small amounts of caffeine found in tea, since subjects receiving amounts of caffeine similar to those found in green tea displayed no change in daily energy output. Dulloo's team points out that "there are only two ways to treat obesity: reduce energy intake (i.e., dieting), or increase energy expenditure." According to their analysis, green tea extract seems to perform the latter function, although the mechanisms behind its action remain unclear. The investigators note, however, that green tea extract contains a high amount of catechin polyphenols. These compounds may work with other chemicals to increase levels of fat oxidation and thermogenesis, where the body burns fuel such as fat to create heat. "Stimulation of thermogenesis and fat oxidation by the green tea extract" did not raise subjects' heart rates, the researchers note. This may render green tea superior to stimulant diet drugs, which can have adverse cardiac effects, especially in "obese individuals with hypertension and other cardiovascular complications."

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BOWIE STATE SURVIVES LINCOLN (PA) UPSET BID WITH 84-76 WIN

2012-01-30T04:08:00.000-08:00

BOWIE STATE SURVIVES LINCOLN (PA) UPSET BID WITH 84-76 WIN

(LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – January 28, 2012) The Lincoln University men's basketball team rallied from a nine-point second-half deficit to force overtime, but the Lions couldn't pull off the upset as No. 19 Bowie State University survived with an 84-76 overtime victory in a CIAA Northern Division contest.

Bowie State (15-3, 7-2 CIAA, 3-0 North) raced out to a 20-16 advantage after a Travis Hyman dunk with 10:06 remaining, but Lincoln answered and took a 32-31 lead after a Teron Jones jumper with 47 seconds left in the first half. The Bulldogs got a pair of free throws by Jay Gavin with 31 seconds remaining as Bowie State took a slim, 33-32, lead into the break.

The 19^th ranked Bulldogs shot 57 percent from the field (13-of-23) in the first period. In comparison, the Lions made 13-of-29 first half field goals (45 percent) which included 6-of-9 (67 percent) behind the 3-point line.

Lincoln (Pa.) led only twice in the first period, holding a one point advantage (9-8 and 31-30) at the 14:17 and 1:22 marks respectively. The Bulldogs led by seven (16-9) with 12:24 left in the first half, primarily on the hot long range shooting of junior Byron Westmorland.

The Bulldogs followed the lead of the Lady Bulldogs to start the second half, going on a 7-0 run to begin the period. LUPA’s Derrick Washington stopped the run with a layup at the 17:34 mark. However, Lincoln would not go away, trimming the deficit to 42-39 a little over a minute later.

Bowie State pushed the lead back to seven, but Lincoln’s Jai Kellman drained back-to-back 3-pointers that cut the Bulldogs lead back down to four. A tear drop in the paint by Richard Glover narrowed the gap to 51-49 with 11:22 remaining in the game.

A Denzel Mooney 3-pointer tied the game at 52 but he was assessed an unsporting technical foul for taunting. Bowie State’s Westmorland calmly converted the two technical free throws and followed that with a jumper, giving the Bulldogs a 56-52 advantage.

The Lions took their first lead (58-56) since the first half following a pair of free throws by Kenny Sharpe. A free throw by senior Darren Clark followed by driving layup by fellow senior Jay Gavin shifted the advantage back to Bowie State at 59-58 with 5:43 left to play.

Lincoln (8-12, 3-6 CIAA, 1-2 North) had a few chances to win the game in regulation as Washington’s 3-pointer bounced off the front iron with 36 seconds left and his jumper with four seconds remaining hit the back of the rim to end regulation tied at 70.

In overtime, Bowie State out-scored Lincoln 14-6 with Clark, a transfer from Lincoln, scoring eight points in the extra period.

Clark finished with 22 points on 6-of-12 shooting to lead the Bulldogs. Westmorland had 20 points and Hyman chipped in with a double-double, 14 points and 16 rebounds. Gavin scored 11 points as Bowie State shot 53 percent (27-of-51) from the floor.

“At halftime I told Darren (Clark) he had only taken one shot and he wasn’t being aggressive enough … We need him to run our team, but we also need him to score”, said Bulldogs head coach Darrell Brooks.

Mooney led the Lions with 25 points and tied for team-high rebound honors with eight. Sharpe added 19 points and matched Mooney’s rebounds with eight.

“I thought the biggest difference tonight was us defending pretty well, holding them to 39 percent shooting overall and we out rebounded them by 10 (44-34), allowing us to shoot a bunch of free throws even though we didn’t shoot them very well”, said Brooks.

Bowie State made 10 more free throws than Lincoln attempted, but made only 26-of-42 free throws (62 percent). Lincoln converted 11-of-16 free throws (69 percent) with 10-of-11 coming in the second half.

Bowie State University travels south on Monday (January 28^th) for a divisional matchup with the Trojans of Virginia State University. Game time is 7:30 pm in VSU’s Daniel Gymnasium.

DEFENSE AND SECOND HALF BURST LEAD TO 63-44 BOWIE STATE WIN AT LINCOLN (PA)

(LINCOLN UNIVERSITY, Pa. – January 28, 2012) Tough defense and second half run made all the difference as Bowie State rolled to a 63-44 divisional win over the Lady Lions of Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. With the victory, the Lady Bulldogs improve their record to 3-13 overall (3-6 CIAA and 2-1 North).

The first 20 minutes of the game was nip and tuck but free throws were a problem for both teams. Bowie State made just 6-of-18 from the charity stripe (33 percent) while Lincoln (Pa.) made 10-of-17 (58 percent).

It was a slow start for both teams after the opening tip as neither team would score until Lincoln’s Cynthia Johnson hit a jumper at the 17:49 mark. The lead changed hands six times in the first period and also featured seven ties, including a 32-32 deadlock at halftime.

Bowie State opened the second half with an 11-0 run until Lincoln’s Brittney Waters drilled a 3-pointer at the 15:45 mark to stop the run. The Lady Bulldogs defense remained relentless for another four minutes and held a 48-37 advantage midway through the final period.

The only Lady Lions to score points in the second half were Denyse Moore and Cynthia Johnson. Moore scored a team-high 16 points (12 in the first half) and led Lincoln (Pa) with three assists and two blocks. Johnson finished with 13 points (five in the second half) and four rebounds.

Lincoln (5-16, 1-8 CIAA, 1-2 North) shot a horrific 13 percent (4-of-30) from the floor in the second half compared to 44 percent (12-of-27) for Bowie State. The Lady Bulldogs defense forced 21 Lady Lions’ turnovers and ended the evening with a 40-22 points in the paint advantage.

Leading the way for the Lady Bulldogs was senior Chanita Jordan with a career-high 20 points to go along with game-highs of nine rebounds and three blocked shots. Senior Juliette Turner contributed 14 points and eight rebounds. Sophomore Brooke Miles rounded out Bowie State’s double figure scorers with 10 points.

The Lady Bulldogs will conclude a four-game road journey with a 5:30 pm contest at Virginia State University on Monday (January 30^th).

Does this natural cancer cure cause cancer?

2012-01-29T17:57:00.000-08:00

Natural Cancer Cure Charged with
Causing Cancer!

    There's a debate raging about the healing properties of capsaicin that's hotter than the spice itself.

    Capsaicin, the component in chile peppers that gives them their spice, has been named as a possible trigger for skin cancer.

    Yet, this is the same capsaicin that's widely known to bring about cell death for a variety of cancers. What's more, capsaicin is widely consumed in foods with chile peppers all over the world — not to mention being a common ingredient in topical creams for pain relief.

    And now people are saying it might cause a certain type of cancer. Let's take a look. . .

Continued below. . .

Toxic chemical condemned 8 men to die of prostate cancer
. . .but one of them escaped. Here's how he did it!

    John S. watched helplessly as 7 of his Vietnam platoon buddies died of prostate cancer, one by one. They were exposed to chemicals during the war that caused them to get cancer when they reached middle age. Then, in 2002, John found out it was his turn. He got opinions from three different doctors and they all told him the same thing: he'd need a miracle to survive.

    John found the miracle he needed. Four years after his diagnosis, he told us, "I am healthy and happy with no symptoms of the disease." He actually wishes he'd gotten the disease sooner so he could have told his Army buddies this secret. It might have saved their lives.

    We're ALL exposed every day to chemicals similar to the ones that killed these veterans. A man is just about certain to get prostate cancer if he lives long enough. That means John's life-saving secret is big news for men everywhere. Click here and keep reading. . .

First off, this spicy pepper component
is a known cancer killer

    I've reported on the value of capsaicin before. In Issue 23 of our newsletter, I talked about the power of this nutrient in helping heal prostate cancer. It's been shown to make prostate cancer cells disintegrate, in a study by researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centers, along with UCLA Medical School. They showed capsaicin forced 80 percent of human prostate cancer cells into apoptosis (cell death).

    One of the scientists involved in the study at the time, Sören Lehmann, M.D., Ph.D., said capsaicin "…also dramatically slowed the development of prostate tumors formed by those human cell lines grown in mouse models."

    In another study, done by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, capsaicin was shown to force pancreatic cancer cells in mice to self-destruct.

    Capsaicin has been shown to slow the growth of prostate tumors while lowering the cancer cell production of PSA, or prostate specific antigen. This is pretty important to men over age 50 whose doctors often make them undergo the PSA test to diagnose prostate cancer. (Side note: it's not a very reliable test, but most doctors still insist on it. Capsaicin can help you impress your doctor by reducing high PSA levels.)

Co-carginogen?

    Now comes this dubious claim that capsaicin helps bring about skin cancer.

    The claim surfaced from a study conducted by the Hormel Institute at the University of Minnesota, where lead researcher and professor Ann Bode went on record saying it's possible that capsaicin increases skin cancer risk. She points out concerns that the natural compound, when used in over-the-counter topical pain creams, could cause problems.

    Please note she's NOT referring to capsaicin taken internally, as in food or supplements. She's referring only to topical use, and only to skin cancer.

    Bode and her research team published their study in the journal Cancer Research. They stated that capsaicin, when applied topically to the skin of mice, actually induced tumors and elevated levels of an inflammatory enzyme (cyclooxygenase-2).

    The molecular mechanisms of capsaicin as a cancer-promoter are unclear, and controversial to boot. The charge that capsaicin acts as a carcinogen at the tumor promotion stage comes from its ability to stimulate inflammation. Bode speculates that inflammation caused by capsaicin might be the link to the increase in tumors (as opposed to the spice itself).

    But her whole claim is overblown and highly doubtful. Get this: The mice that got cancer were given capsaicin mixed with other substances known to be carcinogens. A control group of mice given ONLY capsaicin did NOT get skin cancer.

Here's what we know for sure

    Capsaicin kills cancer cells thanks to a family connection. It belongs to a family of molecules called the vanilloids which bind to proteins in the cancer cell mitochondria. This triggers apoptosis (natural cell death) and does so without hurting healthy cells.

    When applied to the skin, it's believed that capsaicin lessens pain by temporarily disabling a neurotransmitter called substance P that sends pain signals to the brain. It effectively reduces the nervous system's sensitivity to pain.

    In fact, capsaicin has been shown to be quite useful in reducing pain from cancer treatment. A 1997 study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology cited a study on cancer patients who had long-term neuropathic pain after surgery. After eight weeks of applying capsaicin topical cream to pain sites, they experienced 53 percent pain reduction (compared to only 17 percent pain reduction from a placebo cream).

    The Hormel Institute study itself stops way short of saying topical capsaicin pain cream may be related to skin cancer. It says "capsaicin alone does not act as a carcinogen." Amen to that. In the Hormel study, capsaicin had lots of help.

    Consider this: Mice in the Hormel Institute study received doses of capsaicin mixed with DMBA (7,12-dimetylbenz(a) anthracene) and TPA (12-O-tetradecanoylphorbol-13-acetate) on their skin. Both DMBA and TPA are known to be cancer-generating, tumor-promoting drugs. Those mice were guaranteed to get tumors. They were administered these substances with the intent of causing skin tumors.

    There was a control group of mice treated with capsaicin only. Those mice did not develop skin tumors.

    And this is what's most important as far as I'm concerned: The spice has been shown to be safe in animal studies where it's administered intravenously. So at least we know it's not a carcinogen when introduced inside the body. It's only application to the skin, for pain relief, that poses a possible problem. If you're really worried about it, don't use it on your skin.

    Just to make my position clear: I believe capsaicin is a safe, natural food to prevent AND cure cancer when taken as food or supplements.

Other uses for capsaicin

    Capsaicin is a seriously powerful compound with a variety of uses besides cancer treatment and prevention. It can improve circulation, treat psoriasis, and lessen the pain from cluster headaches. One small study even showed improved hair growth for alopecia patients when capsaicin was taken in conjunction with isoflavone.

    New research is even hinting capsaicin has value as a weight loss tool. According to a meta-analysis from Purdue University, the spice has potential in terms of reducing appetite and burning up calories.

