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Cancer has impacted almost every single person on the planet in one way or another. Maybe you've had it yourself, or know someone who has. Despite how long it's plagued the human species, the opportunities for a deeper understanding of its causes and mechanisms are vast.
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Gάbor Balάzsi is Henry Laufer Endowed Professor of physical and quantitative biology, and professor of biomedical engineering at Stony Brook University in New York. He joins the show to answer a series of challenging and important questions about cancer.
How does cancer first start and why? What abilities do cancer cells have that other cells don't? And why do certain types of cancers seem to prefer specific sites for metastasis?
There are just a few of the compelling questions that Balάzsi offers insight on, diving into the details of tumor heterogeneity, the positive feedback mechanism that can perpetuate cytoplasmic conditions, whether there's a certain point at which a tumor establishes a sense of 'self' versus 'other', the impact of cell-to cell signaling disruption, tumor structure, the difference between primary tumors and metastasis, and the latest breakthroughs in cancer treatment.
Balάzsi discusses immunotherapy, the drawbacks of targeted drug therapies, gene therapy and RNA or DNA-based vaccines, and more innovative approaches to cancer treatment.
Learn more at https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/bme/people/g_balazsi.php. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C
Imagine being given two options: lose your license to practice medicine, or keep quiet about a substance that you know has revolutionary therapeutic applications.
You might think no doctor would ever find themselves in such a position. Think again.
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Ken McCarthy, a pioneer in the movement to commercialize the internet, a wealth of knowledge on internet advertising and marketing, and former student of neuroscience at Princeton University, presents a compelling argument for the safe and effective use of chlorine dioxide as a therapeutic for a range of illnesses.
If he's right, why don't you know about it? Or maybe what you do know about it is that it's a dangerous toxin, not to be touched.
McCarthy begins with some indisputable facts:
1) Chlorine dioxide is an FDA-approved Class II food additive
2) The EPA has approved the use of chlorine dioxide as a water purifier
3) Chlorine dioxide was used during the 2001 anthrax attacks to clear the Capitol Building of any anthrax remnants
4) Chlorine dioxide is used as a sterilization substance in the treatment of Ebola
5) The administration of trace amounts of chlorine dioxide is part of some protocols for the treatment of children with autism
6) Chlorine dioxide can kill coronaviruses
McCarthy also offers an impressive and surprising amount of anecdotal evidence in support of the argument that chlorine dioxide is an effective therapy.
He names specific people who have written articles or news stories that contain misinformation or flat-out lies about chlorine dioxide, and explains what motivates the powers that be to conceal the truth from the public.
Could it have something to do with the fact that one therapeutic dose of chlorine dioxide costs less than a penny? And that, given its true potential as a treatment for a range of common ailments, Big Pharma might not like this?
McCarthy seems to think so, and by the end of the podcast, you probably will too.
Press play to learn more. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C
Does your brain function as a filtering device for your mind? It might sound strange, and you might think there's no way. But consider that the eyes filter visual input and the ears filter auditory input, leaving us only with the stimuli we need for physical survival.
Couldn't the brain also act as a filtering device, allowing only those thoughts which enable our survival in one way or another?
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Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine, Dr. Bruce Greyson, was raised in a scientific household void of any focus on things in the nonphysical, spiritual, or religious realm. As such, he journeyed through college and medical school with a materialistic mindset.
But it wasn't long before he began encountering inexplicable stories of people who had come close to death, and recounted "near-death experiences." As a skeptic, Dr. Greyson wanted to test the phenomena with hypotheses that fit into his materialistic understanding of life and death.
Could near-death experiences be explained by oxygen deprivation or high levels of CO2? Could it be unusual activity in the brain? Or the drugs that are often administered to people on the verge of death? Could it be chemicals produced by the brain itself?
These hypotheses and more have been tested using data gathered over the last 20 to 30 years, and not one of them has held up in near-death situations.
"Most people find near-death experiences interesting because of what they may tell us about death and dying and what happens after death, but for me as a psychiatrist, what's most interesting is what they tell us about life and living," says Dr. Greyson. He continues this line of thought by sharing with listeners the profound impact that near-death experiences have on the people who experience them.
The overarching commonality is this: a near-death experience leaves the person with a new outlook on life and value, and a new desire to help people by living in accordance with the Golden Rule. Dr. Greyson has heard countless stories of people who worked in violent or competitive business professions, and following a near-death experience, could not possibly continue the same lifestyle. Instead, they entered a helping profession. In essence, the things these people had known their entire lives become foreign and nearly inconceivable to them.
Dr. Greyson has recently written a book on the topic called After: A Doctor Explores What Near-Death Experiences Reveal about Life and Beyond, which is slated for release on March 2, 2021.
