Vitamin C May Have Benefits in Cancer Treatment – ONE News 19th July 2010

Vitamin C may have benefits in cancer treatment – ONE News 19th July 2010 – (Includes an interview with Dr Sue Levin from Helios Integrative Medical Centre) A new study by the University of Otago has found vitamin C can help curb the growth of cancer cells. The six year research, published in the in the latest edition of the Cancer Research journal, is the first real evidence of a connection between vitamin C and tumour growth. “Our results offer a promising and simple intervention to help in our fight against cancer, at the level of both prevention and cure” says Associate Professor Margreet Vissers, of the University of Otago. The role of vitamin C in cancer treatment has been the subject of debate for years, with many anecdotal accounts of the beneficial role of vitamin C in both the prevention and treatment of cancer, she says. Previous research by Vissers has demonstrated the vitamin’s importance in maintaining cell health and hinted at its potential for limiting diseases such as cancer. This latest study looked at whether vitamin C levels were lowered in patients with endometrial tumours and investigated whether the cancer cells had low vitamin C levels and whether this correlated with tumour aggressiveness and resistance to chemotherapy. Vissers and her colleagues found tumours were less able to accumulate vitamin C compared with normal healthy tissue, and that this related to the ability of the tumour to survive and grow. Tumours with low vitamin C levels had more of a protein called HIF-1 which allows them to thrive in conditions of …

Catastrophic drug plan still coming, Alward confirms

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8, 2010, Alward pointed out that New Brunswick was one of only two provinces that lacked a catastrophic drug plan. "Our team believes it is time to bring in a catastrophic drug program for those struggling to pay for expensive drug treatments often …
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Scottish drug-related deaths at record level

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The drug, which can be prescribed to addicts to help them kick their habit, was involved in 275 deaths last year – up from 174 in 2010. The number of deaths involving heroin and/or morphine fell over the same period, going from 254 in … She …
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BREAKING NEWS: Drug user dies with 'anthrax infection' at Blackpool hospital

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These are the first cases of anthrax among drug users in Europe since the outbreak during 2009 and 2010. …. If they can support their habit and pay for their own food, hospital treatment, housing and so on, let the addicted destroy themselves. But do …
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FDA Puts Idenix Hepatitis Drug on Partial Hold

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Idenix said the U.S. Food and Drug Administration informed it about the hold verbally late Wednesday, citing a patient taking Bristol's experimental hepatitis C treatment who suffered heart failure. Bristol earlier this month voluntarily suspended …
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