    And let me add, it's certainly not a harmless compound. Capsaicin is used in pepper sprays meant for personal defense. It's a chemical agent in riot control. It's also used to deter mammalian pests like squirrels from ravaging crops, and in household and garden insect repellents.

    In spray form, capsaicin is meant to be painful. If it comes in contact with your eyes or any mucous membranes, you're going to feel pain. In large quantities — far more than you could ever eat in spicy food -- it can even cause death.

You can't rely on the media to interpret science

What's clear is that the media bungled the message. Who knows how it started — perhaps a press release that misinterpreted the study data from the get-go. Dr. Paul Bosland, director of the Chile Pepper Institute at New Mexico State University, said it best: "…it serves to illustrate the ignorance of many wire service stories that deal with science."

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Continued below. . .

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    If you know anything about alternative health, selenium is probably a household word to you. You know it as a powerful antioxidant that helps purge your body of harmful, cell-damaging substances.

    In his 1994 book Alternatives in Cancer Therapy, author and radio host Ross Pelton labeled selenium as "possibly the most powerful anticancer nutrient there is." I wouldn't go that far, but there's no question every single person reading this should take a selenium supplement or make sure to eat selenium-rich foods.

    Just a quick glance at the scientific studies on this element will show why some have come to regard selenium as a powerhouse protector…

Could these successes be just a fluke?

    In the book Selenium: One Cancer Answer, nutritionist Chris Barr said the first medical application of selenium was documented by Dr. August von Wasserman.

    Dr. Wasserman discovered in 1911 that selenite injected into mouse cancer tumors caused them to decompose.

    Four years later, Dr. C.H. Walker and Dr. F. Klein caused small lingual (tongue) tumors in cancer patients to shrink and disappear. And by no means was that the end of the research on selenium's anti-cancer effects…

    Consider some highlights in selenium's long history as a cancer warrior:

1935—study on breast cancer patients treated with selenium published in the British Medical Journal

1940—Dr. Emmanuel Revici pioneers the use of organic selenium in cancer patients (selenium derived from plant sources) to reduce possible toxicity associated with inorganic forms

1949—Drs. Clayton and Baumann first label selenium as a cancer preventative in the medical journal Cancer Research.

1957—Dr. Klaus Schwarz at the National Institutes of Health identifies selenium as an essential nutrient for life.

1970—Studies conducted by Dr. Gerhard Schrauzer, M.D., Ph.D. produced a 70 percent reduction in breast cancer by adding trace amounts of selenium to the diet. Schrauzer declared that 200 mcg of daily selenium supplements would dramatically reduce the cancer rate.

1980s—Dr. Larry Clark, Ph.D. conducted a long-term, double-blind study using 200 mcg daily of selenium on cancer patients; some 10 years later Dr. Clark reported that — compared to the control group --the supplemented group experienced:

63 percent reduction in prostate cancer
57 percent reduction in colon cancer
48 percent reduction in lung cancer
50+ percent reduction in all cancers

1990s—A1996 study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) showed how effective selenium can be in preventing cancer. Dr. Larry Clark of the University of Arizona studied 1,300 older persons and found a 42 percent reduction in cancer among those taking 200 mcg of selenium daily for about seven years compared to those given a placebo. What's more, cancer deaths for those taking selenium were cut almost in half!

2000s—A study of over 1000 healthy males published in the May 2004 Journal of the National Cancer Institute showed that men with high blood levels of selenium were about half as likely to develop advanced prostate cancer as men with lower selenium levels.

And this is just a sample of the positive health results achieved by taking selenium! But don't think for one minute the medical community jumped for joy at hearing this news…

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the medical establishment

    Remember the amazing cancer reductions JAMA reported from Dr. Clark's 1980s studies mentioned above? Well, JAMA also published a letter from a medical doctor who criticized the results—simply because Dr. Clark didn't use a synthetic form of selenium rather than a plant-sourced form!

    According to Chris Barr, Dr. Peter Greenwald—then Director of Cancer Prevention for the National Cancer Institute (NCI)—downplayed the study results telling reporters "it's just one study" and "we don't recommend supplements."

    NCI later decided to institute a large-scale cancer trial with selenium. It is scheduled for completion and publication by 2016. But Barr said he was certain it wouldn't achieve good results. Why?

    Because instead of using a type of selenium derived from whole foods, NCI is using a pharmaceutically prepared variety that is very low in antioxidant power!

    The NCI actually chose to abandon the study in 2009—citing no evidence that synthetic selenium reduced cancer. We recommend selenium supplements whose labels say they are derived from plants or yeast, or that say "selenomethionine," a form of selenium derived from soybeans. According to Barr, sodium selenite and sodium selenate are inferior forms of selenium, not derived from plant sources.

    But you'd best believe NCI wasn't the only mainstream medical institution trying to discredit selenium as a potential cancer killer…

The FDA was forced to admit it goofed!

Some studies claimed to prove that selenium is a dangerous toxin that CAUSES cancer! Could it be true?

Barr discussed the few incidents and summed them up as follows:

A French cancer study reporting deaths related to selenium use were due to administration of excessive doses.

A 1937 American study found that 2 milligrams of sodium selenite per kilogram of body weight could be lethal. This too represents an excessive amount. The recommended therapeutic dose of selenium is 200 mcg per day. A microgram is one-thousandth of a milligram. The 2 milligrams cited in the 1937 study is ten times the recommended dose.

A 1943 Food and Drug Administration study fed rats a sulfide form of selenium which also contained a pesticide. Because the amounts were more than DOUBLE the amount known to be toxic—it's little wonder the selenium caused liver tumors in the rats! But get this: In 1957 the FDA declared that selenium is an essential life nutrient. What's more,the FDA came clean and admitted in two official documents that its own 1943 study was flawed!

    The bulk of scientific studies demonstrate that boosting selenium intake also boosts your immune system. By the same token, selenium deficiency can leave you wide open to various forms of cancer.

    In addition to preventing the onset of disease, selenium can also slow cancer progression and enhance the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation treatments!

    You can supplement your daily selenium intake but the best form is ingested from whole foods.

    Some of the richest food sources of selenium (in alphabetical order) include:

Brazil nuts (that's what I eat — very rich in selenium)

Cod fish

Eggs (don't worry about cholesterol; eating eggs doesn't increase your cholesterol levels)

Oatmeal

Tuna

Turkey

Sunflower seeds

So if you want to protect your body from free radical damage—and stop cancer dead in its tracks—get more organic selenium in your diet. It could wind up being one science lesson that saves your life!

FORMER LADY BULLDOGS' STANDOUT DEIDRA FIELDS CIAA HALL OF FAME HONOREE

2012-01-28T15:11:00.000-08:00

(HAMPTON, Va.) The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) in conjunction with the CIAA Executive Committee welcomes six individuals and one team into the John B. McLendon, Jr. Hall of Fame. Among those being honored is former Lady Bulldogs' standout Deidra (Fields) Hines.

Deidra (Fields) Hines, a dual sport student-athlete for the Lady Bulldogs, was a member of the volleyball team where, in 1999, she earned the CIAA Player of the Year and All- Conference recognition in 1999 and 2000. In addition to her accomplishments in volleyball she was also a part of the 1999 CIAA Championship team and 2000 Runner-Up team for women's basketball. Fields earned All-CIAA and All-South Atlantic Region recognitions in 2000 and represented the CIAA at the Black College All-Star Game.

Since her days at Bowie State, Deidra has played professional women's football for the Detroit Demolition; where they have won five National Championships. She has coached junior college basketball at Schoolcraft College in Livonia, MI where they were the 2010 Division II National Runner-Up, won two state titles, one Region XII Title and three conference titles. Currently, Deidra is wife and mother of a 17 year old son and resides in Romulus, Michigan. She is the Owner of The Frosted Oven Cake Studio.

Other inductees include Donald Evans (Winston-Salem State University - Football), Dr. Claudie J. Mackey (Elizabeth City State University - Basketball, Track and Professor), Warren Bruce (Virginia Union University - Men's Basketball), Ralph Tally (Norfolk State University - Men's Basketball), Vic Fulp (Postumous) Beat Writer for the Progress Index and Richmond Times-Dispatch and the 1950 CIAA Men's Basketball Championship Team.

The McLendon Hall of Fame's newest neophytes have earned top recognition on the playing field, in their communities and have been staunch supporters of the CIAA. Honorees will be enshrined on Friday, March 2, 2012 at the Charlotte Convention Center at 11:00 am.

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2012-01-28T14:54:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-28T08:29:00.000-08:00

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Bowie State Moves Up To #19 in NABC Division II Poll

2012-01-26T10:41:00.000-08:00

Bowie State Moves Up To #19 in NABC Division II Poll

(KANSAS CITY, Mo.) The Bowie State Bulldogs moved up two spots to # 19 in this week's Division II NABC (Coaches) poll. The poll records reflect games played through January 21^st.

Last week, the Bulldogs defeated Johnson C. Smith and Chowan to improve their record to 13-3. Bowie State also beat Elizabeth City State on Monday (January 23^rd), but this game did not factor into the latest poll.

The Bulldogs return to the hardwood on Saturday (January 28^th) for a much anticipated rematch against Lincoln University of Pennsylvania in the Lions home court.

NABC/Division II Coaches Poll (Jan. 24, 2012)

Record Points Pvs

1. Bellarmine (Ky.) (8 first place votes) 16-1 200 2

2. West Liberty (W.Va.) 16-1 190 3

3. Metropolitan State (Colo.) 17-1 184 4

4. Tarleton State (Texas) 16-1 178 5

5. Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 17-1 161 6

6. Winona State (Minn.) 17-2 157 8

7. Kentucky Wesleyan 15-2 146 1

8. Southern Indiana 15-2 140 7

9. Northern Kentucky 15-2 129 9

10. Midwestern State (Texas) 15-1 128 13

11. Colorado School of Mines 15-2 126 12

12. Alabama-Huntsville 14-3 112 15

13. St. Cloud State (Minn.) 15-2 101 17

14. Missouri Southern 16-3 95 16

15. Christian Brothers (Tenn.) 14-3 86 11

16. Indiana (Pa.) 13-3 78 10

17. Shaw (N.C.) 15-2 64 23

18. Western Washington 17-3 51 22

19. Bowie State 13-3 46 21

20. Hillsdale (Mich.) 15-2 45 14

21. Indianapolis, (Ind.) 14-3 35 NR

22. West Georgia 17-3 34 NR

23. Fort Hays State (Kan.) 13-4 24 25

24. South Carolina Aiken 13-3 21 19

25. Alaska-Anchorage 13-4 13 NR

BOWIE STATE ROUTS ELIZABETH CITY STATE VIKINGS 89-64

(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – January 23, 2012) It only took the 21^st ranked Bulldogs about eight minutes to show why they’re one of the best teams in the country as Bowie State routs Elizabeth City State 89-64. The victory was BSU’s fifth in a row and improves the Bowie State record to 14-3 overall, 6-2 CIAA and 2-0 North.

The first 5:21 of the first half featured two ties and six lead changes. However, a tip-in by Bowie State senior Ali Djim broke an 11-11 tie which started a 12-0 Bulldogs run.

Elizabeth City State’s Quintin Spady cut the Vikings deficit to eight (27-19) with just under 10 minutes remaining in the first half. Unfortunately for ECSU, that’s as close as they would get for the rest of the game.

The Bowie State lead ballooned to a first period high 20 and sent the Bulldogs into halftime with a very comfortable 50-32 advantage. The Bulldogs shot 52 percent from the floor in the first period, connecting on 17-of-33 field goals, which included 8-of-14 beyond the 3-point line. Of those eight first half triples, junior Byron Westmorland was responsible for half of them.

Bowie State’s defense stymied Elizabeth City State all night, holding the Vikings to 32 percent shooting in the first half and 37 percent in the second half.

The Bulldogs began the second half with a 6-0 before a layup the Elizabeth City State’s Omar Jones stopped the run. Bowie State’s stronghold grew to a game-high 29 points (67-39) after a short jumper from the free throw line by junior Branden Doughty with 13:52 left in the game. From there, BSU head coach Darrell Brooks substituted freely.

“Tonight we just shot the ball well and I was pleased with our effort defensively and continued to rebound well”, said Brooks following the game. “It’s always tough playing in here (R.L. Vaughan Center) and this was great divisional victory for us.”

Bowie State matched its first half, 52 percent field goal shooting in the second half, hitting 15-of-29. The Bulldogs made 13-of-26 of its 3-point field goals.

Westmorland led all scorers with a game-high 21 points and senior Darren Clark along with junior Bryan Wilson added 16 and 13 points respectively for the Bulldogs. Clark snatched a game-high nine rebounds and handed out a game-high nine assists from his point guard position.

