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Brain Cancer and Aspartame

December 10th, 2009

In 2005, the results of a seven-year study by the European Ramazzini Foundation for cancer research in Italy demonstrated that the chemical sweetener, aspartame , “induces an increase in lymphomas and leukemias in female rats.” This study, involving 1800 rats, demonstrated that aspartame administered at varying levels in feed causes a statistically significant [...]

THC Shows Brain Tumor Suppression Ability

January 30th, 2009

This would surely get lawmakers on the uproar for scientific research has found that THC, or the active molecule of Cannabis Sativa (marijuana), the much debated drug to be effective at killing off brain tumor cancer cells. The study shows that in mice at least that have been infected with human brain cancer cells, the [...]

Stem Cells – More than Just Rejuvinating

December 30th, 2008

Researchers are finding that there is a very likely link between cancer stem cells and their ability to incite other cells to grow malignant all over the body. Once hailed as the super-cell of the human body which got it into the spotlight for it’s rejuvenatory abilities, it has also been found that it can [...]

Two Types of Brain Tumors

August 9th, 2008

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There are two main types of brain tumors: those that start in the brain (primary) and those that spread from cancer somewhere else in the body (metastasis). Primary brain tumors happen less often, and when they do, they are mostly malignant (cancerous). A malignant tumor is a mass or clump of cancer cells [...]


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