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wienerbarnes · 5 years

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Whatever It Takes (3/6)

Pairing: Bucky x Doctor!Reader

Word Count: 2,069

Prompt: Doctor AU

Warnings: More medical talk, some ~flirting~

A/N: sorry for the late post! i got home late yesterday and completely forgot but here it is now!!! officially halfway done :)

SERIES MASTERLIST

“This iodine will help with your thyroid.” Dr. Curtis informs the now awake patient. She hangs the IV bag on the hook and moves away from the bed once it’s attached. You’ve since removed your blazer and shoes, assuming you should get comfortable with the state of John.

“We should celebrate! With a beer,” You begin, pacing around the room.

“I don’t drink.” John croaks from the bed.

“Me thinks he doth protest too much.” You joke from your position on the other side of the hospital room, facing the small window with a view of the outside.

“Why would he lie if he’s deathly ill?” Curtis asks, clearly annoyed with your antics.

“Guilt over killing a man?” You guess.

“We don’t kill people.” John says, head turning to look at you with his tired eyes.

“Right,” You begin as you walk over closer to the bed, “You only, lie to your family and friends, establish fake identities, trick people into betraying their country; he’d never cover up the fact that he drinks!” You exaggerate as you rearrange your legs in a more comfortable position.

“Quick question though, the red lipstick that Ginger used to kill Gilligan. Why didn’t that kill her?” John rolls his eyes at you and Curtis stares at you in disbelief and you look between the two of them, waiting for an answer.

…

A couple of hours pass before Bucky and Dr. Banner meet you and Dr. Curtis in John’s room again. You sit on the cushioned chair beside the bed and Dr. Curtis sits on the couch on the opposite side of the room. Bucky notices you eating from a small container of macaroni and cheese, blazer laid at over the arm rest of the chair, and bare feet folded under you as you’ve obviously gotten comfortable. Your hair is loosely tied back and a few strands fall around your face. He doesn’t realize you’ve caught him staring but quickly clears his throat and looks at Banner, who is flipping through the original chart and looking at John’s current vitals.

“He’s stabilizing.” Banner states, reviewing John’s current vitals with the original vitals listed in the chart from when he was first admitted.

“And the tummy ache is gone.” You add, taking in another spoonful of macaroni.

“Treatment is working.” Dr. Curtis stands, a small, proud grin rising on her face.

Bucky looks at you again to see you giving a weird glance at Dr. Curtis. What does that face mean? Bucky thinks. It’s not a face of guilt, but you definitely look like you’ve been up to something. You meet his gaze again and smile.

“Hey, Sarg, wanna hop on that jet and take a trip down Mexico Way? And I’m not talking about the country or the plane.” You tease, another spoonful of pasta disappearing between your lips. How unchaste, he thinks to himself as he tries his hardest to keep from blushing.

“Do you think flirting like an idiot will get you anywhere with guys?” Bucky asks, playful smile creeping up on his face, indulging in your remarks.

“Well, if it didn’t, the human race probably would’ve died out a long time ago.”

“You’re awfully chipper for someone who’s just had their pancreatitis theory disproved.” Curtis interrupts. The sparkle in your eye that you’ve been giving Bucky disappears and that same look from before returns to your features.

“Actually, I’m awfully chipper for someone who’s being proved right.” Banner looks up at you when you say this, a puzzled look on his face.

“John hasn’t vomited in six hours.” Banner argues.

“What is there to vomit? I’m eating his lunch.” You hold up the container of nearly finished macaroni and cheese and place it on the nightstand next to where you’re sitting before standing up.

“Withholding nutrients is the treatment for pancreatitis. That, and the antibiotics I put him on when you went to the bathroom.” You explain, gesturing to Dr. Curtis.

“You’re unbelievable!” Dr. Curtis exclaims.

“Well, why don’t you ask John if he’d rather die honestly or be cured dishonestly?” You reply.

“John?” Banner asks, noticing how John’s body seems a little more slumped than before.

Banner moves forward to lift John’s eyelids and shine a small flashlight into them, checking for any response. The heart monitor is still beeping, meaning he’s still alive, but he’s unmoving.

“Any chance he’s just overwhelmed with gratitude?” You ask.

…

“You should be brought up on charges!” Curtis accuses you.

“Okay, okay, I’ll take your book from under my piano.”