Elizabeth City State (9-9, 3-5 CIAA, 1-1 North) was led by Marquie Cooke’s 16 points and eight rebounds. Spady, Angelo Sharpless and Jones also scored in double figures for the Vikings, adding 13, 11 and 10 points respectively.

Bowie State will take Tuesday off and begin preparation for Saturday’s (1/28) road rematch with the Lincoln University of Pennsylvania. The Lions and Bulldogs will tip-off at 7:30 pm from LUPA’s Manuel Rivera Hall.

TURNOVERS COSTLY IN LADY BULLDOGS 60-50 SETBACK AT ELIZABETH CITY STATE

(ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – January 23, 2012) Turnovers and late cold spells costly in Bowie State 60-50 loss at Elizabeth City State.

“You can’t turn the ball over 25 times in a ball game and expect to win”, said first year head coach Renard Smith.

Elizabeth City State (11-7, 5-3 CIAA, 2-0 North) used an 11-0 run over a late first half stretch to turn a two point lead to a 35-25 halftime advantage. ECSU’s Jasmine Walker was deadly in the first 20 minutes, knocking down four 3-pointers on 4-of -6 shooting.

The Lady Vikings shot a blistering 59 percent from the floor in the first half (13-22) which included 5-of-10 beyond the arc.

Elizabeth City State held a ten point lead early in the second half until a 3-pointer by Bowie State junior Brooke Miles followed by a jumper by senior Juliette Turner cut the lead in half at 39-34 at the 16:27 mark. However, the Lady Viking pushed the lead back to ten (49-39) by the midway point of the second half.

Bowie State (2-13, 2-6 CIAA, 1-1 North) battled back to pull within three at 51-48, but the offense stalled for the remainder of the game. The only bucket by the Lady Bulldogs over the final 6:07 was a layup by Turner at the 1:54 mark.

Turner was Bowie State’s only double figure scorer with 19 points and also led the team in steals with six. Senior Chanita Jordan and junior Jasmine Jacobs chipped in seven points each and sophomore Chanet Wallace added six points. Jordan swatted away a game-high five shots.

Walker scored a game-high 24 points to lead Elizabeth City State and Stephanie Harper added 12 points and six rebounds. Wykeemia Gray pulled down a game-high eight rebounds for the Lady Vikings to go along with eight points and a team-high four assists.

Bowie State outrebounded Elizabeth City State 38-23. “This (rebounding) was an emphasis for us this week in practice, but we have to learn from this and get better by the next game … I’m proud of the ladies because they really worked hard tonight”, said Smith as the Lady Bulldogs boarded the bus for home.

The Lady Bulldogs return to action Saturday (January 28^th) at Lincoln University of Pennsylvania at 5:30 pm.

(Bowie State University's) DELANO JOHNSON GETS HIGH MARKS AT NFLPA ALL-STAR WORKOUTS

2012-01-23T13:02:00.000-08:00

DELANO JOHNSON GETS HIGH MARKS AT NFLPA ALL-STAR WORKOUTS

CARSON, Calif. -- The first practice of the week in pads was the most physical and most intense of the NFLPA All-Star workouts.

The action was best in "The Pit," a drill matching offensive and defensive linemen one-on-one.

Some of the biggest programs in the country are well represented on either line, but it was the small-school prospect that made the splashiest plays.

The most physically imposing player on either roster was Bowie State University’s Delano Johnson. Johnson has a chiseled build and looks the part of an NFL athlete. Listed at outside linebacker, Johnson practiced primarily at that position but was also occasionally shuttled to defensive-line drills to try his hand at rushing the quarterback. He showed speed but at the request of coaches resorted to attacking blockers with explosive upper-body strength later in practice. A passionate player whose enthusiasm made him popular with teammates and coaches, Johnson is undeniably raw but his size, strength and speed will draw interest from 4-3 and 3-4 teams alike.

Johnson put his name in the Bowie State record book in 2009, tying the Bulldogs all-time record for blocked punts/kicks in a season and became BSU’s all-time career blocked punts/kicks leader in 2010.

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2012-01-23T04:27:00.000-08:00

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NCAA Basketball: Bowie State Vs. Chowan Mens and Womens Post Game Stories

2012-01-22T14:00:00.000-08:00

BOWIE STATE TAKES DOWN CHOWAN HAWKS 81-71 IN CIAA DIVISIONAL CONTEST

(MURFREESBORO, N.C. – January 21, 2012) The size of #1 Bowie State University proved too much for Chowan University, as the Bulldogs defeated the Hawks 81-71 in the CIAA divisional opener for both teams. Bowie State improves to 13-3 overall (5-2 CIAA, 1-0 North) while Chowan falls to 6-13 overall (0-7 CIAA, 0-1 North).

“Any time you can win a game on the road in this league, it’s a steal”, said Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks.

A 13-2 run midway through the first half gave Bowie State a 22-12 lead, but Chowan answered with a 10-3 run of their own to cut the deficit to three with 5:47 remaining in the half. Chowan’s Quinton McDuffie drained a jumper at the 3:29 mark to keep the scoring gap at three. That basket, however, would be the last for the Hawks over the next 9:05; a drought that extended deep into the second half.

After taking a 35-31 lead into halftime, the Bulldogs opened a 41-31 lead, five minutes into the second period. Not until the 14:24 mark, when Kyree Bethel connected on a three, did Chowan get on the scoreboard.

The Bulldogs extended its lead to 15 with 10:16 to play, before Chowan cut it down to eight at 62-54. Chowan could not maintain that momentum and Bowie State slowed pulled away late in the game. Bowie State’s largest lead of the afternoon (19 points) came with 3:32 remaining and all the Bulldog starters on the bench.

Bethel scored a game-high 27 points on 8-13 shooting behind the arc and 3-4 from the free throw line. McDuffie rounded out Chowan’s double figure scorers with 19 points.

“I’m really pleased how we’re defending and now we’re starting to rebound the basketball, and if we continue to do those two things well, we become a tougher team to beat”, said Brooks.

Chowan committed just 11 turnovers compared to 18 for Bowie State. The Hawks were held to 41 percent shooting from the field (24-59), which included 12-27 (44 percent) behind the arc.

The Bulldogs shot 28-58 from the floor and 23-of-34 from the free throw line. Bowie State ruled the backboards, outrebounding Chowan 51-31.

Senior Darren Clark scored a team-high 15 points to go along with seven rebounds and two assists. Senior Travis Hyman and juniors Bryon Westmorland and Najee White chipped in a dozen points each. Hyman led both teams in rebounds with 11.

Bowie State returns to action on Monday (January 23^rd), taking on the Vikings of Elizabeth City State at 7:30 pm in ECSU’s R.L. Vaughan Center.

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BOWIE STATE LADY BULLDOGS GROUND CHOWAN HAWKS 70-65

(MURFREESBORO, N.C. – January 21, 2012) The Bowie State University Lady Bulldogs used a quick second half burst to defeat Chowan University 70-65. BSU picked up their second victory of the season and now sit at 2-12 overall (2-5 CIAA, 1-0 North).

Chowan (7-10, 2-5 CIAA, 0-1 North) took a 10-6 lead following a Ransheda Jennings layup with 13:31 to play in the first half. A 13-6 Bowie State run shifted the advantage over to the Lady Bulldogs only to have the Hawks fight back to regain the lead (22-21) with 5:51 left in the opening half.

The Hawks maintained a slim lead throughout the remainder of the half, but Bowie State junior Cortney Baynard nailed a jumper with just four seconds on the Helms Center clock to give the Lady Bulldogs a 33-32 lead going into intermission.

Bowie State went on a 12-2 run to open the second half to open a 45-34 lead. Chowan did respond, eventually taking the lead, 53-51, with 7:34 left in the divisional contest. Bowie State kept in close the entire second half and regained the lead (62-61) following a layup by senior Chanita Jordan with 1:28 on the clock.

“Having Chanita (Jordan) back with us and making our free throws made the difference”, said Bowie State first-year head coach Renard Smith.

The Lady Bulldogs made eight of their final nine free throw attempts down the stretch to seal the road victory. In total, Bowie State knocked down 23-30 free throws compared to 15-23 for Chowan.

Talaya Lynch paced the Hawks with 24 points, with six field goals coming beyond the 3-point line. Lynch also grabbed six rebounds and handed out three assists. Jennings chipped in 14 points and Summer Curtis pulled down a team-high seven rebounds.

Senior Juliette Turner led the Lady Bulldogs with 19 points. Junior Jasmine Jacobs scored a personal season-best 15 points and Jordan added 14 points and tied her career-high in rebounds with 13.

Bowie State out-scored Chowan 22-3 on second chance points, thanks to 14 offensive rebounds and converted 16 Hawks turnovers into 18 points. Chowan finished the game shooting 43 percent from the field (22-49) with Bowie State hitting 23-62 from the field (37 percent).

The Lady Bulldogs will take on the Lady Vikings of Elizabeth City State – Monday (January 23^rd) at 5:30 pm in the R.L. Vaughan Center.

New type of breast cancer is mostly hype

2012-01-22T13:26:00.000-08:00

Alarming New Trend in Breast Cancer
Diagnoses — Should You Believe the Hype?

By Carol Parks, Contributing Editor

Imagine… you go in for your regular mammogram and are assured — happily — that you do not have breast cancer.

But — your doctor claims — you do have a kind of cancer referred to as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS)… also called "stage zero" cancer. Which means irregular cells are lodged in one or more of your breast ducts — the "highways" connecting the milk-producing lobes to your nipples. But they have not escaped to invade the other breast tissue. Yet.

Will they ever? Maybe… maybe not. Read on…

Continued below. . .

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Being diagnosed with DCIS is complicated, annoying… and horribly frightening.

    On the one hand, you're told not to fret; you don't have invasive cancer and most probably won't (the 10-year survival rate is 99 percent).

    Then again, you're informed you must have the cells surgically removed, along with, in some instances, radiation and chemo… pretty much the same as if you had full-blown cancer.

    Though DCIS is almost always treated, scientists agree that not all cases of DCIS will turn harmful. In fact, most won't. The words "in situ" literally mean "in place" — in other words, non-invasive.

    DCIS comprises 30 percent of all breast cancer diagnoses, and is 99% curable. Breast cancer stages range from 0 to IV. The higher the stage, the worse the cancer… making stage zero seem pretty harmless.

    So why all the hype — and the aggressive treatment? Is it all a hoax?

It all begins with a mammogram

DCIS is initially detected through mammography. But the trouble is, mammography is a very poor, inaccurate diagnostic tool.

    Perhaps its most glaring problem is its unacceptably high rate of false positives, up to six percent. A false positive occurs when the test mistakenly indicates cancer is present.

    It should be noted that we here at Cancer Defeated suggest you avoid mammography and use thermography, which has better detection for all stages of breast cancer without the risks of spreading potential cancers via compression and radiation. Detailed information about thermography is available in our Special Report, Breast Cancer Cover-Up.

    Getting back to conventional testing, if a mammogram detects an abnormal spot, the next step is usually biopsy — cutting a small amount of tissue from the breast to be examined under a microscope by a pathologist to see if cancer is present.

A 30-year history of confusion, differences of opinion,
and unnecessary treatment

There's a huge problem with conventional testing…

    An estimated 17 percent of DCIS cases found through needle biopsy are misdiagnosed.¹

    Far from being the infallible "gold standard" claimed by conventional medicine… biopsy is fraught with errors and differences of opinion.

    DCIS is notoriously tricky to diagnose, prone to outright mistakes and case by case disagreements over whether a cluster of cells is benign or malignant.² Discerning these kinds of minute differences is a challenging area of pathology, the science of examining tissue samples for evidence of disease.

    Plus, pathologists vary widely in level of experience and expertise. Some read as few as 50 breast biopsies per year — far less than the acknowledged 250 a biologist needs to perform before you can have confidence in his or her ability.

    Add that to the fact that no diagnostic standards exist for DCIS, nor do any requirements of expertise levels in the pathologists who read them, and you have a real quagmire.

    So maybe this statement by Dr. Shahla Masood, head of pathology at the University of Florida College of Medicine in Jacksonville is not so shocking…

    He told the New York Times, "There are studies that show that diagnosing these borderline breast lesions occasionally comes down to the flip of a coin."³

    Indeed, even where your pathology report is done can affect the diagnosis.

    Many of the hundreds of thousands of biopsies performed each year are done in small community hospitals, where the pathologist may only read a few breast biopsies a year. Thus, they lack exposure to atypical breast lesions. The local pathologist might not even be board certified.

    In larger hospitals, the diagnosis may be decided by a tumor board.

    Beyond diagnostic errors, there's a difference of opinion as to what even constitutes DCIS.

    Dr. Lagios, a San Francisco pathologist who reviews slides for second opinions, uses a criterion that does not classify some breast lesions smaller than 2 mm as DCIS, even if they possess other markers of it.

    On the other hand, at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston — also a respected center for breast pathology — those same lesions are considered DCIS.⁴

"We have troubling news to tell you…"

In 2006, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure cancer group released a disturbing study.