Tune in to explore this other-worldly topic in more depth, and keep an eye out for Dr. Greyson's book. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C
You could very well have cancer cells circulating in your body at this very moment. But don't worry, because if you do, you'll probably never know it. And you can thank your immune system for that.
So how does cancer develop at all? Why and when does the immune system fail to protect us from cancer? And how can this knowledge lead to an effective treatment?
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At Dartmouth College, Steven Fiering is a professor of microbiology, immunology, and genetics, with a primary focus on immunotherapy for cancer.
While there are good treatments for cancers that have not metastasized, like surgery and radiation, outcomes for metastatic solid tumors are almost universally poor. According to Fiering and many others, immunotherapy might be the solution.
The bulk of Fiering's work boils down to a rather simple understanding of the immune system: it is a constant balance between suppressive and stimulatory signals from other cells in the body. When it receives a certain level of stimulatory signals, the immune response kicks into gear; when it receives a certain level of suppressive signals, its function is reduced.
We also know that there are immunosuppressant characteristics of cancer that the immune system can't destroy. "Any immunotherapy that works has to overcome the immunosuppression that's manifested by the tumor," explains Fiering.
In light of this understanding, Fiering is focused on using known immunostimulatory reagents to directly change the environment within a tumor, from immunosuppressive to immunostimulatory. He is researching how to optimize the use of these reagents for the best immune response against tumors that are directly treated by them, as well as the best systemic response against metastatic disease.
In short, immunotherapy might hold the key to effective treatment of metastatic cancers without the detrimental side effects of chemotherapy. This would be an absolute breakthrough in the world of cancer.
Press play for an in-depth conversation about this work and so much more.
Learn more at https://geiselmed.dartmouth.edu/faculty/facultydb/view.php/?uid=126.
Check out https://www.mosaicie.com/ to learn about a new startup that Fiering is involved in. Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C
The US Federal Government continues to hide clear evidence resulting from a 10-year, $30 million study funded by the FDA: radiation from wireless technology causes cancer and breaks DNA.
In fact, the government not only has this knowledge, but uses it as a weapon.
Thousands of studies over past decades show clear evidence of biological harm caused by wireless technology radiation, yet most of us don't think twice about our exposure to it.
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"We are electric beings, and this is electricity, millions and trillions of times higher than what our bodies can tolerate. There are clearly going to be effects, even if we want to believe otherwise," says Dafna Tachover.
Tachover worked with and developed a passion for wireless technology for many years…until it made her so sick that she had to stop. This compelled her to find out why and how this technology has the ability to cause her and others so much sickness.
She has since become Director of the Stop 5G & Wireless Harms Project for Children's Health Defense and Founder of We Are The Evidence, an advocacy organization which helps protect the rights of those who have been injured by wireless technology radiation.
And as an attorney, Tachover is tackling the issue from a legal perspective. She explains the details of her intensive and unprecedented case against the FCC.
She also explains the science behind the impacts of wireless technology radiation on our health, which often begin with tingling in the hands or fingers and can lead to severe headaches, ringing in the ears, heart palpitations, nose bleeds, noise sensitivities, visual impairments, cognitive and memory problems, and symptoms characteristic of ADHD.
It's estimated that at least 10 percent of people already have symptoms of radiation sickness without knowing it, and the true percentage is probably much higher.
So, what can you do? Tachover lists practical, simple steps that you can take to protect yourself and those you love.
This isn't one to miss.
Press play and check out these resources to learn more:
https://childrenshealthdefense.org/
https://www.americansforresponsibletech.org/
https://mdsafetech.org/ Episode also available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/30PvU9C
Royal jelly, honey, propolis, pollen…the list of bee products that many of use from day to day is long. But fewer people are aware that there's something less tangible yet just as healing about bees: their energy.
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Since entering the field of medicine 33 years ago, Cristina Aosan wanted to treat everything—including that which conventional medicine said was untreatable or uncurable. To this end, she began studying various topics on her own, which led her to apitherapy, a branch of medicine that uses honey bee products to treat people.
As a physician at Melidava Consulting in Romania, Aosan treats people with nearly every type of ailment you can imagine, including multiple sclerosis, tumors, liver viruses, and obstructive atherosclerosis. She takes an individualized approach with each patient, drawing from an extensive toolbox containing honey, propolis, royal jelly, drone larvae, pollen, and more.
In some places, patients can even stay in homes arranged near bee hives to take in the healing and harmonious energy of the bees themselves—a practice that is becoming increasingly well-known.
Aosan explains the applications of various bee products, the history of apitherapy and its use by the Egyptians and other ancient civilizations, how bees use propolis as an air-cleaning mechanism, and what she hopes is in store for the future of apitherapy.
