The debate continues. . . but what are the levels of benzene after the soda has been exposed to heat or ultraviolet, which science has found leads to much higher levels of benzene? Read the complete article on PlanetSave.com.
It could be worse. I read another article about chemical problems in other parts of the world where soda products were found to have pesticides! They are fighting in India over whether the soda companies need to disclose the amount of pesticide on the label so that the public can make an informed decision to drink or not to drink. That is the question.
A new study has found that survival rates among elderly patients
affected by non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma has increased by using a different
treatment method.The treatment involves cutting the standard chemotherapy time in half,
but still using the same combination and doses of drugs and antibodies.Dr Luke Coyle from Sydney’s Royal North Shore Hospital says the new, shorter burst of treatment has effective results.
"It’s very exciting to have the scientific proof that you can do it
better and you can treat patients in a shorter period of time, which
will hopefully allow them to tolerate the procedure much better as
well," he said.
I found this on the Mayo Clinic website. Great stuff explaining the difference between the two diseases.
Follow this link: Hodgkin’s v. non-Hodgkin’s What’s the difference?
I found this article about a method for inhibiting leukemia cells.
A team of researchers at Virginia Commonwealth University Massey Cancer Center has discovered an entirely new mechanism of action for a novel pharmacological agent currently in clinical trials in patients - the kinase inhibitor BAY 43-9006 - which was designed to disrupt the survival pathways of tumor cells….
"We were surprised to find that the killing effects of Bay 43-9006 in human leukemia cells had very little to do with inhibition of the Raf-1 pathway," Grant said. "Instead, the major mechanism of lethality of this compound involved down-regulation of a protein known as Mcl-1, which plays a critical role in protecting leukemic cells from apoptosis.
A little of topic here. I’m not going to opine about anything legal…
Team in Training supports people who raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. I had a friend who did this and ran an Olympic distance triathlon in Florida last year (approx. 3/4 mile swim, 26 mile bike, 10K run). The Palm Beach group raised $300,000 last year for Leukemia research.
Palm Beach Article