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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."


Originally published at Natural News
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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

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Scientists confirm: Ancient Egyptians wore jewelry made of materials from outer space

- Tuesday, January 7, 2014 No Comments

The University College London (UCL) Petrie Museum in London is home to ancient Egyptian iron beads that were once thought to be hammered out of traditional iron ore. Researchers from UCL have dispelled this notion, revealing that the earliest jewelry artifacts were actually made from materials from outer space.

UCL Archaeologist and Professor Thilo Rehren is uncovering fascinating new evidence on the ancient Egyptian beads. He says, “The shape of the beads was obtained by smithing and rolling, most likely involving multiple cycles of hammering, and not by the traditional stone-working techniques such as carving or drilling which were used for the other beads found in the same tomb.”

Finding out where the beads came from

“Even 100 years ago, [the beads] attracted attention as being something strange,” Rehren said.
Rehren and a team of researchers are proving that the beads are actually cosmic jewelry, hammered from pieces of meteorites. Their evidence suggests that the ore used to make the beads originates from an era existing two millenniums before communities learned how to smelt and tamper traditional iron ore into iron.

The beads from the UCL Petrie Museum were discovered in 1911 near the village of el-Gerzeh in Lower Egypt. Dug up in a cemetery that dates back to approximately 3200 B.C., the beads were found to be corroded to their core. Using x-rays, the researchers have determined the continuity of the beads. They’ve concluded that the beads do not come from magnetite, which typically resembles meteoric iron, but actually come from meteoric iron from outer space origins. Scanning the beads further with neutron beams and gamma-rays, the researchers determined that the unique textures of nickel, phosphorous, cobalt, and germanium were indeed reminiscent of meteoric iron. The neutron beams and gamma-rays also helped them bypass more invasive testing that could have damaged the rare objects.

“The really exciting outcome of this research is that we were for the first time able to demonstrate conclusively that there are typical trace elements such as cobalt and germanium present in these beads, at levels that only occur in meteoritic iron,” Professor Rehren said.

How the beads were made

Rehren continues, “We are also excited to be able to see the internal structure of the beads, revealing how they were rolled and hammered into form. This is very different technology from the usual stone bead drilling, and shows quite an advanced understanding of how the metal smiths worked this rather difficult material.”

Their study, published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, further explains how the rock from outer space was meticulously hammered into thin sheets and then rolled into tubes that were woven around wooden sticks to create 0.8-inch-long, tube-shaped beads.

The nine beads from the museum are thought to be at least 5000 years old. They make up a necklace that was very valuable for its time and included gold and other precious gems.
Their results suggest that during the fourth millennium BC, meteoritic iron work had already been mastered.

This meteoritic iron-nickel alloy is a much harder and more brittle rock that predated copper and traditional iron ore work. This meteoritic iron work was the first basic training ground for blacksmiths, helping to pave the way for future learning of copper work and traditional iron work.

Sources for this article include:


http://www.ucl.ac.uk
http://phys.org
http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com
http://www.foxnews.com

Originally posted at Natural News