John is now awake after being fed a shot of adrenaline. And Dr. Curtis is not happy with you. But was she ever?

“He is dying of radiation poisoning!” She bursts.

“Why are you yelling?” You ask calmly, walking up to John’s bed.

“All of this could’ve been avoided if you hadn’t interfered with-“ Curtis is cut off by John’s yelp as you pull harshly on his hair. Bucky even stops his pacing at the sound and looks at you for explanation.

“What are you doing?!” Curtis yells.

“Radiation sickness kills different cells at different times. Meaning his hair should be falling out in clumps before his body starts writhing in pain. And since it’s not,” You explain, holding up your empty palm.

You glance at Bucky and then to Dr. Banner, who no longer looks so worried about whether or not you might be absolutely mad.

“It’s blood cancer. Waldenstrom’s.” You diagnose.

“Unless you can tell me if he’s been involved in any foul play, like torturing Bolivians…” You trail off and send a hopeful look towards Bucky. “Can’t you treat for both?” Bucky asks, a defeated look on his face. His brain is exhausted from hearing different diagnosis after diagnosis, and he doesn’t even understand any of the medical talk that comes out of anyone’s mouth.

Truth be told, Stark and Banner had only asked him to track you down and retrieve you for your help in fixing John. He could go back to his regular playing around with Sam, but you’ve caught his attention. At first he was a bit annoyed at you; he couldn’t believe that someone so goofy could be a doctor. But your interesting personality has grown on him over the past couple of hours that you’ve been here.

“Unless you’re the one that’s trying to poison him.” You reply.

Bucky looks to Dr. Banner for help. “I’ll arrange for Plasmapheresis and Chemotherapy.” He finally spits out before walking out of the room.

Bucky goes to follow but Dr. Curtis stops him, “You’re really going to trust her after what she did?” She asks, shock evident in her voice. Bucky meets your eyes.

“I don’t have to trust her to agree with her.” Bucky replies before finally exiting the room.

…

It’s deep into the evening when John is finally put on his new treatment. Dr. Curtis has stepped out to grab some food and Dr. Banner has returned to his office, still checking in every once in a while. You and Bucky are the ones that remain while John is asleep from the drowsiness caused by the medicine. Bucky watches from the end of the bed as you attach a new bag to the IV hook and press a few buttons on a machine next to the bed.

“So, now that all the medical mumbo-jumbo is over with,” You begin as you turn around to face him. “What do you say we head back to your place and you show me a few enhanced interrogation techniques?” You offer while slowly striding towards him; Bucky’s right eyebrow lifting at your implication.

He smirks as you continue, “My safe word is ‘Help, please, please, stop.’ That’s two ‘please’s, otherwise you keep going.” You inform with a wink.

“Maybe if you cure this guy, I’ll show you my private water board.” He teases back. An almost animalistic grin spreads across your face at his teasing as you move even closer, chests almost touching as Bucky looks down into your eyes.

“You know I have a position available. At my hospital. My personal assistant.” You whisper, breath fanning Bucky’s face and the hair on the back of his neck raise.

“You offering me a job?”

“I can bet you the pay’s better.” You lie, as if you have the funds to pay him higher than whatever an Avengers paycheck consists of, fingers slowly tracing up his right forearm. “And there’s less bad guys to fight.”

“I like it here.” Bucky chuckles, hands raising to rest themselves on either side of your upper arms

You bite your lip and Bucky’s eyes immediately move to fix on your plump, pink lips. You open your mouth to continue and a beeping noise from Bucky’s front left pocket interrupts you as Bucky pulls one arm away to pull out his phone.

“Duty calls.” He says softly, before backing away from you and exiting the room.

…

Bucky finally finds Sam in the smaller common room after running around the entire compound looking for him.

“What’s the emergency?” Bucky asks, not understanding why Sam would be sitting in the common room with his feet propped up if there was actually something wrong.

“I know what you’ve been up to, you sly, sly dog.” Sam accuses, teasing smile on his face.

“What?” Bucky asks; he’s seriously confused now.

“You’re trying to sauce it up with the doctor lady!” Sam stands and shoves a finger in Bucky chest and the blush begins to creep up his neck.

“What?! N-no I’m not, what are you talking about?” Bucky denies.