    In it, an estimated 90,000 cases of women who'd received a DCIS or invasive breast cancer diagnosis either (1) did not have the disease, or (2) their pathologist made another error resulting in incorrect treatment.

    This wasn't really a shock to the medical community, since this problem had been cited in the medical literature numerous times.

    Take the illustrative stories of the women in the July 19, 2010 New York Times story as a case in point…

    All of them began their troubling journey with mammography showing a spot… which led to biopsy… and a (mis)diagnosis of DCIS… which then progressed to painful, debilitating, and disfiguring breast surgery… and one even led to radiation therapy — only to be told later that they never had cancer at all.

    Now imagine you've gone through that hellish series of events — and lived with the terrifying fear of invasive breast cancer — only to receive the troubling news that all the fear and pain was for nothing.

    Not very reassuring, even though…

You've got plenty of company

An estimated one million women will be living with a DCIS diagnosis by 2020… and 50,000 new cases are diagnosed every year, just in the U.S.

    DCIS incidence rose from 1.87 per 100,000 in 1973-75, to a staggering 32.5 per 100,000 in 2004. A more than seventeen times increase… according to a published report by Beth Vernig, PhD and colleagues, in the January 13, 2010 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Dr. Virnig is professor of public health at the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health.

    Of course, that doesn't mean there's a sudden increase in this illness, or pre-illness, or whatever it is. It just means that testing has led to a massive increase in the number of cases diagnosed. Mammography may be responsible for the dramatic increase. Before widespread mammography use began in the 1980s, DCIS was rare. Now, since we assume early detection is the best way to "cure" cancer, we actively go looking for it.

    In addition to finding cancer in earlier stages, doctors sometimes find cells in a twilight zone between normal breast cells and cancerous ones — a condition known as DCIS or "stage zero" cancer.

The standard treatment protocol

With few exceptions (notably elderly women with other health issues), standard practice is to treat DCIS as cancer, rather than monitor it to see if it progresses over time.

    This means doctors are surely over-treating some (perhaps many) patients. Conventional medicine claims to lack the necessary tools to identify who should be treated and who should be watched. They may have a point, but…

    With a DCIS diagnosis, your current treatment is almost always surgery — either a lumpectomy or mastectomy, depending on how widespread the cells appear to be in the ducts. As Allegra says, "it's hard to imagine not doing any surgery."⁵ (Emphasis mine.)

    If the cells are concentrated in one location, you'll get a lumpectomy followed by radiation… which conventional medicine says slashes the risk of recurrence in that breast (but not the other one) by half. But if abnormal cells are fairly widespread, they'll typically advise a mastectomy and skip the post-op radiation.

    Some women, particularly young women with a family history of breast cancer or genetic mutation (placing them at higher risk) even opt for a double mastectomy.

    The rate of double mastectomies for DCIS patients skyrocketed from 4.1 percent in 1998 to 13.5 percent in 2005 — well more than a three-fold increase — according to a study published in April 2009 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology.

    Your doctor may sometimes recommend Tamoxifen (a chemotherapy drug) along with surgery.

So, what if YOU get a DCIS diagnosis?

First, take a deep breath and realize that mistakes are regularly made. There's no need to panic.

    If you're diagnosed with DCIS or any type of early stage breast cancer, ALWAYS get a second — if not a third and fourth — opinion. False positive rates are so high, the diagnostic criteria so subjective, and the risks of surgery, radiation, and chemo too great to forgo this step.

    Before you make any treatment decisions, have your biopsy results reviewed specifically by a breast specialist.

    As mentioned above, there are pathologists who specialize in rendering second opinions. I would certainly be willing to pay for it out of my own pocket, if necessary, before rushing into conventional medicine's slice and burn protocol.

    Some doctors are increasingly urging the cautionary principle even with a clear DCIS diagnosis. A wait and see attitude. There seems to be a growing body of evidence suggesting that some breast cancers may spontaneously regress without treatment.⁶

    Certainly a "wait and see" stance gives you a heads-up and an opportunity to engage in some of the strategies we discuss here and in our publications.

The controversy about over-treatment

Lawsuits from women who have been wrongly diagnosed -- and undergone radical disfiguring surgeries as a result -- may be affecting the treatment landscape and giving credence to a less aggressive approach.

    Conventional medicine is quick to rush you into surgery. But researchers at the University of California-San Francisco see DCIS as part of a larger problem of cancer over-treatment.

    Laura Esserman, director of the Carol Franc Buck Cancer Center and Professor of Surgery and Radiology, co-authored the 'controversial' analysis in the Journal of the American Medical Association in 2009… which calls for a new look at screening for both breast and prostate cancer.

    Her argument: Mammography catches more early cancers, but the number caught at more advanced stages has not declined at a similar rate — which you'd expect if they were simply identifying early cases before they progress.

    So screening may just be finding cases that don't need treatment.

What if we took the carcinoma out of ductal
carcinoma in situ -- DCIS --and eased up on treatments?

There's growing pressure in the medical community for dropping the "carcinoma" from DCIS — saying it is troubling and misleading (which is impossible to disagree with).

    These same proponents also suggest DCIS as an excellent candidate for "active surveillance" — a watching-waiting strategy that skips surgery and radiation unless the condition progresses to higher risk.

    So far, most of the drive for active surveillance seems to be coming from UC-San Francisco. Dr. Esserman has been especially forthright in demanding change in the naming and management of minimal risk cancers including DCIS.⁷

    She advocates that minimal risk lesions should not be called cancer, and proposed a new term… saying the new name encourages a search for good outcomes without over-treating a rather benign condition.

    With DCIS, "the bulk of what we find is not high grade… less than five percent of DCIS turns out to be 'something else' including invasive cancer," explained Dr. Esserman to Medscape Oncology in an interview.

    Only high-grade DCIS tends to progress to invasive breast cancer. "If if doesn't look like high-grade DCIS, we should leave it alone. We would eliminate two-thirds of all biopsies if we did," says Dr. Esserman.

    She states that there's sufficient data to rethink our entire approach to DCIS.

    I'm sure eliminating two-thirds of all biopsies and practicing active surveillance will rattle those whose livelihoods depend on it. But that's exactly the route I'd choose.

Kindest regards,

Lee Euler,
Publisher

Footnotes from 1st article:

¹http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20cancer.html?_r=3&th&emc=th

²http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20cancer.html?_r=3&th&emc=th
³http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20cancer.html?_r=3&th&emc=th
⁴http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/20/health/20cancer.html?_r=3&th&emc=th

⁵http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/cancer/articles/2009/10/22/
the-confusion-over-dcis-what-to-do-about-stage-zero-breast-cancer

⁶http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/584147

⁷Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA. 2009;302:1685-1692).

References from second article:

"Cancer Death Rates Continue to Decline," by Katie Moisse. http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/health/2012/01/04/cancer-deaths-continue-to-decline/

"Cancer death rates continue to drop," by Amanda Gardner, HealthDay. http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/medical/cancer/story/2012-01-05/Cancer-death-rates-continue-to-drop/52387824/1

"Report: U.S. Cancer Death Rates Continue to Drop," by Dr. David B. Samadi. http://www.foxnews.com/health/2012/01/10/report-us-cancer-death-rates-continue-to-drop/

Fighting Cancer, ebook, by K.W.A. Jayawardana. http://www.nadula.info/healinghelp/FightingCancer/pdf/5%20Cancer%20statistics.pdf

#21 BOWIE STATE CRUISE TO 70-60 CONFERENCE VICTORY OVER JOHNSON C. SMITH

2012-01-20T18:14:00.000-08:00

#21 BOWIE STATE CRUISE TO 70-60 CONFERENCE VICTORY OVER JOHNSON C. SMITH

(BOWIE, Md. – January 19, 2012) A late arriving A.C. Jordan Arena crowd got into their seats just in time to see the 21^st ranked Bulldogs cruise to a rather easy 70-60 conference victory over Johnson C. Smith University. With the win, Bowie State improves to 12-3 overall (4-2 CIAA) while the Golden Bulls dip to 7-8 overall (2-3 CIAA).

“I thought our guys did a terrific job overall defensively, especially against (Trevin) Parks” said a tired BSU head coach Darrell Brooks.

The Golden Bulls had their second lowest shooting percentage of the season. Johnson C. Smith shot just 33 percent (20-60) from the field, compared to 46 percent (29-63) shooting for Bowie State. The Bulldogs outscored the Golden Bulls 34-22 in the paint and 16-0 off second chance opportunities.

Bowie State never trailed in the game and led by 13 (35-22) late in the first half. The Bulldogs defense allowed just six points over the final 6:04 of the first period and strolled into halftime with a 35-24 advantage.

The Bulldogs lead ballooned to a game-high 24 points, opening the second half with a 13-0 run, padding the Bowie State lead at 48-24.

Antwan Wilkerson had a team-high 12 points with nine rebounds. Phillip Wood produced a double-double of 11 points and 10 boards and Trevin Parks had a season-low 11 points with five assists.

Senior Jay Gavin scored a game-high 19 points on 7-of-13 shooting from the field and included 5-of-8 beyond the 3-point line. Senior Darren Clark and junior Bryan Wilson rounded out Bowie State’s double figure scorers with 11 points each. Senior Travis Hyman led the Bulldogs on the glass with seven rebounds and a game-high four blocks.

Bowie State University will head south again for their next two games with the first stop coming in Murfreesboro (N.C.) against the Chowan University Hawks on Saturday (January 21^st) at 4 pm. Following that game, Bowie State will invade Elizabeth City State’s Vaughan Center on Monday (January 23^rd) at 7:30 pm. Both games are doubleheaders with the Lady Bulldogs.

Independence from your digestive problems

2012-01-19T04:36:00.000-08:00

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You’ve got a shelf full of digestive remedies. You’re eating better. And yet you wonder...

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Stop putting temporary Band-Aids on your digestion problems!

Instead, stop your digestive troubles by strengthening your entire digestive system. This simple yet comprehensive solution is so effective and far-reaching that many patients report that joint pain, allergies and other health problems also improve — and in some cases disappear!

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Do you have a weak digestive system—one that could lead to (or be causing) serious digestive and other health problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, joint pain, and blood sugar problems?

Here are some common overlooked signs of a weak digestive system:

Symptom: You feel tired after a meal — When your digestion is weak you can’t push food through your digestive tract effectively. Your body reacts by stealing energy from other parts of your body to get the food down. With less energy circulating throughout your body, you feel tired.

Symptom: You get cold easily — When you don’t produce enough digestive enzymes or acid to break down food into small enough bits to absorb its nutrients, your body senses this lack of nutrients. It compensates by diverting circulation from less vital body parts (such as your hands and feet) to supply more crucial parts (like your brain and heart). With less circulation to your extremities, you get cold more easily.

Symptom: You experience declining memory or “brain fog” — Weak digestion can lead to digestion-related food allergies—a leading cause of “brain fog.” In addition, your brain and your digestive system are intimately connected neurologically. And so when your digestion is weak, it affects your brain, clouding your mind. It can even eventually lead to dementia.

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Sure, their symptoms improved slightly — as long as they made the changes I suggested (some of which were quite restrictive). But they continued to complain about stomach pain, gas, constipation, or diarrhea.

Some still couldn’t eat certain foods. And some still bloated so badly they had to unbutton their pants after a meal.

I knew how frustrated my patients were because I’ve had a sensitive stomach myself for most of my life. Fatty foods made me tired. Salads often gave me gas. Other foods caused bloating and other discomfort.

Well, no more. I’m happy to say I finally found a single digestive remedy that really works for me, for my patients, and for thousands of people with digestion problems around the world.

New digestive remedy provides all-over vitality

In fact, as you’re about to discover, it works so well that many patients report other health problems improving — and even vanishing — as their rejuvenated digestive system delivers new health and vitality throughout their entire bodies.

This remedy is not like anything you have ever tried before. Because it doesn’t just work on one part of your digestion. And because it doesn’t just mask your symptoms while leaving the root causes of your problems untreated.

Instead, it strengthens and balances your entire digestive system. Because once each part is balanced and strengthened, your entire system can run the way it’s supposed to — as it did when you were younger. Free from digestive problems and free to supply your body with the nutrients it needs.

And that is why it’s the only digestive remedy I now recommend to my patients.

I’m Dr. Nan Kathryn Fuchs. I’ve been a nutritionist in private practice for over 31 years, and authored eight best-selling books on nutrition and health. I’m also a well-known health writer and the editor of a popular alternative health newsletter.

I want to tell you more about this amazing new discovery in a moment. But first, let’s look at why what you’ve been doing to relieve your digestive problems probably hasn’t worked. And why without a truly healthy digestive system, you’ll never achieve the good health — and freedom from health problems — that you desire. And deserve!

