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The weekend is upon me and I plan on taking a day of rest both physically and emotionally and read into oblivion some frivolous book that has nothing to do with health the environment or life. It's called escapism and at this point a very necessary need for at least a day... What about you? Do you have an escape hatch from life's stresses? If not you need to find one as it will help you be a healthier person...

My Daughter is still hanging in there working at her cancer killing natural protocol for which I'm grateful... Have a good weekend...

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The following Liver Cancer increase shouldn't be a mystery! There isn't a manmade chemical prescription or OTC medication on the market that doesn't damage the liver and/or kidneys so why they are mystified is beyond me... I believe it's called sticking-the-head-in-the-sand syndrome better known as denial...

One positive thing in this report is pointed out, tongue in cheek of course, a link with other type cancers decreasing pointed to more refusing chemotherapy and radiation... No, they don't say it exactly but it's in the report if you read it well... More people are waking up to the fact that chemotherapy and radiation kills people more readily than the cancer and are saying NO MORE in larger numbers... Sadly they continue to take prescription and O.T.C. drugs that will kill their liver and/or kidneys...

Liver Cancer Up, Other Kinds Improving
Oct 5, 2005

WASHINGTON (AP) - Liver cancer seems to be on the rise, a blip of bad news in the nation's otherwise optimistic annual report on cancer that shows survival continuing to improve.

Overall, Americans' death rates from cancer have dropped 1.1 percent a year since 1993, a trend that continued in 2002 - the most recent figures available - researchers reported Tuesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

Rates of new cases are holding steady for men. But a small but stubborn increase in female diagnoses continues - 0.3 percent a year since 1987 - fueled mostly by steadily rising rates of breast and thyroid cancer, melanoma and lymphoma.

Surprisingly, another fairly rare malignancy is becoming more common: liver cancer. The report found annual increases of 3 percent among white men, 4.5 percent among black men, 3.7 percent among white women and 5 percent among Hispanic women.

It's not clear what's spurring the rise; one factor may be hepatitis infections.

"It's a concern worldwide," said Brenda Edwards of the NCI, who co-wrote the report with scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, American Cancer Society and North American Association of Central Cancer Registries.

Another concern is ensuring that patients receive care based on the latest expert guidelines. The report shows growing numbers of patients do, which is considered a significant reason why deaths are dropping. But there are gaps, including:

_More breast cancer patients are getting just the tumor removed instead of the entire breast, but a significant number skip the follow-up radiation recommended to kill any leftover cancer cells.

_Patients 65 or older are less likely to receive recommended chemotherapy after surgery for advanced colorectal cancer.

_Only 34 percent of female Medicare beneficiaries had their ovarian cancer removed by a gynecologist oncologist, a specialist considered to have better outcomes than more general surgeons.

_While there is a dispute over what is the most appropriate prostate cancer treatment, in general black men receive less aggressive care than white men.

Recently, the FDA itself has decided that there is no safe level of trans-fat, so -- just as they do for cigarettes -- rather than ban it, they are going to force companies to put a warning on products that contain it. This new ruling will take effect January 1, 2006.

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Why probiotics?

What can they do for you?

Probiotics make vitamins and bacteria-killing substances, fight
infection, boost immunity, improve digestion, and enhance
nutrient absorption. Probiotic is good bacteria that helps
maintain healthy stomach, intestinal and immune functions.

A study conducted in Japan revealed that probiotics help prevent diseases like inflammatory bowel disease. Ulcerative colitis (inflammatory bowel disease) patients were given either a placebo or probiotics every day for one year. The participants who took probiotics had less levels of harmful bacteria, greater remission, and fewer relapses than their counterparts.

Probiotics along with Complete and Balanced Liquid Minerals are the keys to keeping a healthy body and or reversing illness and disease!

Get both online at The Herbal Pharmacy

Highly funded scientists have come up with an amazing revelation.

Some folks at the University of Vienna, have completed a study that has proven that walking in woodland or forest makes you feel better.

They say that they have found that the trees give off aromatic vapors that have beneficial health and mood properties.

The Unlikely Healthy Food!

You probably thought this week's food was just a flower but it has a health allure from the past!