Tune in for all the details. Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK
Timothy Saunders, Associate Professor at the National University of Singapore's Mechanobiology Institute, shares his insights on the science of morphogenesis developmental biology, the study of tissue formation and organization in plant and animal species.
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How vital organs develop, particularly in human embryos, is considered a long standing mystery by much of humanity. How do our cells know how to organize and replicate in order to form correctly structured and functional organs? How do they know when to stop replicating and not to continue growing past the ideal size?
Timothy and his team aim to increase the understanding of developmental biology in both the medical community and the general public. Much of the research done in this area has centered around plants and fish, which can repair injury and regrow after amputation. What can be learned from these types of organisms?
What can be gained from the study of human tissue generation in utero? Large-scale, high-resolution imaging technology is enabling the study of precisely how tissues interact during organ formation in humans. This in combination with the use of organoids grown from organ tissue and stem cells could break open the case of how to apply morphogenesis embryology to possible heal damaged organs in the future.
For more information visit https://www.mbi.nus.edu.sg/timothy-saunders/saunders-lab/ Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK
Are customized cancer treatments a real possibility? Benjamin D. Hopkins, Ph.D. is Assistant Professor of Genomics and Genetic Sciences, Oncological Sciences, and the co-leader of the Functional Genomics Pipeline at The Tisch Cancer Institute. His cancer genetics research has developed an automated screening platform that can be used to identify tumor-specific drug sensitivities used for highly specialized cancer treatment.
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Dr. Hopkins focuses particularly on lung, breast, and pancreatic cancer, which is one of the 20% of cancers with no specific standard treatment plan. The Functional Genomics Pipeline as a whole screens cancer therapies to identify which types of patients with which types of tumors may be able to benefit from those therapies.
Using cancer genome sequencing, it has become possible to identify tumor-specific vulnerabilities, which can then be exploited for cancer treatment purposes. This includes using one medication to sensitize tumor cells to another medication, as a way to reduce the collateral damage done to healthy cells during cancer treatment.
Knowing exactly which mutational events are driving each specific tumor allows Dr. Hopkins and his team to target the specific mechanisms that tumor relies upon to thrive and multiply. This highly individualized approach in combination with public campaigns such as Breast Cancer Awareness month could lead to a future where cancer is considered a treatable disease across the board.
For more information visit https://labs.icahn.mssm.edu/hopkinslab/ Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK
What is missing when it comes to Western medicine's standard approach to treating chronic health problems? Dr. Will Cole, author of Intuitive Fasting: The Flexible Four-Week Intermittent Fasting Plan to Recharge Your Metabolism and Renew Your Health, grew up watching his loved ones battle autoimmune disorders. Now, he is leading a movement to change the way we treat chronic diseases using functional medicine.
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Dr. Cole looks beyond simple numbers and lab results in order to treat the whole patient and not just their current symptoms. His natural and holistic approach often utilizes functional medicine nutrition, intuitive eating intermittent fasting, and a hormonal imbalance diet. Understanding autoimmune thyroid disease, for example, and which foods can prompt the body to produce its own thyroid hormones can avoid unnecessary dependence on medications and highlight the importance of lifestyle in disease treatment.
Intuitively intermittent fasting combined with a mostly plant based high fat, moderate protein, low carbohydrate diet has been shown to support the metabolic process and protect against insulin resistance and digestive problems symptoms. Dr. Cole's four-week plan makes the benefits of fasting and eating a plant based ketogenic diet accessible to beginners who may want to treat specific issues, improve their overall health, or both. Embracing functional medicine education can provide those suffering from chronic illness with a way to take their health and their personal power back into their own hands.
To learn more or book a consult visit https://drwillcole.com/ Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK
Is hustle and hope really enough to make it big in the modern world of online finance? Jeff Rose, Youtube's Wealth Hacker and Founder of the finance blog Good Financial Cents shares how he went from cold calling and holding underwhelming local finance planning and analysis seminars to creating one of the most popular financial advice blogs on the internet.
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Jeff's down to earth approach to finance and willingness to use his own mistakes as a teaching tool has made him a crowd favorite on YouTube. Wealth Hacker offers how-to videos on financial topics like how to create passive income streams, how to invest your first $100, and how to turn $500 into $520,367. His blog, Good Financial Cents, has been featured on Fox Business, ABC News, CNN Money, CNBC, and more.
Weighing in on the recent GameStop stock market debacle, modern investment management, and life as a financial planner, Jeff gives his honest opinion on what it really takes to get rich in today's economy. After providing free content for years and finally taking part in an exclusive coaching program for entrepreneurs, Jeff has launched Good Financial Cent's latest online finance course. This course is all about how to set (and actually reach) accelerated financial goals.
For more information or to sign up for Jeff's new online course visit https://www.goodfinancialcents.com/ Available on Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2Os0myK
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