Stop treating symptoms—
treat what’s causing them

Most digestion remedies don’t work because they only treat your symptoms, not the root cause. So your problems keep coming back. It’s like trying to cure a cavity with a shot of Novocain. The pain goes away (temporarily), but the cavity is still eating away at your tooth.

In no branch of medicine is treating symptoms rather than root causes more common than when it comes to digestive problems. For example:

Taking antacids may temporarily soothe your painful stomach. But antacids don’t balance your acid production, which is what keeps your stomach calm. When there’s food in your stomach, your body needs to produce enough acid to digest it and make sure it’s broken down efficiently and completely. That’s what eliminates gas and bloating. (Most people, as they get older, actually produce too little acid. This causes an acid “imbalance” and acid gets produced when there’s no food in your stomach — eating away at your stomach lining.)
Ingesting enzymes if you’re low on them is a good temporary solution. But you have to take them all the time, with every meal, and make sure you’re getting the right ones for the foods you eat. Wouldn’t it be better if your digestive system was healthy and strong enough to produce the enzymes it needs on its own?

Relying on laxatives can make you more regular. But why isn’t your digestive system strong enough to push what you consume through more speedily on its own? You want food to get through quickly and be broken down efficiently and completely — so it doesn’t sit around and “putrefy,” and so you can get the maximum benefit from it.

Until you strengthen and balance your entire digestive system, your problems are likely to continue to worsen. And unfortunately, the rest of your health is likely to deteriorate right along with your digestive health!

But the good news is that strengthening and balancing your entire digestive system is now as easy as taking a single dietary supplement.

Remember when you were a teenager
and could eat anything?

My search for a better way to treat digestive problems led me to Dr. Isaac Eliaz, a renowned healer and researcher who heads a team of scientists at EcoNugenics — a leading research lab right here in the U.S.

The EcoNugenics team has formulated what I think is the best digestive remedy available anywhere today — at any price. It’s called Integrative Digestive Formula™. I’ve tested it thoroughly. I’ve seen it work on my own body. And I see it work on my patients every day.

Now when my patients return for a follow-up visit, they no longer tell me they still have digestive problems. Instead, they excitedly tell me what they can eat again, how much lighter they feel, and how they can stay out all day without worrying if there’s a bathroom nearby.

Many tell me they feel as if they’ve gotten their lives back. Like 53-year-old JoAnn, who battled chronic constipation since she was young.

For JoAnn, waiting days between each painful bowel movement wasn’t her biggest problem. Nor was it the bloating, stomach cramps or acid reflux it caused. It was the chronic exhaustion.

JoAnn constantly struggled to muster enough energy to get through simple chores such as doing the laundry or dishes. It took every bit of willpower to go to work everyday. JoAnn recalls,

“It was hard for people to understand how physically drained this made me. I kept telling my husband: ‘I’m so exhausted.’ And he’d say: ‘What are you talking about? You slept 10 hours!’”

Before long, her exhaustion affected her emotionally. She obsessed about when her next bowel movement would come. And she was constantly stressed from not having enough energy to do what she needed to do.

Over the years, JoAnn tried detox regimens, cleanses, acupuncture, drugs, supplements and diet changes. But they gave her only temporary relief — or none at all.

Yet within a few days on Integrative Digestive Formula™, JoAnn’s bowel movements came regularly and easily for the first time in decades. As she said in her own words:

“It’s not like a laxative where it’s a quick fix just for the moment. I can feel this moving more energy into my stomach. It regulated and balanced my system so now, I never think about my bowel movements anymore.”

As JoAnn’s digestion strengthened, her health improved as well. Her weight dropped, her acid reflux healed, the painful bloating vanished, her energy levels soared and she sleeps soundly throughout the night. She even takes fewer vitamins and other supplements now that her stronger digestion is better able to absorb the nutrients from foods.

But that’s not all. For years, JoAnn lived with a constant, sharp pain from cysts in her chest. Doctors told her there was nothing they could do about it. And since JoAnn’s family has a history of breast cancer, you can imagine how much she worried about those chronic cysts.

But after JoAnn’s digestion strengthened, her cysts disappeared — and haven’t returned since!

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As I said, I take Integrative Digestive Formula™ myself.

Since childhood, I couldn’t remember a day when my stomach felt “normal.” But now, foods that used to give me gut-wrenching cramps don’t bother me anymore. And I even stopped taking enzymes. For me, that’s a big deal because I relied on enzymes every day for 18 years!

It’s exciting to have finally liberated myself and so many of my patients from digestion troubles. But what really thrills me is how their bodies heal as their digestion strengthens. Blood pressure often normalizes. Cholesterol may go down. Blood sugar levels often decline. And, in some cases, years of illness actually reverse!

Here’s another wonderful “side-effect” of stronger digestion: It can help you lose weight by helping you digest carbohydrates and sugars, reducing sugar cravings, and improving your metabolism.

And because skin conditions and allergies are both affected by the quality of your digestion, don’t be surprised if your skin clears up and your allergies disappear.

How can one pill do so much? Integrative Digestive Formula™ is a unique blend of herbs, medicinal mushrooms and other ingredients that work together to not just relieve your symptoms, but to strengthen and heal your entire digestive system. (That’s the only path to real, long-term relief of your digestive problems.)

Chinese and Tibetan herbs ignite your digestive fire

Integrative Digestive Formula™ is based on the understanding of Eastern medicine that a digestive “fire” (or energy) burns in your belly.

When your digestion gives you trouble, Eastern doctors say your fire has cooled down too much, making your system sluggish. So they prescribe “rekindling” herbs that support your digestive functions.

This might sound odd at first, but if you think about it, rekindling your fire really does make sense. After all, your stomach acids really do burn and break down the foods you eat. Enzymes work by melting down fats, proteins and carbohydrates so you’re able to absorb and utilize them.

When the rekindling herbs fire up your digestive functions, your system can really do the job it’s meant to do and start working at closer to its full potential speed. This relieves the strain on your digestive system, so it can finally begin healing itself.

For example, the rekindling herbs in Integrative Digestive Formula™ stimulate your stomach to provide healthful digestive acids when you need them. Other herbs trigger a stream of active enzymes into your small intestine to break down fats.

But a strong fire must be contained in a strong system. That’s why Integrative Digestive Formula™ works to strengthen your intestinal walls — the musculature that supports all your food-processing activity and keeps things moving.

Strong intestinal walls help push food and waste completely through the long 30-foot trek down your GI tract. Faster movement prevents toxins from building up in your intestines. This is important because toxins signal your body to produce inflammation to fight those toxins.

As you may know, many medical professionals now believe inflammation is at the root of many of today’s health problems — from allergies and joint pain to more serious problems. That’s why, as your digestive system heals and your inflammation calms, you may see many of your current health issues begin to reverse. In addition, many doctors believe that reducing your “inflammation load” can protect you from more serious health problems later in life.

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With all this extra support firing up your digestive system, it can begin working quickly, efficiently, and smoothly again. And this is when the real magic happens…

Turn your digestive system into a self-healing machine

Did you know that your digestion — just like other parts of your body — is designed to heal itself? It’s just like the way your skin naturally heals from a small cut on your finger.

The trouble is, most digestion remedies actually prevent you from healing.

We talked earlier about how most remedies focus on your symptoms, not the cause. The only way these remedies give you relief is by dumping a boat load of an ingredient into your system — like psyllium fiber (for constipation) or an antacid such as sodium bicarbonate (for heartburn) — and hoping it does the trick.

Your digestive system gets so much “help” that before long, it stops trying to work on its own. It ends up relying on the remedies and they become a crutch.

So your digestive system continues getting weaker. Before long, you need a bigger crutch (a higher dose) for even slight relief. Less and less seems to work anymore until one day, nothing seems to work.

Integrative Digestive Formula™, on the other hand, contains just enough of each ingredient to kick-start your digestive processes. And once it gets kick-started, your body naturally takes over:

For example:

Your intestinal walls fire up with renewed energy, pushing out impacted waste and eliminating it like clockwork (no more constipation or diarrhea)!
Your newly fortified intestinal walls prevent toxins, viruses and parasites from entering your bloodstream. So inflammation begins to vanish and other health problems begin to disappear!
Your stomach floods with healthful enzymes and acids to quickly and completely digest anything you eat. Your body gets the nutrients it needs. And you may find yourself enjoying foods you’ve stayed away from for years!

What’s more, modern life constantly beats up your digestion with unavoidable stresses such as pollution, chemicals, and psychological and physical stress. But with Integrative Digestive Formula™, your digestive system will have the strength to resist those attacks. So your digestion can work smoothly and begin to heal.

To speed up this healing process — both in your digestive system and throughout your body — Integrative Digestive Formula™ also contains....

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your immune system

When you have a weakened digestion, the toxins building up in your body are doing more than triggering inflammation. They also attack your immune system.

These toxins travel through your bloodstream, killing off healthy cells — making you vulnerable to illness and disease. In addition, when digestion is weak, your intestines can become “leaky” — allowing large molecules to get absorbed into the blood stream, damaging organs and tissues. A strong, healthy gut creates a healthy barrier and protects you.

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You aren’t what you eat…you are what you absorb

You’ve probably heard the old saying, “you are what you eat.”

But I tell my patients that we really should say: “You are what you eat, digest and absorb.” After all, if you can’t extract the nutrients out of what you eat, then eating the healthiest foods in the world won’t do you much good.

That’s why an important benefit of Integrative Digestive Formula™ is that as your digestive system begins to strengthen and heal, it gets better and better at doing its job: absorbing the nutrients from the foods you eat (as well as from any vitamins and supplements you take).

In addition, digestive enzymes play an important role in breaking down your food so it can be readily absorbed. Unfortunately, as we get older, we produce fewer enzymes. That’s why Integrative Digestive Formula™ includes a wide array of digestive enzymes to support the healing process of your digestive tract. (Even while it’s encouraging your system to produce more enzymes on its own.)

With these extra enzymes, you’ll absorb more of what you eat and you’ll get more out of any supplements and even any medicines that you take.

Now you’re truly on the road to better digestive health—and better overall health as well!

With so much packed into each capsule, it’s not surprising how quickly your digestion strengthens. But what might surprise you is how quickly your other health issues can improve:

That “foggy-headed” feeling may finally clear. You may find yourself feeling like your old self again as thoughts come faster, you recall names more easily, and don’t waste time searching for lost glasses or a misplaced key. This is because your digestion-related allergies will begin to clear, and they’re a major factor in brain fog and brain aging. In addition, scientists now know that important chemicals that enable brain cells to communicate with each other (neuropeptids) are actually produced in the digestive tract, and strengthening your digestive system can enable you to produce more of them.
As the inflammation in your body begins to disappear, you may find that you’re no longer limited by stiff, painful joints. Instead, they’re flexible and virtually pain-free. So you can spend hours enjoying your favorite hobbies again.
Healthy digestion means better energy and resistance. As your immunity strengthens, you may find that you can stay healthy through the cold season — even when everyone around you is coughing and sneezing.
You may find yourself more energized — not in jittery surges, but consistently all day long. You can get more done without worrying about “overdoing it” or feeling exhausted the next day. (Doesn’t it make sense that if the furnace that burns the fuel that powers your body is operating at maximum capacity, you’ll have more energy?)
And you may find yourself sleeping like a baby once again — deeply and soundly, without waking up through the night. In the morning, you’ll feel refreshed and well-rested. Thanks to better digestion leading to better energy production, less or no heartburn, and fewer swings in blood sugar and insulin levels.

With a strong digestion, many of my patients tell me they feel “alive” again — that they enjoy life more now that they aren’t restricted by nagging health issues and slowed by aches and pains.

And for many, that’s just the beginning. Because reduced inflammation means better circulation and more oxygen getting to every cell in your body. That can be a big help with your vision problems (your eyes depend on nutrients getting to them), blood pressure, blood sugar levels and cholesterol.

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Fast relief also shows how quickly your digestion is strengthening. That’s great to know because the sooner that happens, the sooner your other health issues can start fading away, and the sooner you begin protecting yourself from more serious health problems later.

I can go on and on about Integrative Digestive Formula™ — how it changed my life and how it has dramatically helped my patients. But what really matters is how it can help you.

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Once you see how much better you feel and how much easier it is to digest the foods you love, you won’t want to miss a single day. And you’ll want to keep taking it to fully heal your digestive system.

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What's your risk of dying of cancer?

2012-01-18T11:10:00.000-08:00

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The number of people dying from cancer has dropped drastically, at least according to new reports from the American Cancer Society.

Their numbers show a drop in mortality rates by 23 percent for men and 15 percent for women as compared with numbers 20 years ago. Overall, death rates have fallen for the four most common cancers: lung, colon, breast, and prostate.

Rates refer to number of cancer deaths per thousand people. If 10 people per thousand were dying from the disease in 1990 and 8 people per thousand were dying in 2010, the decline from 10 to 8 would be a 20 percent decline.