“F.R.I.D.A.Y., why don’t show Tin-Man over here what you showed me when I asked you where he was at.” Sam commands.

Projected on the screen is you and Bucky from about five minutes ago. Faces close together, your arms trailing up from his wrists to rest on his shoulders before trailing back down again. He sees how his hands twitch at his side in the video, God, how he wanted to wrap his arms around you so badly.

“Man, are you blushing? God damn, get a hold of yourself!” Sam snaps him out of his trance of thinking about what all your curves feel like underneath his hands.

“Nothing’s going on, alright? Just lay off.” Bucky says before leaving the room again.

He storms back to the elevators to go back to his room for a while. Maybe he’ll be able to get his head in order with some time away from you? He hasn’t felt this way about a girl in he doesn’t even know how long. A part of him didn’t think he’d ever find someone he actually likes like that - he didn’t even think he was capable of feeling that kind of emotion anymore.

Bucky knows he’s different. Bucky knows he’s not Bucky. Bucky died when he fell from that train. He doesn’t really know who he is now. He’s missed out on so much in his life, watching his sisters grow up, getting a long career, taking care of his mother, getting married and having kids, so many inventions and societal changes; sometimes he’s just lost. And there’s not too many people around willing to explain things to him. Sure, he has no problem figuring things out on his own, but every once in a while he just wishes he knew things from the beginning. Like his feelings.

His last girlfriend is probably dead now and it’s not like he’s had any practice recently.

When he’s around you, he feels - light. Airy. Freer. Like he can do anything he wants. And he feels like he wants to do things with you. Take you places. Do things for you, even though you don’t seem to need anybody for anything. He wants to see what you look like on a date. What you look like when you get a nice surprise. What you look like when you wake up in the morning. Or when you get out of the shower. Or when your shopping for something. He likes seeing that smirk on your face when you throw some witty insult at Dr. Curtis. He likes seeing the flirty sparkle in your eye when you tease him and make him blush; he’ll let you make him blush forever if it means he gets to see that face on you.

That’s all gotta mean something, right?

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healthandfitnessrecipes-blog · 6 years

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Early Roundup Whistleblower Has Warned of Its Dangers for Years

https://healthandfitnessrecipes.com/?p=1149

By Dr. Mercola

Though he still sees himself as “just a little boy who loves frogs,” Tyrone Hayes, Ph.D., an integrative biologist at the University of California, Berkeley, has spent a decade feuding with chemical giant Syngenta, manufacturer of the pesticide atrazine. Novartis, which eventually became Syngenta, asked Hayes to use his extensive knowledge of frog hormones to determine if atrazine was interfering with frogs in the environment.

It certainly wasn’t what they wanted to hear, but he found atrazine may be chemically castrating male frogs, essentially turning them into female frogs. When Hayes reported some of his troubling findings to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including male frogs with eggs bursting out of their testicles — “I thought they would be interested, after all it was the No. 1 selling chemical in the world at the time,” he said — they stated it wasn’t an adverse effect that would prompt them to reevaluate the chemical.

Hayes resigned his contractor position with Syngenta after the company refused to allow him to publish the results of studies they had funded. After resigning, he obtained independent funding to repeat the research, which was subsequently published and found that atrazine causes hermaphroditism in frogs.

Syngenta attempted to discredit Hayes after the damaging research was released. However, as Hayes argues in the TED talk above, he follows Albert Einstein’s notion that “those who have the privilege to know, have the duty to act.”

Atrazine Shown To Be Harmful to Animals, Humans and the Environment

Hayes’ research hypothesized that atrazine turned on an enzyme (aromatase) that caused testosterone to be converted into estrogen. If you’re a male, this means that you won’t make sperm, but you will make estrogen, even though you shouldn’t.

According to Hayes and colleagues in research published in Nature in 2002, exposure to water-borne atrazine contamination led to “gonadal abnormalities such as retarded development and hermaphroditism” in 10 percent to 92 percent of male wild leopard frogs. Hayes published another study in 2010 in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), which similarly found:1

“Atrazine-exposed males suffered from depressed testosterone, decreased breeding gland size, demasculinized/feminized laryngeal development, suppressed mating behavior, reduced spermatogenesis and decreased fertility.”

