Here I go again, I am going to keep doing these until, I get at least a hundred replies to one.
Middle of the week, no vacation, staying home. Anyone want to come over for a BBQ? I am in San Diego, CA 92126. PM me if you are interested.
Philip
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25What are you doing for Fourth of July?
by PEC inhere i go again, i am going to keep doing these until, i get at least a hundred replies to one.. middle of the week, no vacation, staying home.
anyone want to come over for a bbq?
i am in san diego, ca 92126. pm me if you are interested.
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DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CURE FOR CANCER?
by Mary indo you think the scientists, doctors and pharmeceutical companies know of a cure for cancer that they're not telling us?
when you consider the leaps and bounds in medical discoveries that we've made in the last 50 years, it seems incredible that they're still using chemotherapy and radiation as the treatment for cancer.. while i was one of the lucky one who has survived cancer (so far), it's always in the back of my mind that it could return.
we all have friends who died before their time because of this rotten disease, yet the only progress that seems to have been made is that they can now 'detect' it earlier, which of course gives you a much greater chance of survival.. there have been stories of people who have been cured through alternative medicine, yet no one in the medical field seems to be interested in anything other than chemo or radiation.
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- OTA Report: Unconventional Cancer Treatments (a 300-page book)
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- Book Review: American Cancer Society's Guide to Complementary and Alternative Cancer Methods
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- Cellular Health™ (Matthias Rath)
- Cellular Therapy
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- Chaparral
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- CWAT-Treatment: Bioresonance therapy (link to FTC complaint)
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- HANSI™
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- Holt microwave treatment
- Hoxsey Treatment
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- Hyperthermia, whole body
- Immuno-Augmentative Therapy
- ImmunoPower
- Immunostim
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- Induced Remission Therapy (Sam Chachoua)
- Induced Hypoglycemic Treatment (IHT, also called Hypoglycemic Adjuvant Therapy)
- Instinctotherapy (raw food diet)
- Insulin Potentiation Therapy (IPT)
- Intra-Cellular Hyperthermia Therapy (ICHT)
- Issels' Whole Body Therapy
- Jason Winters tea
- Jomol
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- Laetrile
- Livingston-Wheeler Regimen
- Macrobiotic diet
- MGN-3
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- Manner Metabolic Therapy
- Questionable Practices at Mexican Border Clinics (link to American Cancer Society)
- MICOM
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- Moerman diet
- Mucorhicin
- Multi Wave Oscillator
- Naltrexone
- Nieper Therapy
- NeyTumerin
- Oncolyn
- "Oxygenation therapies")
- Pap Ion Magnetic Inductor
- Pau D'arco
- PC-SPES (link to ACS article)
- Polyatomic Oxygen Therapy
- Polydox or polyMVA link to ACS article)
- Pulsating Energy Resonance Therapy (PERTH)
- Psychic surgery
- Psychologic methods
- R-A therapy
- Recancostat
- Resan Antitumor Vaccine
- Revici Cancer Control
- Rife Frequency Generator
- RM-10
- Seasilver
- 714X
- Shark Cartilage
- Stockholm Protocol
- Sundance Nachez Mineral Water (see MICOM)
- Tahitian Noni
- Thymus therapy
- Tian Xian Liquid
- Tumorex
- T-Up
- Two Feathers Healing Formula
- Ukrain
- Ultraviolet blood irradiation
- VG-1000
- "Vitamin B-17" Tablets
- Vitamin C
- Wheat grass
- Zoetron therapy (Cell Specific Cancer Therapy)
Other Questionable Activities
- Genetic Services Management (dubious "clinical trial")
Quackery Victim Reports
- The Death of Debbie Benson
- Ruth Conrad (burned by an escharotic)
- Lucillle Craven
- Lori Hoeksema
- An Experience with Robert H. Dowling
- Some Thoughts about the Klinik St. George
Legal and Regulatory Actions
- American Metabolic Institute (link to another site)
- Cancer Treatment Centers of America (1996)
- Century Wellness Clinic
- Court Rules Doctor Not Required to Tell Patients about "Alternative" Therapies
- Issels Medical Center
- Laetrile Spammers (Christian Brothers) Facing $631,585 Penalty
- Limits Placed on Burzynski's Cancer Treatment (1998)
- Phony Doctor Sentenced for Cancer Drug Scam (LK-200)
Nonrecommended Information Sources
- Amber's Alliance Foundation
- Arlin J. Brown Information Center
- Bioimmune Inc (formerly CancerOption.com) (link to Casewatch)
- Canadian Cancer Research Group (CCRG)
- Cancer Control Society
- Cancer Cure Foundation / Cure Research Foundation
- Cancer Information and Support Society
- Cancer Information Center
- Cancer Tutor
- CancerSource complementary & integrative therapies
- CANHELP (founded by Patrick M. McGrady, Jr.)