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More specific reports show death rates from cancer went down by 1.8 percent (i.e. per hundred people) for men and 1.6 percent for women between 2004 and 2008. Data for the reports comes from the National Cancer Institute and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

    The research also shows annual death rates for two minority groups — black men and Hispanic men — dropped most dramatically, at 2.4 percent and 2.3 percent, respectively.

    Childhood cancer rates have also improved, with the five-year survival rate up to 83 percent (it was only 58 percent in the mid-1970s). From what I can learn, this is because of great success at treating leukemia, the most common type of childhood cancer. But please note that the percentage of children getting leukemia is actually going up. We're fortunate this disease is now treatable.

    Overall, cancer is the #2 cause of death among children above the age of one, only exceeded by accidents. This is a tragic fact. My guess is it's due to the massive proliferation of untested chemicals and our unhealthy diets.

    But having said all this, I put little faith in the official count of who died from cancer and who didn't. Generally, cancer patients die of an infection such as pneumonia, or of heart failure — brought on by multiple rounds of chemotherapy that shatter the immune system, exhaust the patients, and leave them vulnerable to death from some cause other than cancer. Doctors don't count these deaths as cancer fatalities. So the statistics for cancer deaths are essentially meaningless.

    Why the decline in officially-measured cancer death rates? The American Cancer Society attributes the improved numbers to early detection and treatment.

    Yet, this can't be the whole story. After all, prostate cancer screening is no longer even recommended. According to the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force (USPSTF), prostate cancer screening provided no reduction in mortality.

    We should also note that less common cancers are actually on the rise. These include cancers of the pancreas, liver, kidney, esophagus, thyroid, and skin. Experts don't know the reason for the increase, but a few point their fingers at the obesity epidemic.

"More than a million deaths averted"

That's according to Dr. Ahmedin Jemal, coauthor of the study that shows a decline in cancer. He was the first to cite early detection and treatment as an explanation for the reduction in deaths. He also cited improvements in cancer prevention, but at the same time pointed out that cancer deaths overall are bound to go up because of our aging, ever-growing population.

Jemal went on to say the best way to overcome these disparities is to expand medical centers, put more doctors in place, and energize the health sector. That way, the medical professionals can apply what they know to all segments of the population.

At the same time, Jemal — and most of mainstream medicine, like him — seems more focused on treating the symptoms of cancer on a massive level … instead of actively working to stop cancer from starting in the first place.

The problem with cancer statistics

Most people read cancer statistics and assume cancer is evenly spread throughout a population. But that's not true. Look at breast cancer in England and Wales. According to a report from several years ago, breast cancer in women over 45 who lived in Leicestershire was 20% higher than the national average. Yet, in Cumberland it was 20% lower than the average. Oddly, Cumberland women were 50% more likely than average to have malignant melanomas, yet nearby in Durham, incidence was 30% below average.

    How do you account for all the variation? It's pretty simple. It's practically positive proof that cancer extends far beyond genes into diet, lifestyle, and environmental factors.

    Wouldn't you agree then, that interventions should be more focused on these areas than in adding more medical centers to the world?

    The problem with cancer statistics is that they get everybody excited about facts that may not matter in the grand scheme of things. You see, there are a number of ways to parse the numbers, and mainstream medicine tends to cook the figures to make itself look good.

    I can easily believe the absolute number of lung cancer deaths is down because of the decline in smoking. Deaths from breast cancer went down massively when women found out hormone replacement therapy was a dangerous treatment, and stopped doing it. The reduction in new breast cancer cases was swift and drastic following this discovery.

    And I do know colonoscopy screening is touted as a great success and doctors are catching a huge number of colon polyps before they become tumors.

    The survival rate is even pretty good for more developed cases of colon cancer, those where a portion of the colon has to be removed by surgery. But I also have to tell you that life can be unpleasant following the operation.

    When it comes to prostate cancer, I'd be suspicious that there's been any real progress. Aggressive screening has led to the discovery of a great many more prostate tumors than in the old days, but most of those tumors would have remained undiscovered (and harmless — part of the reason these screenings are going out of vogue). The old saying is "Most men die WITH prostate cancer, not OF it."

    If a man over 65 has a small prostate tumor, chances are pretty good he'll die years later of some other cause. 30 years ago those little tumors weren't even diagnosed. Nowadays they're found, treated (usually over-treated) and the medical statisticians claim they've "saved a life."

    For early-stage prostate cancer, total removal of the prostate is said to be nearly 100% successful at preventing cancer death. But the quality of life is low following prostatectomy, and in my opinion most or all of these early-stage cancers can be cured by alternative treatments, without surgery.

    The underlying problem here is that as cancer rates improve slightly, everybody gets excited about early detection and surgical or drug intervention but little progress is made at prevention. And of course nondrug, nonsurgical alternatives are largely ignored although they could really knock down cancer rates.

Your health is in your hands

    The American Cancer Society itself admits that at least 25 percent of total cancer deaths can be prevented because they relate to lifestyle issues: tobacco use, being overweight, lack of exercise, and poor nutrition. I would guess even more could be prevented if we paid more attention to environment and cultural issues.

    Cancer remains an extraordinary problem. In North America and Western Europe alone, it's the equivalent of eight fully-loaded jumbo 747s crashing every day with no survivors. It's only going to get worse because the population is aging, and the risk of cancer rises sharply with age.

    Health officials and individuals at risk should focus more on why cancers develop in the first place. This means examining everything about the way we live, from the food we eat, to the sources of our food, to the government subsidies that promote certain foods over others. And instead of looking the other way, they should also focus more on toxins in our soil, chemicals in our homes, and all the cultural trends that promote sitting the whole day through and never getting off our hind ends.

NCAA Basketball Bowie State Vs. Livingstone Recap

2012-01-17T16:22:00.000-08:00

(BOWIE, MD – January 16, 2012) The Lady Bulldogs missed a golden opportunity against Livingstone College, allowing the Blue Bears to escape with a 65-64 victory over the Lady Bulldogs.

“Tonight’s game was true example of growth and development”, said first-year Bowie State head coach Renard Smith. “We have to be able to finish out a game and we can’t be made about the effort put forth by the players.”

Bowie State (1-12 / 1-5 CIAA) came out strong, jumping out to a quick 8-2 lead, but after a timeout by the Blue Bears, Livingstone went on a 7-0 run and took its first lead of the game at 9-8 with 11:45 left in the first half. The Lady Bulldogs responded with a 5-0 run to back up 13-9.

Livingstone battled back to tie the game at 15-15, but the Lady Bulldogs made yet another run to regain their lead. Bowie State led by as much as seven points with 2:03 left, but a three-pointer by Kelcyn Manurs and a buzzer-beating layup by Jasmine Murray got the Blue Bears within 29-27 at the break.

The Blue Bears came out strong to start the second half, grabbing the first four points to take a 31-29 edge over the Lady Bulldogs. Bowie State came back to take a 34-31 advantage, but three pointers by Manurs and Kendra McKinney gave Livingstone a 37-36 lead with 16:07 left in the contest.

Following the slim, one-point edge for the Blue Bears, Bowie State went on an 8-0 run to open a 44-37 lead with 14:22 to play. Livingstone responded with a 9-2 run of its own to knot the game up again at 46-46 with 11:33 on the clock.

Over the next six minutes, neither team managed more than a two-point lead, and as the clock ticked under five minutes to play the Bowie State led 60-57. Livingstone battled to take a one-point lead with 4:01 to play and with 2:13 to play, Manurs put the Blue Bears up 65-62. After the Manurs’ bucket, the Blue Bears didn’t score another point.

As the clock hit one minute to play, the Lady Bulldogs went to the free-throw line. Junior Jasmine Jacobs hit 1-of-2 free throws to get within 65-63. After Livingstone turned the ball over with 17 seconds left, senior Juliette Turner was fouled with five seconds to go. Turner missed the first free throw but converted the second and trailed 65-64.

Bowie State had to foul to extend the game, but unfortunately the Blue Bears weren’t anywhere near the bonus. After three consecutive fouls, Elicia Gilliam-Washington went to the line to shoot a 1-and-1. Her first attempt was an air ball which gave the Lady Bulldogs the ball out of bounds with 0.8 seconds on the clock. The inbounds play worked almost to perfection for the Lady Bulldogs as a three-quarters court pass found an open Turner who had a credible look at the basket, but the shot fell short and the Blue Bears survived.

Stella Holloway finished with 10 points and 10 rebounds in the victory. Manurs added a team-high 17 points while Jasmine Murray scored 15 points and grabbed seven boards.

Livingstone (6-10 / 2-3 CIAA) connected on 41.8 percent of its attempts from the field including 28.6 percent from beyond the arc. The Blue Bears only attempted 13 free throws for the contest, converting five. Livingstone dominated the offensive glass, pulling down 22 offensive rebounds that translated into 26 second-chance points.

Three Bowie State players scored in double figures with Turner leading the way with 19 points to go along with nine rebounds. Sophomore Brooke Miles and junior Cortney Baynard chipped in 13 points each. Jacobs was Bowie State leader in assists with six and added eight points and eight rebounds.

Bowie State will hit the road again for two games in three days. The Lady Bulldogs travel to Chowan University on Saturday (January 21^st) and Elizabeth City State University next Monday (January 23^rd).

BOWIE STATE HOLDS ON TO DEFEAT LIVINGSTONE 69-64

(BOWIE, MD – January 16, 2012) A win is a win and that's just what nationally ranked Bowie State got after beating Livingstone College 69-64 in first home game in 11 days. Junior Byron Westmorland led the 12th ranked Bulldogs with 19 points.

“I’m always happy when we win a game and we’re not going to make excuses, but I thought we looked tired as a team,” said third-year Bowie State head coach Darrell Brooks. “Livingstone did a great job scrapping a playing hard.”

Livingstone (3-8 / 0-5 CIAA) had a slow start and the Bulldogs pulled out to an 11-2 lead in the first 4:11 of the contest with the only Blue Bear bucket coming from Greg Henry. Livingstone did recover with an 11-2 run of its own to tie the game at 13-13 with 8:26 remaining.

Bowie State (11-3 / 3-2 CIAA) went back up by five at 18-13, but a quick 9-2 run by Livingstone gave the Blue Bears a 22-20 lead with 3:43 remaining. The Bulldogs finished the half on an 8-4 run and took a 28-26 lead into the break.

The Blue Bears came out very strong to start the second half, getting six of the first nine points and had a 32-31 lead with 18:41 on the clock. Over the next eight minutes the two teams traded buckets on both ends of the court and with 10:10 to play in the contest, the Blue Bears held a 45-44 edge. Bowie State then went on a 9-0 run courtesy of back-to-back Westmorland 3-pointers and a layup by senior Ali Djim, grabbing a 53-45 lead with 8:54 to play.

Livingstone worked very hard over the last eight minutes of the game to continually stay within striking distance of the Bulldogs. With just over a minute remaining, the Blue Bears trailed by eight. Quintin Redfern converted an old-fashioned three-point play to bring Livingstone within 63-58.

In the final minute, the Bulldogs were pressured to convert their free-throw attempts and hit just enough to hold off the Blue Bears. Bowie State had to fight past three-pointers from Omar Ford-Bey and Mark Thomas to hold on for the 69-64 victory.

Mark Thomas led the Blue Bears with 13 points while Ethan Anderson was the only other Blue Bear in double figures with 10 points. Anderson grabbed six rebounds to lead Livingstone and was matched by Omar Ford-Bey.

Livingstone finished the game shooting 35.3 percent from the floor including 36.8 percent from three-point range. The Blue Bears struggled at the charity stripe, converting only 9-of-18 attempts.

Bowie State did not do much better in terms of field goal shooting, making a season-low 35.5 percent of its shots (22-of-62) which included just 8-of-26 beyond the arc. Free throws and turnovers were a sore spots for the Bulldogs as well. Bowie State finished the night 17-of-29 (58.6 percent) from the charity stripe and committed 20 turnovers.

Besides Westmorland’s scoring, senior Jay Gavin recorded 15 points and seniors Travis Hyman and Darren Clark added 10 points apiece for the Bulldogs. Hyman hauled down a game-high 15 rebounds and blocked two shots.

The Bulldogs will play a critical home conference game Thursday (January 19^th), hosting the Golden Bulls of Johnson C. Smith University at 7:30 pm in the A.C. Jordan Arena.

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2012-01-17T11:02:00.000-08:00

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2012-01-16T09:27:00.000-08:00

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Do not be the last person to die of cancer

2012-01-16T09:06:00.000-08:00

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Where Steve Jobs went wrong-a second look

2012-01-15T06:35:00.000-08:00

What I Would Have Told Steve Jobs
if I'd had the Chance

Last September in Issue #113 I wrote about the tragic loss of Steve Jobs to pancreatic cancer. For the benefit of those who don't know, Steve Jobs was a brilliant business leader whose products revolutionized our daily lives.
Just after that article, more information became available about what treatments Jobs had chosen. It turns out Jobs elected to try alternative instead of conventional treatments when he first learned he had cancer. But what alternative treatments did he try? And did he make the right decisions? Keep reading and see for yourself. . .
Continued below. . .

