Gents,

A useful article from, MedPage Today, indicating yet again the benefit that may be gained from using Flaxseed in your battle with prostate cancer.

For the full report, go to:

http://www.medpagetoday.com/MeetingCoverage/ASCOMeeting/dh/5831

CHICAGO, June 3 — Flaxseed supplementation significantly reduced cancer cell proliferation rates in men with prostate cancer, investigators in a multicenter study found.

Flaxseed, alone or combined with a low-fat diet, slowed cell growth rates compared with diet alone or a control group, said Wendy Demark-Wahnefried, Ph.D., of Duke University. Action Points

Explain to interested patients that flaxseed supplements may slow the progress of prostate cancer.

The data were reported at a medical conference and as a published abstract and should be considered preliminary until they are reported in a peer-reviewed journal.

Today’s quote:

“A solution to cancer would mean the termination of research programs, the obsolescence of skills, the end of dreams of personal glory, triumph over cancer would dry up contributions to self-perpetuating charities….It would mortally threaten the present clinical establishments by rendering obsolete the expensive surgical, radiological and chemotherapeutic treatments in which so much money, training and equipment is invested….The new therapy must be disbelieved, denied, discouraged and disallowed at all costs, regardless of actual testing results, and preferably without any testing at all.” Robert Houston and Gary Null:

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