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[H/T CheshireTheCat]The 10 deadliest cancers share one thing: a common metabolic driver. Learn how repurposed drugs can help stop them, and download the free guide by Dr. Paul Marik and Dr. Justus R. Hope.Each year, cancer takes more than 600,000 lives in the United States and 10 million globally. It’s the second-leading cause of death in America, and the rates are not going down. Despite massive fundraising campaigns and billion-dollar research budgets, meaningful innovation in cancer treatment has stalled.In fact, most patients today are still offered the same three options they would have been decades ago: surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation.But...

I lurk here a lot but don't really post. I just thought I would post here to see if anybody is familiar with all this. I learned about 3 months ago that I have cirrhosis of the liver, probably caused by alcohol use. I never thought I drank that much -- maybe 4 or 5 beers a night -- but I had such a habit for many years. I had no warning of such a problem, and only learned about it when my abdomen started becoming oddly swollen, and uncomfortable. Finally, when I was looking like a pregnant woman (literally},...

Every once in a while, a piece of medical research crosses my desk that I feel has the potential to change how medicine is practiced. Today is one of those days. A recent medical article revealed that patients with end stage pancreatic cancer and treated with an antioxidant and narcotic-like medication lived longer than expected. The pancreas is located in the abdomen, behind the stomach. It has multiple functions, including secreting enzymes that help digestion and regulating blood sugar levels by releasing insulin. Unfortunately, cancer can also begin in the pancreas. According to the National Institutes of Health, about 42,000...