02.27.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 9:07 am by Elaine
-Elaine Smitha’s EVOLVING IDEAS Internet radio show
LIVE globally, Tuesday, Feb 27, 2007 - 2PM EST, 11AM PST.
Guest: Peter Donaldson, master storyteller, educator, actor, playwright and community facilitator.
Elaine will engage both Peter and the genius of Leonardo DaVinci, which Peter skillfully portrays, in a conversation about the coming times and the roles you and I play in the future. He will be asking the question: Are we on the brink of a New Renaissance or entering another Dark Age? The discussion will center around that question.
Peter is a curriculum designer and teacher of teachers touring the nation visiting colleges, schools, chambers and rotaries to stimulate the new currency of intellectual curiosity and sustainable prosperity. He has authored a dozen plays, produced sixty others and self-publishes his poetry in an annual collection. He’s also .
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02.23.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 6:15 pm by Elaine
There is indeed a cheap, relatively effective cure for most cancers.
Can’t be patented, so the big drug companies won’t manufacture it etc.
Somewhere in this medical community of ours, there ought to be funding which can carry out additional trials on a rather grand scale.
Cancer is no respecter of persons, and it affects most families.
Cheap, ’safe’ drug kills most cancers…
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn10971-cheap-safe-drug-kills-most-cancers.html
21 February 2007
What makes cancer cells different - and how to kill them
New Scientist has received an unprecedented amount of interest in this story from readers. If you would like up-to-date information on any plans for clinical trials of DCA in patients with cancer, or would like to donate towards a fund for such trials, please visit the site set up by the University of Alberta and the Alberta Cancer Board www.depmed.ualberta.ca/dca . We will also follow events closely and will report any progress as it happens.
It sounds almost too good to be true: a cheap and simple drug that kills almost all cancers by switching off their “immortality”. The drug, dichloroacetate (DCA), has already been used for years to treat rare metabolic disorders and so is known to be relatively safe.
It also has no patent, meaning it could be manufactured for a fraction of the cost of newly developed drugs.
Evangelos Michelakis of the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, and his colleagues tested DCA on human cells cultured outside the body and found that it killed lung, breast and brain cancer cells, but not healthy cells. Tumours in rats deliberately infected with human cancer also shrank drastically when they were fed DCA-laced water for several weeks.
DCA attacks a unique feature of cancer cells: the fact that they make their energy throughout the main body of the cell, rather than in distinct organelles called mitochondria. This process, called glycolysis, is inefficient and uses up vast amounts of sugar.
Until now it had been assumed that cancer cells used glycolysis because their mitochondria were irreparably damaged. However, Michelakis’s experiments prove this is not the case, because DCA reawakened the mitochondria in cancer cells. The cells then withered and died (Cancer Cell, DOI: 10.1016/j.ccr.2006.10.020).
Michelakis suggests that the switch to glycolysis as an energy source occurs when cells in the middle of an abnormal but benign lump don’t get enough oxygen for their mitochondria to work properly (see diagram). In order to survive, they switch off their mitochondria and start producing energy through glycolysis.
Crucially, though, mitochondria do another job in cells: they activate apoptosis, the process by which abnormal cells self-destruct. When cells switch mitochondria off, they become “immortal”, outliving other cells in the tumour and so becoming dominant. Once reawakened by DCA, mitochondria reactivate apoptosis and order the abnormal cells to die.
The results are intriguing because they point to a critical role that mitochondria play: they impart a unique trait to cancer cells that can be exploited for cancer therapy, says Dario Altieri, director of the University of Massachusetts Cancer Center in Worcester.
The phenomenon might also explain how secondary cancers form. Glycolysis generates lactic acid, which can break down the collagen matrix holding cells together. This means abnormal cells can be released and float to other parts of the body, where they seed new tumours.
DCA can cause pain, numbness and gait disturbances in some patients, but this may be a price worth paying if it turns out to be effective against all cancers. The next step is to run clinical trials of DCA in people with cancer. These may have to be funded by charities, universities and governments: pharmaceutical companies are unlikely to pay because they can’t make money on unpatented medicines. The pay-off is that if DCA does work, it will be easy to manufacture and dirt cheap.
Paul Clarke, a cancer cell biologist at the University of Dundee in the UK, says the findings challenge the current assumption that mutations, not metabolism, spark off cancers. The question is: which comes first? he says.
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02.19.07
Posted in Radio at 2:57 pm by Elaine
- EVOLVING IDEAS with Elaine Smitha - Internet radio show
LIVE globally- Tuesday, February 20, 2007 11AM PST, 2PM EST & elsewhere
Bruce Haney, Toxicologist, is author of Brain Fog, a no-holds-barred book about the condition of our environment and the neurotoxic effects on the body.
Bruce appeared as a guest on my television show a few years ago and his information is so compelling that I’m bringing him to my global audience with updates. We’ll be discussing the neurotoxic effects of irresponsible chemical dumping and other conditions of environmental stress on the body, with forecasts for the future.
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Tuesday February 20, 2007
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02.15.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 7:24 pm by Elaine
February 15, 2007
By Sonia Reyes
NEW YORK — ConAgra has voluntarily recalled all SKU’s of its Peter Pan Peanut Butter and Great Value Peanut Butter due to possible salmonella contamination, the company said today.
The Omaha, Neb. Company issued the recall on both brands, with code 2111 on the lids, pending the findings of a report by the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that these items may be linked to the food-borne illness salmonella.
While the incidence of salmonella is down 9%, per the CDC, it is difficult to pinpoint its causes because it can come from various foods and even non-food sources.
“Although none of our extensive product tests have indicated the presence of salmonella, we are taking this precautionary measure because consumer health and safety is out top priority,” said a ConAgra rep in a statement. Consumers with concerns can call a 24-hour-hotline at 866-344-6970.
The FDA issued an alert to consumers to discard both brands with code 2111 that were purchased before May 2006. ConAgra is asking that consumers return the product lid for a refund.
Peter Pan had $100,000 in media spend in 2006, per Nielsen Monitor-Plus.
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02.12.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 3:36 pm by Elaine
-Elaine Smithas EVOLVING IDEAS Internet radio show
LIVE - Tuesday, February 13, 2007 11AM PST, 2PM EST
Guest: Meir Schneider, founder of San Francisco’s School for Self-Healing
Meir Schneider, Ph.D., L.M.T. is internationally acclaimed as a man who lives his vision. Born with cataracts on both eyes and declared legally blind at 7, he has yet today an unrestricted California Drivers License. How can this be? His story is one of inspiration, expanded by his experience with a unique therapeutic healthcare system that combines multiple disciplines. During the interview, he’ll give practical tips that you can do to discover a whole new way of viewing life.
Meir has also been a guest on my television show. As soon as my new shop is ready for visitors, you’ll be able to see him for yourself.
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Tuesday February 13, 2007
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02.04.07
Posted in Uncategorized at 4:49 pm by Elaine
-Elaine Smitha’s EVOLVING IDEAS Internet radio show
LIVE - Tuesday, February 6, 2007 11AM PST
Guest: Robert Moss, Dream Coach
Australian, Robert Moss, is Founder of a contemporary mystery school and teaches Active Dreaming around the world as a synthesis of dreamwork and shamanism, which he pioneered. Having survived a series of near-death experiences, he’s authored many books, among them Conscious Dreaming and Dreamgates to help others realize the power of their dreams.
Robert has also been a guest on my television show and I’m eager to bring his perspective to you for consideration. I know that you will find value in listening.
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Tuesday February 6, 2007
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