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"In cancer fight, a spice brings hope to the table"
Houston Chronicle ^ | July 11, 2005 | TODD ACKERMAN
Posted on 07/11/2005 1:19:41 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, the epitome of the conventional cancer establishment, is reporting promising test results on an unconventional weapon: a common spice used in Indian cooking.
In a host of studies, M.D. Anderson researchers are showing that curcumin, the pungent yellow spice in both turmeric and curry powders, has potent anti-cancer properties. They say it may prove effective for both prevention and treatment.
"Curcumin's promise is enormous," said Bharat B. Aggarwal, a professor of cancer medicine in M.D. Anderson's department of experimental therapeutics.
"It appears to inhibit multiple pathways by which cancer grows, and we know it's nontoxic."
Aggarwal added that "in a day when Vioxx and Bextra are off the table, curcumin may be one of the best new hopes on the table" — a reference to popular painkillers (Cox-2 inhibitors) taken off the market after reports they increased the risk of heart disease. Cox-2 inhibitors were considered potential cancer prevention agents because they'd been shown to inhibit tumor growth.
The latest study on curcumin is available today on the journal Cancer's Web site."
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"MS13's growing threat"
Sunday, July 10, 2005
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON -- This is the time of the year that school principals meet to plan for the next school year. At one meeting in suburban New York, 360 principals, out of the 480 attending, agreed that the greatest threat confronting their schools and communities was the Mara Salvatrucha street gang, better known as "MS13," and, specifically, gang recruitment in their schools.
But the same is true nationwide.
When this column first highlighted MS13 a year ago, many were skeptical of the police estimates of 3,000 active gang members in the northern Virginia suburbs. Now, a half-dozen murders, scores of cuttings and unreported beatings later, it is believed that there are 6,000 members in the region jus south of D.C."
Thank you for the cancer info, I see it is in the ginger
family, so at the least it should help with the upset stomach from the treatments.
Thanks!
Thanks for this info. Curcumin is a supplement that has people have been taking for a while and hoping for results. They talk about it on the cancer chat sights.
I have been out of commission with a bad sore throat and cold. I'm trying to shake this because I havae surgery scheduled on July 25th. Keep me in your prayers.