- Center for Advancement in Cancer Education
- Center for Alternative Cancer Research (Project Cure)
- Committee for Freedom of Choice in Medicine
- Commonweal
- Foundation for Advancement in Cancr Therapy, Ltd (FACT), formerly called Foundation for Alternative Cancer Therapy, Ltd.
- International Association of Cancer Victors and Friends
- International Cancer Association Network (ICAN)
- International Council for Health Freedom
- National Cancer Research Foundation (New York City)
- National Foundation for Alternative Medicine
- National Health Federation
- Orthomolecular Oncology
- People Against Cancer
- Prostate Health Resources (Larry Clapp)
- Ralph Moss on Cancer
- Syracuse Cancer Research Institute
Recommended Information Sources
- About Herbs, Botanicals, & Other Products: Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center database
- American Cancer Society: Warning: A few articles on "complementary and alternative therapies" too bland to provide practical guidance.
- American Society of Clinical Oncology
- CancerNet: The National Cancer Institute's comprehensive resource for both doctors and patients. The information on standard treatment is excellent, but the information on "complementary and alternative medicine" is skimpy and not very useful.
- Cancer News on the Net
- CancerTrack: Index to relaible cancer information on the Internet.
- Clinical Trials
- Dictionary of Cancer Terms
- FDA Oncology Tools
- National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network
- National Guidelines Clearinghouse: Index to guidelines for detection and management of many types of cancer.
- Oncolink: University of Pennsylvania's Cancer database
- Pancreatica.org: All about cancer of the pancreas
Patient Support
- Helping People Cope: A Guide for Families Facing Cancer (1988). Published by the Pennsylvania Department of Health
- Oncology Mailing Lists: Active discussions with searchable archives on the general topic of cancer and for more than 20 specific types of cancer. These offer an opportunity to share ideas and experiences with other cancer patients. Messages promoting quack methods are sometimes posted. When that happens, they are usually debunked.
- Guide for Cancer Supporters: Appropriate strategies for dealing with cancer. Warning: The "mental welfare" section of Part 2 contains unsubstantiated statements and should be ignored.
Nonrecommended Books
- Beating Cancer with Nutrition (Michael Quillin, PhD, Rd, 1994)
- Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth (Phillip Day, 2001)
- Cancer and Common Sense (Douglas Brodie, MD)
- Cancer and Its Nutritional Therapies (Richard Passwater, 1978, 1983)
- Cancer & Nutrition (Charles B. Simone, MD, 1983)
- Cancer: One Disease, One Cause, One Cure (Mike Thompson, DC)
- Cancer: Treating Cancer with Insulin Potentiation Therapy (Ross Hauder, MD, Marion A. Hauser, MS, RD, 2002)
- Cancer: Why We're Still Dying to Know the Truth (Philip Day, 2000)
- The Cancer Industry (Ralph W. Moss.1980, 1989).
- Cancer Therapy (Ralph W. Moss, 1992)
- Choices in Healing (Michael Lerner, 1994)
- Comprehensive Cancer Care (James S. Gordon, MD, and Sharon Curtin, 2000)
- Cure for All Cancers (Hulda Clark, 1993)
- Definitive Guide to Cancer (W. John Diamond, MD, W. Lee Cowden, MD, and Burton Goldberg, 1997)
- Getting Well Again (O. Carl Simonton, MD, Stephanie Matthews-Simonton, James L. Creighton, 1978)
- Living Well Naturally (Anthony J. Sattilaro, MD, 1984)
- B17: Metabolic Therapy in the prevention and control of cancer, a technical manual (Philip Day, 2002)
- Nutrition: The Cancer Answer II (Maureen Salaman, 1995)
- Options: The Alternative Cancer Therapy Book (Richard Walters, 1993)
- Prostate Health in 90 Days (Larry Clapp, 1997-2002)
- Recalled by Life (Anthony J. Sattilaro, MD, 1982)
- Third Opinion (John M. Fink, 1988, 1992, 1997)
- Ultimate Cancer Breakthroughs (Marco Wutzer)
- When Healing Becomes a Crime (Kenny Ausubel, 2000)
- World without Cancer (G. Edward Griffin, 1974, 1997)
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DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CURE FOR CANCER?
by Mary indo you think the scientists, doctors and pharmeceutical companies know of a cure for cancer that they're not telling us?
when you consider the leaps and bounds in medical discoveries that we've made in the last 50 years, it seems incredible that they're still using chemotherapy and radiation as the treatment for cancer.. while i was one of the lucky one who has survived cancer (so far), it's always in the back of my mind that it could return.
we all have friends who died before their time because of this rotten disease, yet the only progress that seems to have been made is that they can now 'detect' it earlier, which of course gives you a much greater chance of survival.. there have been stories of people who have been cured through alternative medicine, yet no one in the medical field seems to be interested in anything other than chemo or radiation.