Yet, if atrazine is harming wildlife via the water supply, it stands to reason that it could harm humans as well. Indeed, Hayes cites research showing that men with higher levels of atrazine in their urine (the same level he and colleagues used to “chemically castrate” frogs — 0.1 parts per billion (ppb)) have lower sperm counts. Other research shows that workers who apply atrazine in agricultural fields have 24,000 times the atrazine level in their urine than was used to chemically castrate frogs.

He soon became involved in environmental justice, as he learned that most of the individuals being exposed to these high levels of atrazine are Latin American or Mexican American. The evidence also suggests atrazine exposure may contribute to a number of different cancers, specifically ovarian cancer, non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, hairy-cell leukemia and thyroid cancer.

In addition, Hayes cited research showing an 8.4-fold increase in prostate cancer in males working in an atrazine factory — in a community that’s 80 percent African-American. Again, racial or ethnic minorities are disproportionately affected.

Atrazine Contaminates Drinking Water

As far as pesticides go, atrazine is the one most commonly found in U.S. drinking water. In 2012, Syngenta AG and its U.S. subsidiary were ordered to pay $105 million to filter the chemical out of Midwestern community water treatment operations providing drinking water to 52 million Americans.2 The legal proceedings revealed that as many as 1 in 6 Americans was drinking atrazine-contaminated water. The $105 million settlement was really just a drop in the bucket when compared to the actual cost of filtering this chemical.

In 2010, the plaintiffs' attorney, Stephen Tillery, said the 16 cities included in the original lawsuit had already spent about $350 million to filter it out. Since 2012, at least 1,085 other compensation claims over atrazine contamination have been filed against Syngenta, suggesting the problem is incredibly widespread.

Also disturbing, studies show a correlation between atrazine in drinking water and breast cancer incidence in Kentucky,3 whereas previous research on rats showed exposure to atrazine increased the incidence of mammary cancer.4

As Hayes pointed out, “This is an interesting problem, because breast cancer … is estrogen dependent and … aromatase … produces the estrogen during breast cancer that stimulates those breast cancers to grow and divide and turn into tumors and spread.” He then points out that the No. 1 treatment for breast cancer is a chemical called Letrozole, which works by knocking out aromatase and decreasing the estrogen that’s fueling the cancer. Hayes explained:

“That drug, though, has to work against the 80 million pounds of atrazine that we’re using every year … that does exactly the opposite. I got in trouble because I pointed out that Novartis Oncology, in the year 2000, offered treatments for cancer, including breast cancer, so the same company that gave us 80 million pounds of this contaminant associated with breast cancer was also selling a chemical that does the opposite to treat breast cancer.”

Glyphosate Also Linked to Reproductive Problems

Atrazine is only one pesticide that’s causing potentially devastating effects on future generations. Glyphosate, the active ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup, is another. More tons of glyphosate have been sprayed worldwide than any other herbicide before it. In addition to being declared a probable human carcinogen by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), researchers from Indiana University and University of California San Francisco linked the chemical to earlier deliveries in pregnant women.5

Not only did 90 percent of the pregnant women in the study, who resided in central Indiana, test positive for glyphosate, but the levels significantly correlated with shortened pregnancy lengths.

While Monsanto downplayed the findings, stating they are not indicative of adverse health outcomes,6 the study’s lead author, Shahid Parvez, an assistant professor in the department of environmental health science at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, stated, "There is growing evidence that even a slight reduction in gestational length can lead to lifelong adverse consequences."7

Glyphosate is used in large quantities on genetically engineered (GE) glyphosate-tolerant crops (i.e., Roundup Ready varieties). Its use actually increased nearly fifteenfold since such GE crops were introduced in 1996.8 Glyphosate is also a popular tool for desiccating (or accelerating the drying out) of crops like wheat and oats. Unbeknownst to many, glyphosate is sprayed onto many crops shortly before harvest, which is why residues have been found in GE and non-GE foods alike.

According to Parvez, “The bad news is that the dietary intake of genetically modified food items and caffeinated beverages is suspected to be the main source of glyphosate intake."9 In fact women in the study with the highest glyphosate levels were those who lived in rural areas and consumed more caffeinated beverages.

