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Global cancer rates to skyrocket by 70% over next 20 years as conventional medicine fails

- Monday, February 17, 2014 No Comments
( by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer at NaturalNews)
The overall number of new people who will develop cancer in a given year is expected to nearly double over the next two decades, claims a new report put out by the World Health Organization (WHO). Analysts at the international governing body say the current global rate of about 14 million new cancer cases annually, per 2012 data, will eventually balloon to somewhere in the ballpark of 25 million new cancer cases annually by 2035.

The sobering report comes on the heels of an earlier one out of France that similarly calculated a 75 percent increase in cancer diagnoses by 2030. With the exception of a few minor variances, both reports speculate that, based on current trends, new cases of cancer will skyrocket in the coming years. And the hardest hit will be poor and developing countries, many of which are right now undergoing major changes as a result of Western influence.

As far as the latest WHO report, this expected increase in new cancer cases has already been dubbed an imminent "human disaster," according to the U.K.'s Guardian. Unless the governments and medical systems of the world make a rapid switch to focusing on prevention rather than treatment, WHO says, the devastation that is soon to come, both in terms of unsustainable medical costs and widespread societal loss, will be unprecedented.

"The global cancer burden is increasing and quite markedly, due predominantly to the aging of the populations and population growth," alleges Chris Wild, director of WHO's International Agency for Research on Cancer, as quoted by BBC News. "If we look at the cost of treatment of cancers, it is spiraling out of control, even for the high-income countries. Prevention is absolutely critical and it's been somewhat neglected."

GMOs, fluoride and processed food linked to rising cancer rates



While correct in his assessment that prevention needs to play a more prominent role in how society deals with cancer, Wild grossly misjudges why an increasing number of people across the globe are developing the disease in the first place. While age is definitely a factor in determining cancer risk, so are things like genetically modified organisms (GMOs), trans fats, fluoridated drinking water and many other ubiquitous facets of modern life in North America that are largely ignored.

While WHO gives a nod to the damage that can be caused by abusing alcohol and cigarettes, as well as the risks associated with being obese, the organization stops short of warning people about the cancer risks of consuming sodium nitrite, for instance, which is found in virtually all the deli meat sold at your neighborhood grocer.

WHO has also repeatedly failed to warn women about the dangers associated with submitting their bodies to regular mammograms, which multiple studies, including one recently published in the New England Journal of Medicine, have found can lead to breast cancer overdiagnosis. The ionizing radiation released during a mammogram has also been linked to causing breast cancer as well.

"Our food is sprayed about 30 times, with a cocktail of poisons, before we eat it," writes a commenter on The Guardian, pointing out WHO's apparent lack of concern about the many obvious carcinogens that we are all increasingly exposed to on a regular basis.

"[O]ur bathrooms are full of unregulated chemicals, which might well be carcinogenic ; our diet is not, in most cases, conducive to maintaining optimum health ; we do less and less exercise, and become sluggardly and overweight ; it is little wonder that people are becoming terminally ill to an increasing extent."


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Understanding Chinese tongue diagnosis

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by Jennifer Dubowsky LAc
Emperors.edu

Chinese tongue diagnosis is an essential tool used by acupuncturists and traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. Your tongue plays a unique role in understanding your body’s constitution; it is the only organ that is both interior and exterior.

When I examine your tongue, I systematically look at very specific characteristics and I learn a lot about the interior of your body and the state of your health.

Tongues differ from one person to the next and, although people probably take them for granted, they have a lot to tell me if I look carefully. Your tongue provides a window into how your body is functioning, for example, each tongue will change as its owner ages or experiences improvements or declines in health.


The basics of Chinese tognue diagnosis


A healthy tongue is naturally pink and has a thin white coating. It looks like the first tongue in the diagram provided. Almost all tongues have some imperfections, especially as we age, but certain lifestyle choices produce noticeable changes.

For example, regular smokers will often have a drier, yellowish coating on their tongues. Some color signs are long lasting, like the smoker’s tongue but others are temporary; whatever you eat can temporarily stain your tongue – think about a red a lollypop – so please don’t worry unnecessarily.

I once had a patient show up with a bright purple tongue that surprised me. Upon questioning, she remembered the grape ice pop she had eaten earlier. Good thing! Otherwise, I would have told her to get checked out by her MD asap. 


When Chinese medicine practitioners look at your tongue, we observe: shape and size, color, and coating. I’ll explain:

Shape and size


The shape and size of the tongue tells the tale of the fluids running through the body. For example, a small, short tongue may indicate an insufficient amount of moisture in the body. In comparison, a very large, puffy tongue with indents on the edges of the tongue could indicate that fluids are not flowing through the body as easily as they should.

Color


Ideally, the healthy tongue body looks pink and vital. Of course, the natural tongue color can vary from person to person, but taken in conjunction with other information, it is still a very good indicator of what is happening inside your body. For example, a red tongue points to heat in the body. The redder the tongue, the greater is the amount of heat. On the other hand, a pale tongue could mean that there is not enough heat in the body, or that there is a deficiency of qi or blood. For an example on the tongue chart above, see the last tongue on the bottom row entitled “blood deficiency”.

Coating


Does your tongue have a thick or thin coating? The coating, called fur, depends on many factors and changes more quickly than the tongue body. Normally your coating is thin. If you are getting sick, you may see a thicker coating developing.

The consistency of the tongue’s coating also indicates the state of the fluids in the body.  A dry coating represents a drier body just as an excessively moist coating indicates a damp body or poor fluid circulation. The lack of a coating indicates a more severe heat or dryness in the body. This is sometimes seen in women going through menopause, a time when women’s bodies start to heat up. For an example, look at the tongue that is second to last in the bottom row entitled “yin deficiency”.

Tongue coatings also come in different colors. A thin white coating is normal.  A yellow coat is a heat sign especially when combined with a red body (example the middle tongue “heat” in the top row). Gray or black coating colors also exist, and indicate a severe condition; luckily I don’t see those colors often.

Look at your own tongue


When I am asked to speak to interested groups, I often bring a hand mirror to pass around so people can take a look at their own tongue. I also have participants check out their neighbor’s tongue as a comparison. People are surprised by the differences they see from tongue to tongue because they pay little attention to their tongue shape, color and coating. Next time you look in a mirror, give it a try!

Do something about it

We’ll follow up with a post full of nutrition and DIY-lifestyle tips based on the above tongue types soon. We can even send those straight to your inbox if you’d like! Just enter your email address in the “Get Qi in your inbox” box on the top right of this page. But those tips are only going to get you halfway on your journey towards health. To achieve the deepest health possible, we recommend seeing an acupuncturist on a regular to semi-regular basis. Lucky for you, we just happen to know where you can find a great one.


Jennifer Dubowsky, LAc, is a licensed acupuncturist with a practice in downtown Chicago, Illinois, since 2002. Dubowsky earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology from University of Illinois in Chicago and her Master of Science degree in Oriental Medicine from Southwest Acupuncture College in Boulder, Colorado. During her studies, she completed an internship at the Sino-Japanese Friendship Hospital in Beijing, China. Dubowsky has researched and written articles on Chinese medicine and has given talks on the topic. She maintains a popular blog about health and Chinese medicine at Acupuncture Blog Chicago. Adventures in Chinese Medicine is her first book. You can find her on www.tcm007.com