A U.S. President refused America's
outdated cancer treatments —
Here's where he went instead

Americans would be shocked if they knew that President Reagan, while still in the White House, turned his back on American cancer treatments. He secretly sneaked off to a German clinic — and lived another 19 years.
Why? Because German cancer doctors are better — thanks to breakthrough treatments that are labeled "quackery" in the U.S. (maybe because they cost a fraction of American treatments, so there's not much profit for the cancer industry).
Suzanne Somers, Cher, William Holden and Anthony Quinn are among the celebrities who have gone to clinics you'll discover in the first guide to German cancer doctors and treatments ever published in English. Click here to learn more!

Take a nap and wake up free of cancer

Germany's top cancer doctors literally cook cancer out of your body while you nap, and you wake up pain-free! This high-tech breakthrough is banned in America, but German doctors have used it successfully on thousands of patients from all over the world — including patients American doctors gave up on.
America's cancer industry ignores the latest science and goes on pushing failed therapies that cost ten times as much. It's a fact: the hellish cancer treatments Americans take for granted are now obsolete (and that's being generous — they were never any good.) Click here and see for yourself in our guide to German cancer clinics.

Details about his cancer came out in Steve Jobs, a biography written by a respected author, Walter Isaacson, who enjoyed Jobs's full (or nearly full) cooperation. Isaacson not only interviewed Jobs for hours on end over a period of years, but he also interviewed just about everyone Jobs ever knew who was still alive to tell the tale. Plus he had a generous helping of "hanging out time" with Jobs and his family.
Naturally the book's revelations led the press to crow that "alternative cancer treatments don't work" and Jobs was killed by quackery. A number of concerned readers wrote me to ask what I think.
So let's take a look. It's a fascinating story filled with lessons for anyone who's diagnosed with cancer. As you'll see, the truth is a surprise — and very different from what the press reported AND what I thought when I first wrote about Jobs in September.
Actually, very few of the book's 571 pages deal with the treatments Jobs selected. We still don't have a complete picture. But there's plenty to talk about.

Vegetarianism gone haywire

The biography describes Jobs as a follower of "fad diets" beginning in his early teens. His interest was in spiritual growth; he didn't have a weight problem. He was interested in Eastern religions. Generally, not eating meat is part of the program.
He became a "vegan," but he was unlike any vegan or vegetarian you've ever met. For the record, a vegan is someone who goes beyond avoiding meat and abstains from all animal products including milk, eggs and honey.
Many alternative cancer experts recommend that patients avoid animal protein and eat a diet rich in raw fruits and vegetables, so you can see how Jobs's lifestyle is an easy target for critics. "See, he never touched meat in his life and he died of cancer."
But calling him a vegan isn't even half the story. It would be more accurate to say he had an eating disorder similar to anorexia and bulimia. As long as he was healthy, people thought this disorder was charming and eccentric -- and Jobs was nothing if not eccentric. But once he had cancer, his family realized there was nothing cute about his weird eating habits. They were killing him.
No cancer expert says vegetarianism all by itself is enough to cure or prevent cancer. But put that aside and look at how Jobs actually ate. According to the biography, "When he was young, he learned that he could induce euphoria and ecstasy by fasting." He would do so often.
As an adult, "He would spend weeks eating the same thing — carrot salad with lemon, or just apples — and then suddenly spurn that food and declare that he had stopped eating it."
This isn't a healthy way to eat. No responsible expert would recommend living on nothing but apples for weeks at a time. You can't obtain a full range of nutrients that way. The book doesn't describe how Jobs got the protein he needed — or even if he understood this issue and knew he had to do something about it.

Did drug use contribute to an eating disorder?

At the same time he was discovering he could get high by fasting, he often used LSD, a drug that induces a temporary psychosis, including hallucinations. The use of the drug can result in lifelong mental illness. Some unlucky souls lose their minds the first time they use it.
The drug often induces the belief that the universe is entirely a product of one's own mind — or at any rate, that it's a purely mental phenomenon that can be manipulated by thought. The late John Lennon, like Steve Jobs, was a frequent LSD user and came to hold beliefs of this sort.
Throughout the book, Isaacson describes Jobs again and again as having a "reality distortion field" that led him to believe he could change the world just by thinking or willing it to change. Because he was a genius with a powerful will, this belief actually did empower Jobs to change the world. But I don't recommend it as a general way of looking at things.
This is pure speculation on my part, but the combination of fasting, mind-altering drugs and powerful religious forces may have created Jobs's eating disorder.
Once he had cancer, Jobs's strange attitude toward food became a galloping crisis. Cancer causes weight loss — called cachexia — a "wasting away" syndrome in which the patient becomes thinner and thinner even if he or she tries to eat.
Jobs's insanely picky eating habits became fatal once he had late-stage cancer. His family could hardly get him to eat anything at all. His wife hired a gourmet chef to come in every day to prepare a whole array of vegan dishes in hopes that Jobs would nibble at just one. From what Isaacson says, quite often this didn't work.
On one occasion Jobs turned down every dish but said he might like some pumpkin pie. The chef whipped up a pumpkin pie for him as fast as the thing could be done.
Jobs ate one bite.
I would suggest that this is not a "failure of alternative cancer treatments," but let's move on. The main lessons we can learn from Steve Jobs are still to come.

A cruel irony: He should have chosen
the conventional treatment

Jobs was first diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in October 2003. Pancreatic cancer is almost always fatal — and quick. But Jobs was granted an incredible stroke of luck, or two, really: they caught his cancer early, and it was a rare type of pancreatic cancer that's treatable. It's called an islet cell neuroendocrine tumor.
The pancreas is a vital organ and you can't live without it, nor can you receive a transplant. But a small islet cell neuroendocrine tumor CAN be removed surgically, leaving enough of the pancreas to keep the patient alive. It's said that about half of such patients will survive more than five years.
This is where it gets interesting and holds a lesson for everyone. In my opinion, Jobs should have chosen the surgery — THEN turned down chemo and tried alternative treatments.
Let's try to learn from this. There's a world of difference between early-stage and late-stage cancer. In late-stage cancer, the disease has spread to several sites in the body. Conventional treatments — chemotherapy, surgery, radiation — are nearly useless for late-stage cancer. The five-year survival rates are around 2 percent — two out of every 100 late-stage patients can expect to survive more than five years. The rate is higher for some types of cancer, lower for others.
Conventional treatments are said to "buy time" for late-stage patients. It's a doubtful claim, although everything depends on the individual case. Some studies show that the average late-stage patient who rejects chemotherapy outlives the average patient who accepts chemo.
Early stage cancer is another thing completely. Early stage cancer is confined to the organ or other site where it started. The patient's chances are much better. And — I've said this before — in some cases conventional treatments are successful for early stage cancer. Whether they succeed depends partly on the type of cancer, partly on the strength of the patient (especially the immune system), and partly on just plain luck.

Surprise: Early-stage cancer poses a tougher choice

In my opinion, early-stage cancer patients have a tougher decision. Should they stick to alternative treatments or just go with what the conventional doctor says? In some cases, you've got a chance with conventional treatment (I'd do a lot of research on my type of cancer, and get a second opinion. And a third. And maybe a fourth.)
Late-stage patients face a world of woe, but at least they don't have to make this agonizing roll of the dice. The conventional treatments don't work. With very few exceptions, a patient should choose alternatives. No, they don't work for everyone, but we've interviewed plenty of patients who used them — and lived a long time.
Early-stage prostate cancer is an example where I don't totally discount conventional treatments. I'd still try alternatives first, because prostate cancer is usually slow-growing and you've got some time to try things . Alternatives have a good record with prostate cancer.
But if the alternatives didn't work after a few months to a year, I'd go for surgery. Have the thing cut out. Because some prostate cancers are aggressive, you need to monitor constantly to see whether yours is growing or declining. Aggressive prostate cancer (about one case in ten) is extremely dangerous.
Jobs had a type of cancer where conventional treatment — surgery, in this case — was a reasonable choice. It's easy to say with what we know now, but he should have chosen surgery. This was exactly the quandary I mentioned a moment ago: an early stage cancer where the conventional treatment has a pretty good track record.
I suspect his doctors would have wanted to follow the surgery with chemotherapy. At that point, I like to think I would have said "no," and tried alternatives instead.

What Jobs did instead of surgery

After rejecting surgery, Jobs followed a strict vegan diet with large quantities of fresh carrot and fruit juice (the man did have faith in carrots). According to Isaacson he also tried "acupuncture, a variety of herbal remedies, and occasionally a few other treatments found on the Internet or by consulting people around the country, including a psychic. For a while he was under the sway of a doctor who operated a natural healing clinic in southern California that stressed the use of organic herbs, juice fasts, frequent bowel cleansings, hydrotherapy and the expression of negative feelings."
As you can probably tell from the tone, Jobs's biographer is dismissive of all this. So were Jobs's wife and friends. They strongly urged conventional treatments. The quote in the previous paragraph is all the biographer provides so we really can't say anything about what remedies Jobs used or what healers he went to. Some of it seems sound — the bowel cleansings, for example.
Acupuncture might be useful for pain relief and general well-being. I would never, ever recommend it to someone as a principal cancer therapy. I say this having gone to acupuncturists regularly for about 30 years. It has its benefits, but it's not something that's going to cure a serious medical condition.

The cancer gets out of control

After about nine months of this vaguely described alternative plan, a CAT scan showed that Jobs's pancreatic tumor had grown and possibly spread. He had to admit his alternatives — whatever they were — had not worked. He agreed to have the surgery. But during the surgery three tumors were found on the liver.
In other words, Jobs had late-stage cancer.
The book never mentions pancreatic cancer again, so I infer the operation was a success as far as that goes. From this point it sounds like the liver was the main problem.
Once he'd made the decision to accept conventional treatments, it sounds like Jobs went with them all the way. He underwent chemotherapy following the surgery. Being a man of wealth, he could afford the best, and he was one of the first twenty people in the world to have all of his cancer tumor as well as his normal DNA sequenced, at a cost of more than $100,000.
The DNA sequencing allowed his medical team to match his specific type of cancer cell with the specific drugs that were most likely to kill it. This is called molecular targeted chemotherapy. Some alternative doctors practice a much less expensive version of targeting. The strategy may have bought Jobs time. He lived for about seven years following his July, 2004 pancreas surgery.
He tried other experimental therapies. He flew to Basel, Switzerland to try an experimental hormone delivered radiotherapy. In the Netherlands he underwent an experimental treatment called peptide receptor radionuclide therapy.
In early 2008, it became clear his cancer was spreading. After having been able to eat normally (for him, anyway) he was again finding it hard to eat. He was taking morphine for pain, and this drug reduces the appetite, adding further to the wasting disease that was devouring his body. The loss of part of his pancreas — the source of digestive enzymes -- made it harder to digest foods.
In January, 2009 it was decided he needed a liver transplant. He got on the waiting list in two states — which is legal, if you meet certain conditions. In contrast to what some reporters implied, this wasn't just a case of a rich man working the system. Without a transplant, Jobs was expected to die in April, but a liver came through just in time, in late March.
The liver transplant bought him about a year-and-a-half. A deadly tradeoff was that his immune system was suppressed by the drugs he had to take to keep his body from rejecting the new liver. I think long-term remission would have been next to impossible at this point. He devoted much of this precious extra time to doing the work he loved: overseeing the design of revolutionary and innovative products. Gradually, his health declined and he all but faded away. It's a familiar story if you know anything about cancer, and I don't think we can learn a great deal from the details.
One interesting fact is that during the periods when he was in remission, Jobs could feel the cancer coming back months before his doctors could detect anything. He would tell them he was experiencing pain and losing appetite while their tests could find nothing.
Another thing worth noting is that Jobs attributed the start of his cancer to a period of extreme stress in his life — 1997 -- when he was the CEO of two major corporations. He would arrive home at night so exhausted he couldn't speak. It's well known that stress and fatigue compromise the immune system. And many cancer therapists are firm believers that most cancer cases are triggered by a stressful event such as the death of a loved one or a divorce.
The tragic irony is that when he had early-stage cancer, he rejected conventional treatments at just the point when they might have helped. And when he had late-stage cancer, he chose only conventional treatments, when they were worth little or nothing. You could say he got it exactly wrong. Even at that, the expensive conventional treatments bought him quite a bit of time.
The last comment I'll make, before stepping down from the pulpit, is that no treatment — conventional or alternative — comes with a 100% guarantee. Surgery for Jobs's type of early-stage pancreatic cancer has a 50% success rate, so they say — meaning there's a 50/50 chance he would have died even if he'd made the "smart" move and elected surgery before the cancer spread.
We live in a tragic world, full of hard choices. That's the reality. At least for myself, I don't worry about it too much because I don't think this is our true home. People who don't have faith have to deal with it as best they can. Jobs had faith of a sort — I respect Buddhism and Hinduism — and it did sustain him in his remarkable life. We should all hope to accomplish a tenth of what he did!
One of the remedies Steve Jobs probably should have tried is laetrile, also known as amygdalin. Our last issue published some important new information about this treatment. If you missed it, scroll down and read it now.