Pesticides Lead to Massive Bird Decline in France

Equally unsettling are the growing reports that pesticides are devastating birds and insects worldwide. Conservation biologists in France described a “catastrophic” situation in which dozens of species of birds have declined in the country, some with population cuts up to two-thirds. Research shows, for instance, that once-common birds like the common white throat and the Eurasian skylark have seen their populations fall by at least one-third, whereas the meadow pipit declined by close to 70 percent.10

It’s not that the birds are being directly poisoned to death that’s the problem, but rather that their food supply — insects — is. Vincent Bretagnolle, a National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) ecologist at the Centre for Biological Studies in Chize, told The Guardian, “There are hardly any insects left, that’s the No. 1 problem,” adding that past studies have found 80 percent declines in flying insects in Europe in recent years, along with a loss of 400 million birds in the last three decades.11

Declines in certain insect groups like bees, butterflies and even moths have been apparent for some time, according to researchers of a 2017 study published in PLOS One.12 However, their study looked at total flying insect biomass over a period of 27 years in 63 protected areas in Germany to assess the bigger picture, revealing a 76 percent decline in flying insects over a period of 27 years in Germany.

The ramifications of disappearing insects should not be taken lightly. It’s estimated that 80 percent of wild plants depend on insects for pollination, and 60 percent of birds depend on them for food. Further, the “ecosystem services” provided by insects as a whole is estimated at $57 billion annually in the U.S. alone, the researchers noted, so “[c]learly, preserving insect abundance and diversity should constitute a prime conservation priority.”13

New Bayer Pesticide Harms Bees’ Cognition

Neonicotinoid pesticides, which are widely used in intensive agricultural operations, have been implicated in the decline of bees, particularly in commercially bred species like honeybees and bumblebees, although wild foraging bees may be negatively affected also.14 Neonicotinoids are the most widely used insecticides on the planet, though their use was recently restricted by the European Union.

Bayer AG has since released a new pesticide called Sivanto, whose active ingredient, flupyradifurone, binds to the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAchR) in the honeybee brain, as do neonicotinoids. A 2018 study published in Scientific Reports has already revealed that the chemical “can reduce taste and appetitive learning performance in honeybees foraging for pollen and nectar.”15

One of the study’s authors, Hannah Hesselbach, said in a news release, “[A] flupyradifurone amount of 1.2 micrograms per bee results in significantly reduced perception and learning performance … Also, we cannot say which influence flupyradifurone will have on bees in combination with other pesticides which are frequently found in honey and pollen in residual amounts.”16 As Hayes noted, we all have a “duty to act” when it comes to protecting future generations from the harmful effects of this pesticide overload.

Keep in mind that you can help protect the welfare of humans, animals, insects and the environment alike every time you shop organic and grass fed, as you are “voting” for less pesticides and herbicides with every organic and pastured food and consumer product you buy. In addition, take steps to make your own backyard healthier for everyone by eliminating the use of pesticides and other chemicals and planting a diverse variety of native flowers and other plants.