I thought it would be unique to present you with a food you've most likely never eaten or even referred to as food. There are a minute number of people who even recognize this as a food! "A rose by any other name is a rose." That is precisely what this food is, a Rose!

Roses are members of the apple family, and like their relative, they produce a fruit. The fruit portion of the rose is called the rose hip, a big seed pod that form on rose canes after it blossoms. Some roses, especially Rugosa roses, form rose hips that are the size of a quarter! Wild Roses are found in various places from forests to canyons, logged wastelands and thickets. There are nine species of Roses, which have edible fruits and flowers, though they are not necessarily tasty. Then there are a multitude of roses found at your local neighborhood nursery. There isn't a lacking of roses as it is a most popular flower! But what about eating it?

Rose hips the apple of the rose and also a great food! Of course rose petals make a great looking healthy addition to salads!

Rose Hips, The Healer

Rosehips were found within a body of an English woman buried almost 2000 years ago. Seems the English have enjoyed roses and rosehips since the beginning of recorded history.

Rosehips have saved many generations from scurvy due to its high Vitamin C content. Many fine foods have been created using these rose hips. Probably the most popular being rose hip vinegar but jelly and syrups are healthy, unique and found in unique stores and homes.

Rose Hips contain more vitamin C, calcium, phosphorus, and iron than oranges, and sixty times more vitamin C than lemons. Rosehips also contain a high amount of carotenoids and catchins, isoquercitrin all from the polyphenol family. These natural occurring chemicals have great antioxidant activities. Polyphenols also enhance the immune system, assists in weight loss, lowers cholesterol, and beats up cancer cells and free radicals that disease the body. Rosehips also contain maltic acid. Women suffering from Fibromyalgia are almost always found to be deficient in maltic acid. Herbalist at the turn of century suggested we all drink a cup of rosehip tea daily. There seems to be something to that rosy advice.

Rose Hips is used by many to treat infections of the bladder and kidney, diarrhea, skin problems, colds and flu, sore throat, fatigue, inflammation, stress, and nervousness. It has also been used to treat arteriosclerosis, circulatory insufficiencies, contagious disease, and PMS.

More cosmetic companies are adding rosehip seed oil to their lotions and facial products. Rose hip seed oil helps to regenerate the skin cells due to its high content of essential unsaturated fatty acids, oleic (15-20%), linoleic (44-50%) and linolenic (30-35%). Our body cannot reproduce these fatty acids, so it has to come from an outside source and very few foods contain sufficient quantities to help us. Rosehip oil helps to fade age spots and reduce the signs of aging. It also helps to reduce scars as well as scars caused by acne.

Here is a really neat tasty and unusually healthy Rose Hips!

Peachy Rosehips Muffins

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 cup pecans or walnuts
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
1 cup fresh or frozen peaches (or canned)
2 eggs
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/3 cup buttermilk
1/2 cup dried seedless rosehips
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Grease twelve 2 3/4" muffin pan cups, or line them with paper baking cups. In large mixing bowl, combine first six ingredients. In another bowl, mash peaches with fork, add rosehips to the mashed peaches, let sit about 10 minutes, then stir in remaining ingredients. Add peach mixture to flour mixture and stir just until ingredients are moistened. Spoon the batter into muffin cups. Bake 15 to 18 minutes or until tops are golden.

Recipe from "The chamomile Times & Herbal News"

Taken in the recommended doses, Rose Hips is generally safe; however, taking along with vitamin C in high doses can cause stomach upset and diarrhea. If you have kidney stones, consult your physician before using Rose Hips. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or those with severe liver or kidney disease is not known.

Enjoy your unique food!
Lena

Lupus Drug Fails Goals
October 6, 2005

Human Genome Sciences said yesterday that its experimental lupus drug failed to meet main goals in a midstage study, setting off a 29 percent decline in the company's shares.

Human Genome said the drug, LymphoStat-B, failed to reduce signs and symptoms of lupus, a chronic inflammatory disease, over 24 weeks and did not increase the time to the first "flare" of the disease over the 52-week treatment period - primary goals of the trial.

Shares of Human Genome fell $4.10, to $9.87. While the trial failed its primary goals, it reduced the symptoms of the disease at 52 weeks in a subgroup of patients representing 75 percent of the study's patient population, the company said.