You may have seen a post floating around Facebook and other social media platforms (also Instagram) asserting the benefits of a fully ripe banana with dark patches on the skin. According to this message, it only takes one ripe banana a day to fight cancer! The message goes something like this: “According to the latest […]
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We May Soon Have A Cancer Vaccine!
In the video below, Hank Green of the SciShow talks about an exciting new development in cancer treatment: A potential cancer vaccine. Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have been working on two novel immune-stimulating agents. They have injected these agents into the solid tumors of mice and found that the agents eliminated all traces of cancer […]
Are Alkaline Diet Claims About Cancer and Other Health Benefits True?
There are many books and websites that promote so-called alkaline diets, or that advise that you must somehow balance your intake of “acid” and “alkaline” foods to ensure good health. It is even suggested that such a diet will treat or prevent cancer. Some websites also claim you can test your pH so that you […]
Asparagus Cures Cancer Viral Email and Post
This email popped up at least as early as 2006 and has been handed around on Facebook, etc. since then. It purports the miraculous discovery that cooked and blended asparagus, given as doses twice a day to cancer patients, cures their cancer. There is no evidence whatsoever that asparagus, or any other single vegetable or […]