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sherristockman · 7 years

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The Cancer Revolution: A Helpful Program to Reverse and Prevent Cancer Dr. Mercola By Dr. Mercola Half of all men and one-third of all women will experience cancer at some point in their lives. Fortunately, there are ways to significantly reduce your risk, as detailed in Dr. Leigh Erin Connealy’s book, “The Cancer Revolution: A Groundbreaking Program to Reverse and Prevent Cancer.” Connealy’s interest in cancer prevention and treatment grew out of her own, long personal health journey. “[When] my mother was pregnant with me … she started bleeding. The doctor gave her a drug called DES (diethylstilbestrol). That was given to women in the ‘50s to prevent miscarriage. Approximately 16 years later, my parents received a letter … [saying] ‘This drug causes cancer, hormone problems and anatomical problems. You need to go to University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and get a full workup.’ At 16 years of age, I started getting pap smears, colposcopies and biopsies … [T]hey told me … I would need to be followed continuously for this problem. I went to University of Texas School of Public Health and did my Masters on DES … [learning] all about the complications … I had many of them. Today, I still have many of them. My whole mission is [to avoid] cancer, because I was so high risk. Luckily, in my journey … I met practitioners who’d had cancer themselves and fought it and won. I always tell people, ‘You learn from those who have already been down that path and have become masters of healing themselves.’” Key Anticancer Strategies: Diet and Detoxification Optimizing your body’s ability to burn fat as its primary fuel by eating a ketogenic diet and/or fasting is a foundational aspect of cancer prevention and treatment. Detoxification is another crucial component. Connealy’s book contains a chapter focused on detoxification, as most of us are inundated with thousands of toxins each day, many of which have carcinogenic potential. “Water, air and soil [are contaminated],” she says. “If you’re going to live in today’s world … the No. 1 thing you need to do is detox on a regular basis, somehow, some way. A lot of it you can do at home all by yourself … We do heavy metal testing and toxic load testing for all patients … [Phthalates are] the next big thing. Phthalates are everywhere … [and] we know they cause cancer, heart disease and diabetes … Then [there are] the heavy metals — mercury, cadmium, lead, oxides, aluminum and arsenic. Then [there’s] the benzene compounds … indoor air pollution, outdoor air pollution … toxic teeth. People don’t realize their teeth are connected to the rest of their body. There are toxins being produced by different infections and/or root canals … Then you have [water pollution] … Even if you’re not taking a prescription by your doctor, you’re getting it in the water. Whether it’s blood pressure pills, chemo, birth control pills … it’s in the water supply. You’re getting it regardless of getting water purification.” Simple Detox Strategies When it comes to water filtration, remember that filtering your shower water may be more important than filtering your drinking water, as you actually absorb three times more chemicals through your skin than when taken orally. There are many ways to eliminate toxins. One of the simplest and perhaps safest ways is to use a low EMF, far-infrared sauna coupled with a near-infrared light, as your skin is a major organ of elimination. Connealy has had a sauna in her office for nearly 18 years. “I tell people the single greatest investment they can make … is investing in an infrared sauna,” she says. Not only is it useful for detoxification, but cancer cells also do not fare well in extreme heat. Adding ozone to your sauna is another potent anti-cancer strategy. Hooking the ozone generator up to an oxygen generator is ideal. Place the ozone generator in the sauna with a small fan to blow away the excess. Connealy also recommends using organic coffee enemas and taking regular baths with Epsom salt, baking soda and clay. “The medicinal effects of Epsom salt are phenomenal,” she says. “It relaxes the nervous system. Magnesium’s involved in 400 chemical reactions in your body. It relaxes the entire muscular system. Then baking soda … It helps oxygenate. It’s antimicrobial. It alkalinizes the body. These are simple little things that we can do in the comfort of our home.” She also uses zeolite as a daily detox, along with 10 ounces of fresh green juice each morning and vitamin C, the latter of which has potent antimicrobial, anti-chemical, anticancer, alkalinizing effects. “People sometimes say they can’t afford some of these things,” Connealy says. “Yes, you can afford it. You’ve got to put your priorities in place. Health is your most important asset.” On Cancer Screening Another section of her book addresses cancer screenings. While detecting cancer early is important, many screening tests have been shown to actually do more harm than good, necessitating taking both pros and cons into consideration. For women, the most commonly used cancer tests are the Pap smear, mammograms and colonoscopies. While Connealy believes the Pap smear is a good tool, she’s less enthusiastic about mammograms, calling them “an inadequate, incomplete tool of investigation for cancer, especially if you have dense breasts.” In her practice, she recommends ultrasound and thermography instead. She explains her choice, saying: “The standard of care is for a patient to get mammography. That’s what I’m supposed to tell patients. But I tell people, ‘Look. You’re not going to get all the answers.’ I’ve been doing thermography for a long time. I find most of the breast cancer on thermography, as opposed to mammography.” For men, common cancer screens include the PSA test, which has been shown to be highly inaccurate and has the potential to cause physical harm. Blood Tests That Help Reveal Your Cancer Risk Rather than rely on these conventional cancer tests, Connealy uses standard blood tests to check for things like inflammation and insulin resistance, both of which are precursors and hallmarks of all disease, including cancer. One such test is the high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (CRP) test, which is a non-specific marker for inflammation. “It doesn’t tell me where the cancer is, but it tells me something is brewing,” she says. “We want to see C-reactive protein less than 1.” The other blood test she uses on all patients is the hemoglobin A1C test, which reflects your blood sugar over the past 90 days. The reason for this test is because high blood sugar is a cancer-friendly environment. “Just those two tests … will tell us that you have an environment for cancer,” Connealy says. Other valuable blood tests Connealy routinely uses include: • A cancer profile test (fasting blood and urine) from American Metabolic Laboratories, which checks for: ◦ Quantitative human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) ◦ Phosphohexose isomerase (PHI), the enzyme of hypoxia or low oxygen, which allows cancer to thrive ◦ Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEA), a stress hormone ◦ Thyroid hormones, as low thyroid levels may predispose you to cancer ◦ Gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT), a liver marker and a sensitive screening tool for inflammation ◦ Arachidonyl-2-chloroethylamide (ACEA), a non-specific marker for many cancers • ONCOblot, which can identify up to 33 tissue types of cancer and has a 95 percent accuracy rate. It measures the ENOX2 protein • Circulating tumor cell test by the Research Genetic Cancer Center (RGCC). The vast majority of people die not from the tumor itself but from circulating cancer stem cells, which allow the cancer to metastasize and spread throughout the body. This test is used after cancer treatment, to determine whether or not you might need to continue an anti-cancer program. Connealy explains: “Even if you have surgery, chemo or radiation, it will not eradicate or eliminate circulating tumor cells … The biggest cause of reoccurrence is the circulating tumor cells and stem cells … Anybody who’s had cancer must have their circulating tumor cells [or] stem cells checked quantitatively. RGCC is not the only lab that does it, but … they’re in 13 countries [and] have the highest laboratory international certification you can have. It is, to me, probably the most accurate …” Cancer Prevention Is for Everyone Connealy explains her core strategy when working with patients in her family practice: “I try to … figure out where all their imbalances are, whether there are nutritional deficiencies, toxic substances, heavy metals, do they have the right antioxidants, are their mitochondria working or not working? Then I do all the hormone testing. I also look for cancer, because we all have to embrace this prevention … Today we have this incredible laboratory testing … I do the nutritional testing, and it’s not just nutritional checking. It checks their gut. It checks their antioxidants. It checks everything. You know what you’re dealing with more specifically. Believe it or not, the insurance companies pay for all these tests. It’s not like it’s financially unaffordable because all the insurance companies pretty much pay for all of these, whether it’s blood testing and/or nutritional testing.” She also employs nutritional supplements known to improve mitochondrial function and/or aid in the elimination of cancer stem cells. There are approximately 50 different agents with a known effect on circulating tumor cells and stem cells, including vitamin C, vitamin D, curcumin and agaricus, a type of mushroom. In regard to vitamin C — which recently made headlines when researchers found intravenous (IV) vitamin C doubles the effectiveness of chemotherapy and radiation treatment — the vitamin works by producing hydrogen peroxide. This oxidative stress is what kills the cancer cells, while healthy cells have several pathways by which they can eliminate the hydrogen peroxide. Combining IV vitamin C with nutritional ketosis and fasting for 14 to 48 hours before and during chemo has been shown to produce even more remarkable results, as detailed in a recent interview with Dr. Abdul Slocum. In certain cases, Connealy will add vitamin K3 to her vitamin C protocol. K3 is a synthetic form of vitamin K2, designed for tumors that have high catalase. In addition to these natural agents, most of which are rotated, not given all at once, she uses supportive oligonucleotide technique (SOT) therapy. SOT therapy involves taking circulating tumor cells and reverse engineering a messenger RNA (mRNA) to disrupt the DNA of the circulating tumor cells. That mRNA is then given back intravenously, and has a 24-hour, seven-days-a-week targeted killing effect that lasts for about four and a half months. While it cannot be used for masses (tumors), it attacks the circulating tumor cells, which are responsible for 95 percent of metastasis and death. Treatment Alternatives: Cryotherapy, IPT Chemo and Hyperthermic Therapy While surgery, chemotherapy and radiation are a standard part of conventional cancer care, Connealy does things a bit differently. For example, she recently started working with an interventional radiologist who does cryotherapy, which is where you freeze the cells. “I had a patient with a very large grapefruit-sized tumor on her right chest wall, a neuroendocrine tumor. She had breast cancer on her left breast and a neuroendocrine