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MGN-3: A Skeptical Look
Stephen Barrett, M.D.
MGN-3 Immune Enhancing Complex is an extract of arabinoxylan from rice bran that has been enzymatically modified to increase its immunomodulatory function [1]. Its manufacturer, Lane Labs-USA, of Allendale, New Jersey, has stated that MGN-3 is "revolutionary," "could be the magic bullet!" and is "the only natural immune complex proven to triple Natural Killer (NK) cell protection." [2] The product was developed by Mamdooh H. Ghoneum, Ph.D., an immunologist at Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, who does cancer immunology research and has been studying rice ban's effects for several years [3]. Ghoneum patented the production process in 1996 [4]. In an interview published on the company's Web site, he claimed that "MGN-3 will boost natural killer cell activity to destroy any remaining abnormal cells after surgery or adjuvant treatments." and "with the exception of very terminal cases, all of the other patients have shown dramatic results." [5]
Ghoneum has reported that administering arabinoxylan to mice and to cancer patients has led to increases in natural killer (NK) cells, a type of white blood cell that can destroy certain types of cancer cells in the laboratory [6-9]. He has also reported that some patients who took MGN-3 after receiving standard treatment showed increased NK activity, remained cancer-free, or lived longer than their doctors predicted [1,3]. However, these studies did not examine whether patients who receive MGN-3 would do better than similar patients who do not.
The key question in evaluating a proposed anti-cancer product is not whether it affects blood levels of various cells but whether it can influence tumor growth and survival time. Only well-designed clinical trials can determine that -- and no such study has been published. Arabinoxylan is a complex sugar (polysaccharide). It has been known for many years that various large polysaccharide molecules can stimulate immune responses in mice. However, it has not been demonstrated that NK cells destroy cancer cells in humans.
Without clear-cut evidence of human benefit, it is illegal to market MGN-3 as an anti-cancer product. Under federal law, products intended for the prevention, mitigation , or treatment of disease are considered drugs, and drugs cannot be legally marketed without FDA approval. Lane Labs claimed it was merely marketing it as a "dietary supplement." But I believe -- as does the FDA -- that statements the company made constitute drug claims as defined by federal law.
In December 1999, a lawsuit initiated by the FDA was filed against Lane Labs and its president, Andrew J. Lane. An FDA Talk Paper announcing the suit stated that, despite warnings that began in 1997, Lane and his company had continued to promote the products as remedies for cancer and other diseases through books, articles, Internet web sites, and employee statements [10]. The FDA's September 1997 warning letter had stated that based on claims and their intended uses, the three products were unapproved drugs and misbranded [11]. Lane sold MGN-3 for $53.96 per bottle of 50, which would make the cost about $13 per day for the first two weeks and about $4 per day after that.
In March 2001, the Mississippi Attorney General issued a cease-and-desist order to stop Dallas Dupre, of Picayune, Mississippi, from distributing MGN-3 with claims that it could cure cancer in any part of the body. According to a local newspaper report, Dupre had distributed flyers claiming that "If your immune systeme weaken and you get cancer the first thing to do . . . is to beef up your immue system. Forunately, MGN-3 does that more powerfully than any substance known to man and it acts within hours turning hard tumors into harmless jelly like blob and shrinking them . . . . It costs lest than $3,000 to cure breast cancer and no side effect." [12]
In July 2004, a New Jersey Federal Court Judge ordered Lane Labs and Andrew Lane to stop selling products containing MGN3, shark cartilage and SkinAnswer (a skin cream, claimed to be effective against skin cancer. The judge ordered all inventory of these products destroyed except for a quantity of shark cartilage that may be needed to for research purposes. The court order permanently enjoins the company from selling any unapproved new drugs and orders it make restitution to any one who purchased the products since Sept. 22, 1999. The judge noted that Lane Labs used Ghoneum's writings for marketing pruposes and thad agreed to pay him a 9.5% royalty plus an 8.5% research allocation on all MGN-3 purchases that the company made from its Japanese distributor [13].
It remains to be seen whether MGN3 has any practical value. It is certainly not revolutionary or a magic bullet.
References
- Ghoneum MH. Immunomodulatory and anti-cancer properties of (MGN-3), a modified xylose from rice bran, in 5 Patients with breast cancer. Lane Labs Web site, accessed June 15, 2000.
- This could be the magic bullet! Lane Labs Web site, accessed June 15, 2000.
- Ghoneum MH. One sizeable step for immunology, one giant leap for cancer patients. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients, Jan 2000, pp 58-62.