Laetrile: How Much Proof Do They Need?

When I first got involved in alternative cancer treatments back in 2005, someone mentioned Laetrile. My reaction was, "You've got to be kidding. That was discredited back in the 1970s."
I didn't say this as a fan of conventional medicine. No way. I'd been devoted to alternative medicine for decades and I knew a great deal about it. But I'd read somewhere or other that it had been "proven" Laetrile doesn't work. No one ever talked about it in the alternative health newsletters I read.
So how did we all get fooled? Keep reading. . .
Continued below. . .

The secret to curing cancer:
You've been throwing it in the trash!

In 1921, a British doctor discovered that members of a remote native tribe were almost totally cancer-free. But when members of this tribe move away from their native land and change their diet, they get cancer just like anyone else.
It's all thanks to a food most of us throw away as waste — a food that's rich in amygdalin — what most of us call Laetrile.
Click here now and watch a video presentation about this cancer breakthrough. One cancer expert calls this overlooked food "the key to curing AND preventing cancer" — and you can benefit now — without going to a doctor or buying expensive supplements. This little throwaway food tastes great. Bill Clinton, of all people, eats a certain amygdalin-rich food all the time, and so can you. Click here now to watch the video!

I mention this story to show just what a thorough job Big Medicine does at brainwashing the public. Well-informed people — people who have a whole cabinet full of supplements — ridicule or fear a great many alternative treatments. Not just cancer treatments, but alternative answers to all kinds of health conditions.
The suppression of Laetrile has been a category five health disaster that's cost hundreds of thousands of lives — probably millions of lives.
If you want to learn the truth about this valuable therapy, I suggest you get your hands on a book called Laetrile Case Histories: The Richardson Cancer Clinic Experience, by John A. Richardson, M.D. and Patricia Irving Griffin, R.N., B.S.
Dr. Richardson, now deceased, was one of the Laetrile pioneers in the 1970s and paid a terrible price. He had to stand three expensive trials in California courts. All three cases against him were dismissed.
Then he had to go through a longer and even more expensive trial in Federal Court in San Diego, where he was convicted of "conspiring to smuggle Laetrile" and was fined $30,000 (equal to more than $100,000 today). In due course his license to practice medicine was taken away.
Notice he wasn't convicted of smuggling. He was convicted of "conspiring to smuggle" — the sure sign of a lame case. If they can't convict you of a crime they convict you of thinking about a crime.
His book was written in 1975 and describes in detail 62 cases of successful recovery from cancer with the help of Laetrile. I mention it now because the book was updated in 2005, with some shocking new evidence.
You see, the authors tried to locate as many of the original 62 cancer patients as they could, to see if their recoveries were long-term or just a fluke.
They were able find data on 33 of these old cases from the early 1970s, and most of those people lived for years after Laetrile helped clear up their cancer. They were long-term cancer survivors and then some. I heard one of the book's authors, Patricia Griffin, speak at a cancer conference recently. She told the audience she takes Laetrile-rich apricot kernels every morning — and also Laetrile tablets — to prevent cancer.

The REAL people and REAL results mainstream
medicine hoped you'd never uncover!

Dr. Richardson , M.D. was a general practitioner in San Francisco when an office assistant sparked his interest in Laetrile as a cancer cure.
After reading the available resources on the subject, he became convinced that Laetrile—along with certain enzymes and a diet free of animal proteins—could form part of a "natural barrier against the growth of cancer." Notice that he wasn't saying Laetrile is a magic bullet all by itself. He combined it with other therapies.
In Laetrile Case Histories, Dr. Richardson explains that in 1971 he began treating patients with the regimen that he called "metabolic therapy." Here are a few of the 62 case histories in his book. . .

Bone cancer banished— in November 1973, doctors said a six-year-old boy with cancer of the right upper arm bone and spinal column had no more than six to nine months to live. Within a month of starting metabolic therapy with Laetrile, he was able to use his arm and remove the sling. During a checkup in January 1977, Richardson reported "the arm looked so good the radiologist could not believe the child ever had osteosarcoma." The mother confirmed in 2005 that her child had remained symptom free for 32 years!
Cervical cancer clobbered—a doctor recommended a hysterectomy to a 49-year-old Iowa woman whose Pap smear revealed cervical cancer cells. She opted to ride a bus to California for metabolic therapy in July 1973. After only nine days of treatment—she received cancer-free Pap smear results! As of last contact in June 2005, the woman was still alive and well.
Chronic leukemia cast out—a 53-year-old male diagnosed with lymphocytic leukemia started metabolic therapy instead of following doctors' recommendation to watch its progression for six months. Within a week he reported greater energy and more restful sleep. After a year he remained symptom free and a follow-up revealed that he lived for 29 years after the treatment!
Prostate cancer pulverized—a 61-year-old man was diagnosed with inoperable prostate cancer in October 1973. After beginning Laetrile treatments the same month, he noted health improvements within 10 days! Despite being told he had little time remaining—the patient remained symptom free and lived an additional 13 years!

You might think these success stories would motivate medical practitioners to take a second look at Dr. Richardson's Laetrile cases. But the reality was altogether different…
Authorities raided Richardson's office and arrested him in June 1972 for violating California's Cancer Law. His conviction in the first trial was overturned on a technicality. And two subsequent trials resulted in hung juries.
The legal establishment failed to stop Richardson's activities, but the medical community didn't stop harassing him. The California Board of Medical Quality Assurance revoked Richardson's California medical license in 1976.
Dr. Richardson subsequently worked in a Mexican clinic and as a homeopathic practitioner in Nevada until his health deteriorated and he passed away in 1988.

You need to know more about this treatment

Here at Cancer Defeated, we've interviewed many, many doctors and patients who have benefited from Laetrile. The most powerful way to receive the treatments is by IV, and the easiest place to do that is at the top Mexican clinics we recommend in our Special Report Adios, Cancer. It's extremely difficult, if not impossible, to get IV Laetrile therapy in the United States.
But if you can't go to Mexico, you can benefit from eating foods that are rich in Laetrile, such as apricot kernels. I've seen cures reported just from eating the foods. But let me add that if you're really serious about getting well, you won't rely exclusively on Laetrile — either taken by mouth or by IV — but will use it in conjunction with other treatments and lifestyle changes.
Adios, Cancer explains how to safely and legally obtain Laetrile-rich foods. My friend Ty Bollinger, author of Cancer — Step Outside the Box, is another great advocate of Laetrile. You can learn more about his book by clicking here.
You may hear laetrile referred to as vitamin B17 or "amygdalin," which comes from the Greek word for almond. This name is appropriate considering that amygdalin is extracted from almonds or the pits of apricots and peaches.
Laetrile is the trade name for a compound chemically related to amygdalin. In the early 1950s, Dr. Ernst Krebs, Sr. , M.D. and his son Ernst Jr. first used amygdalin to treat cancer patients. The work of the Krebs family was the main inspiration for Dr. Richardson's work.
Dr. Krebs theorized that cancer cells contain an enzyme that causes amygdalin to release cyanide. The cyanide destroys the cancer cells while leaving noncancerous tissues unharmed. Healthy cells don't contain the enzyme that stimulates amygdalin to break down into cyanide and other substances; that's why healthy cells remain unharmed. According to people who have studied amygdalin, it releases the killing cyanide only when cancer cells are present.
Dr. Krebs said that, in fact, healthy cells are protected by another enzyme which renders the cyanide harmless.
From the 1950s through the 1970s, Laetrile became a popular alternative cancer treatment in the United States. It took ferocious attacks against practitioners like Dr. Richardson, plus an aggressive campaign of false information, to lead most people to think Laetrile is a quack remedy.
Amygdalin is a naturally occurring substance that cannot be patented—which makes it a prime target for the wrath of "Big Pharma!" The big drug companies invariably try to ban cancer cures that aren't patentable and profitable.

Deny, discredit and destroy

In the book Alternatives in Cancer Therapy, authors Rose Pelton, R. Ph. and Lee Overholser, Ph.D. call Laetrile an "orphan drug" because it gets no love or support from the pharmaceutical industry.
Pelton and Overholser said "no drug company is interested in committing money to research Laetrile's potential." But these advocates aren't willing to tuck their tail between their legs and move on…
Instead, they say orthodox medicine has instituted a full-fledged campaign to:

Downplay case histories of patients who've benefited from Laetrile treatments
Exaggerate reports of side effects and toxicity
Ruin the reputation of doctors who successfully treated patients with Laetrile
Strong-arm government officials to ensure Laetrile does not receive exemption from the jurisdiction of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

On the issue of toxicity, Pelton and Overholser said some Laetrile users reported symptoms of weakness, dizziness, nausea, and vomiting. They said these symptoms may be related to a person's inability to eliminate toxins resulting from tumor breakdown.
It may also be the result of patients just plain eating too much of the Laetrile-rich foods (usually apricot kernels) and getting sick to their stomachs. The solution is simple: If the foods are making you sick, cut back.
Pelton and Overholser admit there have been credible reports of muscular weakness and respiratory difficulties among Laetrile users. They believe those side effects typically result from patients taking excessively high doses without a doctor's supervision.
And in some cases, children who accidentally took Laetrile tablets did experience cyanide poisoning. But the authors said these incidents cannot be compared to the results of those whose medicine is administered under the watchful care of a medical practitioner.
From what we've been able to learn, it's extremely unlikely the side effects are the result of cyanide poisoning, as Laetrile's enemies would have you believe. Thousands of people have been safely and successfully treated with Laetrile — including intravenous Laetrile — without side effects. If Laetrile was a significant source of cyanide, I'm pretty confident that EVERYONE who's ever taken it by IV would be dead PDQ.
Pelton and Overholser said "cyanide poisoning does not appear to be a major problem in laetrile therapy." As with other medical treatments, it should be administered with proper supervision.

The Laetrile crusade continues!

Richardson was no lone crusader for Laetrile. Pelton and Overholser said "some alternative cancer clinics use laetrile regularly and claim to have a steady stream of patients who respond well."
And Laetrile has had other noteworthy supporters…
Harold W. Manner, Ph.D., chairman of the biology department at Loyola University in Chicago, found that laetrile combined with vitamin A and pancreatic enzymes produced a very high cure rate of breast cancers.
And National Cancer Institute (NCI) biochemist Dr. Dean Burke, Ph.D. performed an experiment that used Laetrile to kill a tissue culture of cancer cells. Dr. Burke was convinced that Laetrile could be an effective cancer cure, a pain reliever for terminal cancer victims, and even useful for preventing cancer¹.
You won't be surprised to learn the FDA has not approved Laetrile as a treatment for cancer in the United States. And the National Cancer Institute maintains its stance that Laetrile "has shown little anticancer effect in laboratory studies, animal studies, or human studies."²
Dr. Richardson pointed to a definition of appropriate therapy response, provided by the California Cancer Advisory Council, as an example of what shapes such conclusions. The definition essentially states that only a decrease in tumor size is an acceptable measure of the anti-tumor effect of a substance.
Dr. Richardson believed that other criteria besides tumor shrinkage should be considered when evaluating a cancer remedy. Positive results can include pain relief, increased appetite, weight gain, and a patient's ability to be more active.
Patients on Laetrile often experience these other results. For example, it's very common for such patients to report pain relief. Dr. Richardson drew a distinction between tumor shrinkage and these other effects. As long as a tumor isn't growing, it may be nothing more than a nuisance.
In fact, tumor shrinkage may be a poor measure of a treatment's success or failure. Many substances shrink tumors. The shrinkage is often temporary. As we've often said in our publications, cancer is a systemic disease — it's a disease of the entire body. Treating a local problem such as a tumor is just one part of successful recovery.
Richardson took a dim view of mainstream medicine's obsession with tumor shrinkage. His opinion on this matter is a fitting way to end this article. He said, in part:

"As long as this sophomoric attitude is accepted by orthodox medicine, and especially as long as it is forced on the rest of us by the effect of law, tens of thousands of people will continue to die needlessly every single day, and all the million-dollar grants and all the research in the world will fail to stop it."

Kindest regards,

Lee Euler,
Publisher

Footnotes from second article:
¹Wilson, B. 2004. The Rise and Fall of Laetrile. Retrieved from http://www.whale.to/cancer/quackwatch_laetrile.html
²National Cancer Institute. 2010. Laetrile factsheet. Retrieved from http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/cam/laetrile/patient

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