tumor [on her right]. She’d already been treated by other doctors [who] said they could not do anything. She came to see me. The neuroendocrine tumor is now gone from the cryo procedure. The left [tumor] is partially gone … If it’s something small that we can approach, I will recommend cryo because surgery is a very intrusive procedure … In some patients, you do everything [to] get rid of the tumor burden because the tumor burden is immunosuppressant. Patients may need chemo. If I have patients who have cancer in multiple locations in the body, I will recommend IPT chemo. That’s insulin potentiation therapy with chemo. IPT chemo is using a low-dose chemo after I do the sensitivity testing with RGCC. It will tell me the ideal agents for these particular patients. We will make a cocktail. We give insulin. It lowers the blood sugar to a therapeutic moment. We give the chemo drugs … and then we drop a bag of sugar. I also got a machine from France called iTherm. I’ve been using the iTherm machine on some cancers. When you get your RGCC testing, it tells me whether your cells respond to heat shock protein. It will tell me the three different proteins and the sensitivity. Specific cancers, like breast cancer, [are] very easy to treat with the hyperthermia machine. We trained with the doctor in France who only allows integrative treatments if you have stage 3 or 4 cancer. He spent a lot of time with us in conference calls, elaborating us on this particular treatment protocol. I will combine that with mistletoe, an immune-modulating natural substance. We combine all those things together. Because the first thing we have to do if we have lots of tumor burden is to … shrink it down to a manageable problem. Then if it’s easily accessible with a cryo or a surgical procedure, we will do that. I’ve had cases where a breast tumor of 9 centimeters with low-dose chemo and hypodermic mistletoe goes down to nothing in one month.” More Information Connealy has done a great job of compiling a variety of valuable resources into her book, “The Cancer Revolution.” If you or someone you love is faced with cancer, it’s definitely worth reading. To learn more about Connealy’s clinic and to purchase her book, please visit www.connealymd.com/. As for finding an open-minded oncologist or doctor willing to implement these kinds of integrative methods, an organization called The Best Answer for Cancer is a helpful resource that lists qualified physicians. You can find more information at http://ift.tt/2l2y7tE. It's a hybrid non-profit that services both integrative physicians and patients with cancer and other chronic disease. I also recently interviewed Dr. William LaValley, who has created state-of-the-art databases of studies covering the molecular biology of cancer, and the anti-cancer benefits of nutritional supplements and repurposed drugs (drugs used off-label). Keep your eye out for that important interview, which should be published shortly. LaValley also trains and collaborates with oncologists and physicians to treat cancer patients using evidence-based molecularly targeted treatments. You can find more information on his website, lavalleymdprotocols.com. This is yet another resource both you and your doctor can peruse. Last but not least, while integrative cancer treatments are showing great promise, please remember that your day-to-day choices play a paramount role in your treatment success. As noted by Connealy: “Optimize your eating, your detox, your hormones, inflammatory nutrient levels. Don’t go spend $10,000 or $20,000 on a procedure in a dirty body. Get your body prepared. I prepare my patients two weeks before they even have a surgical procedure. Don’t go have surgery when you don’t have good nutrient levels, when you don’t have a good immune system, when you have inflammation. Get the body ready. The outcome would be outrageously improved.” One of the things virtually all of us can do is to make food choices that allow your body to burn fat as its primary fuel. I describe a modified ketogenic cyclical diet that accomplishes this in my book “Fat for Fuel.” Even if you’re choosing conventional therapy, nutritional ketosis can be tremendously helpful. To Learn More, Join Me at My Upcoming Live Lectures There are many professionals or others who would like to dive deep into the details of LCHF and if you fall in that category, here are some opportunities to learn more. On June 14 and 15, 2017, I will be in Colorado Springs for the SopMed’s third medical ozone and ultraviolet light therapy training. The 14th I will be giving a three-hour course that goes into many of the details that are not discussed in my new book “Fat for Fuel,” either because I learned of them later or there was not room to fit them in the book. If you are specifically interested in nutritional ketosis, there will be a large number of experts lecturing at the Low Carb USA event in San Diego August 3 through 6. I will be one of the speakers along with Gary Taubes and Stephen Phinney. You can see the entire list of invited speakers lower on the page. I am also speaking in Florida in November. If you are a physician and are interested in learning about how you can use the ketogenic diet and other therapies for cancer, heart disease, Lyme and neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s, please be sure and come to our ACIM conference in Orlando, Florida, on November 2 through 4 at the wonderful Florida Conference and Hotel Center. Early Bird price for all three days ends on July 1. If you are a patient, there will be a separate and less expensive track on the same date and location. However, you will need to come back to this page at a later date, as the registration page for the event is still unavailable.

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