- Ghoneum MH, Maeda H. Immunopotentiator and method of manufacturing the same . U.S. Patent #5,560,915, Oct1, 1996.
- Interview with Dr. Mamdoo Ghoneum. Undated. Lane Labs Web site, accessed June 15, 2000.
- Ghoneum MH. Anti-HIV activity by MGN-3 in vitro. International Conference on AIDS 11(1):72, 1996 (Abstract# Mo.A.1104)
- Ghoneum MH, Namatalla G. NK immunomodulatory function in 27 cancer patients by MGN-3, a modified arabinoxylane from rice bran. Meeting abstract, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of the American Association Cancer Research 37:A3062, 1996.
- Ghoneum MH. Anti-HIV activity in vitro of MGN-3, an activated arabinoxylane from rice bran. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Commununications 243(1):25-29, 1998.
- Ghoneum MH. Enhancement of human natural killer cell activated by modified arabinoxylane from rice bran (MGN- 3). lnternational Journal of Immunotherapy 14(2):89-99, 1998.
- FDA takes action against firm marketing unapproved drug. Talk Paper T99-56., Dec 10, 1999.
- Ellsworth DI. Letter to Andrew Lane, President of Lane Laboratories. Sept 24, 1997.
- Mackin JS. Cease and desist order served on person claiming cancer cure. Picayune Item, March 26, 2001.
- U.S. District Judge issues permanent injunction against Lane Labs-USA, Inc. and orders firm to refund money to purchasers of illegally marketed unapproved drugs. FDA news release, July 13, 2004
- Bassler W. Opinion. USA V. Lane Labs-USA, Inc., and Andrew J. Lane. Civ. No. 99-5782 (WGB), U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey July 9, 2004.
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This article was revised on July 20, 2004.
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? When I figure it out, I will let you know.
Philip
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DO YOU THINK THERE'S A CURE FOR CANCER?
by Mary indo you think the scientists, doctors and pharmeceutical companies know of a cure for cancer that they're not telling us?
when you consider the leaps and bounds in medical discoveries that we've made in the last 50 years, it seems incredible that they're still using chemotherapy and radiation as the treatment for cancer.. while i was one of the lucky one who has survived cancer (so far), it's always in the back of my mind that it could return.
we all have friends who died before their time because of this rotten disease, yet the only progress that seems to have been made is that they can now 'detect' it earlier, which of course gives you a much greater chance of survival.. there have been stories of people who have been cured through alternative medicine, yet no one in the medical field seems to be interested in anything other than chemo or radiation.
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There are no conspiracies, no gun man on the grassy noel, no alien abductions, no 300 mpg cars and no cancer cures.
Philip
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JWD support and comfort for those in need
by restrangled ini don't know how you feel but i am pleased to be part of a community that cares about fellow members.
although we may not know individuals in person, we get a "sense" of many of our fellow posters especially if we have been here for any length of time.. several of our fellow posters have experienced terrible tragedies that result in financial nightmares.
i don't know how all of you feel, but i would rather give directly to someone in need than through a charity.
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BTTT
Welcome back r.
Philip
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Why do KH's not have any windows?
by jibberish inwhat is the real reason why kingdum halls don't have windows?
to people on the outside looking in that is just too wierd and very cult like like they have something to hide.
wasn't in the 80's when they started to build them without windows?
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keeps people from looking outside and daydreaming
They would rather have you sleep than look outside and daydream. Sleeping is what I did at the KH for 18 years.
Philip
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Dang- I had to go back to work!
by moshe ini was in california enjoying the 2nd week of a 3 week vacation and i got a phone call last week.
i had to report for work on monday morning.
i was off for 20 months on paid leave from my company due to a plant closing.
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My wife for some reason seems as happy as a clam to have me out of the house and working again.
My condolences. Same thing happened to me, I was off for 15 months, the wife started nagging me at 12 months. Got a temp job doing building maintenance, a day here and there, (The nagging stopped after the first day of work.) I was hoping to work day a week. Unfortunately the perm guy quit and I have been working 40 hours a week ever since, 3 years 8 months so far. Maybe I will get canned and I can take over your job.
Philip of the don't want to work class.
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Schwinng!
by SixofNine inman busted for having sex with his bicycle.
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a man has been charged with having sex with his bike.
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Woman have toys, why not men.
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Life insurance questions??
by Junction-Guy inback 3 weeks ago i received a very exciting letter that said i was a beneficiary in a life insurance policy, i had to wait until that following monday to call that office to find out the details.
in the mean time i was wondering who left it for me, and how much it was.
i nearly lost sleep over it.
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JG,
PM me your SS # and I will take care of everything.
Philip
