In a scandal that has reverberated around the world of cancer research, the Office of Research Integrity at the U.S. Department of Health found that a Boston University cancer scientist fabricated his findings. His work was published in two journals in 2009, and he’s been ordered to retract them. But important studies by other scientists like those at the Mayo Clinic, who based their work on his findings, could now make 10 years of their studies worthless, according to commentary in Gaia Health.It seems fairly evident that the cancer industrial complex is a highly lucrative, well-oiled system that tends to support funding for expensive drug treatments that don't address the cause of the problem, and have yet to make a significant dent in the decrease of the overall cancer rate in the US despite investing hundreds of billions of dollars. Much of the support comes from flawed and biased "research" studies that support the use of expensive drugs as detailed in the featured articles.Researchers, too, are well aware of the notoriety and money to be found in cancer research … particularly what may be deemed successful cancer research (which unfortunately is often measured by the discovery of new drug treatments). But, as with many areas of medical research, it's important to read between the lines of "scientifically proven" studies, even those that are well accepted.Often what you'll find is the research gives the perception of science when really it is a heavily manipulated process designed to control and deceive. Case in point, here again we have an example of widely accepted, published research that turned out to be fabricated.
10 Years of Cancer Research Down the Drain
The Office of Research Integrity (ORI) at the U.S. Department of Health reported in August 2011 that final action has been taken against Sheng Wang, PhD, of Boston University School of Medicine, Cancer Research Center. ORI states:"The Respondent engaged in research misconduct by fabricating data that were included in two (2) published papers."This includes:
- Oncogene February 2009, which found that HIC1, a protein thought to suppress tumor growth, is a "central molecule in a novel mechanism controlling cell growth and that the disruption of this HIC1-mediated pathway may lead to abnormal cell proliferation and, ultimately, cancer."
- Molecular Endocrinology December 2009, which found "reintroducing HIC1 into resistant breast cancer cells restored their sensitivity to the estrogen antagonists, indicating the existence of a novel regulatory mechanism for growth control of breast cancer cells."
Specifically, six of the eight figures in the Oncogene paper and six of the seven figures in the Molecular Endocrinology study were said to contain data from fabricated experiments. Though Wang is now required to retract the papers, and he reportedly stopped working for Boston University in July, he will only be ineligible for federal funding for 2 years.Further, the fabricated research may continue to live on, as it has been cited by other studies and once a finding is accepted in the medical community, it's very hard to make it go away. Unfortunately, scientific retractions are actually becoming increasingly common.As the Wall Street Journal reported:"Just 22 retraction notices appeared in 2001, but 139 in 2006 and 339 last year. Through seven months of this year, there have been 210, according to Thomson Reuters Web of Science, an index of 11,600 peer-reviewed journals world-wide …At the Mayo Clinic, a decade of cancer research, partly taxpayer-funded, went down the drain when the prestigious Minnesota institution concluded that intriguing data about harnessing the immune system to fight cancer had been fabricated. Seventeen scholarly papers published in nine research journals had to be retracted. A researcher, who protests his innocence, was fired. In another major flameout, 18 research journals have said they are planning to retract a total of 89 published studies by a German anesthesiologist …"
Fabricated Research is More Common Than You Might Think
Peer-reviewed research published in medical journals gets the golden star of approval in the media, yet many, if not most, of the findings are incredibly misleading. One of the best exposé's into this muddled system came from none other than Dr. Marcia Angell, who was the former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).In her book The Truth about Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It, she exposed many examples of why medical studies often cannot be trusted, and said flat out:"Trials can be rigged in a dozen ways, and it happens all the time."For instance, in 2009 Dr. Scott Reuben, who was a well-respected, prominent anesthesiologist, former chief of acute pain of the Baystate Medical Center, Springfield, Mass. and a former professor at Tufts University's medical school, allegedly fabricated the data for 21 studies!Dr. Reuben succeeded in getting numerous studies published, and those studies were accepted as fact and swayed the prescribing habits of doctors. It was only due to a routine audit raising a few red flags that a larger investigation was later launched.So how did those false studies, or any studies for that matter, become worthy of being published? Part of the problem may be the peer-review process itself, as this puts researchers in charge of policing other researchers' results, and most do not want to insult a fellow researcher's work with negative comments.As written in Gaia Health:"It's all about money. Get published in a major medical journal and your future is made. Most peer reviewers are doing their own studies. That's what makes them peers. They want to be able to publish. Therefore, they are not particularly inclined to make more than perfunctory negative comments. Obviously, they don't want to alienate the authors of papers, since they either are or hope to become published themselves.Peer review is a farce. The only kind of review that makes real sense is professional independent reviewers. Yet, for decades we've had peer review trotted out as the be-all and end-all in determining the legitimacy of papers. It's been unquestioned, while a little examination of the concept demonstrates that it's nearly certain to result in fraudulent work being passed as good science."It's almost impossible to find out what happens in the vetting process, as peer reviewers are unpaid, anonymous and unaccountable. And although the system is based on the best of intentions, it lacks consistent standards and the expertise of the reviewers can vary widely from journal to journal.Given that cancer research is such a lucrative business right now -- the National Cancer Institute, which gave the grant money to support Dr. Sheng Wang's fabricated research, had a $5.1 billion budget for fiscal year 2010 -- the stakes are exceptionally high. So it stands to reason that it may be subject to even more fraud and manipulation than less lucrative research prospects.As The Economist reported, there were more new cancer drugs in development in 2010 than any other therapeutic area. Drug makers are well aware that a blockbuster cancer drug could easily earn them profits in the billions, even if the drug is only borderline effective. It is abundantly clear that profit is a primary motive of these companies so it should not be a surprise that they have moved in this direction, and this is where the abundance of research is focused as well.
Why You Might Want to Think Twice Before Donating to Anti-Cancer Charities
A lot of people put their faith in charity organizations like the American Cancer Society (ACS), dutifully donating money to help in the "war on cancer." But in the report titled American Cancer Society—More Interested In Accumulating Wealth Than Saving Lives, Dr. Samuel S. Epstein, chairman of the Cancer Prevention Coalition, plainly lays to bare the many conflicts of interest that hamper the effectiveness of this organization.For example, the ACS has close financial ties to both makers of mammography equipment and cancer drugs. But that's just for starters. Other conflicts of interest include ties to, and financial support from, the pesticide-, petrochemical-, biotech-, cosmetics-, and junk food industries—the very industries whose products are the primarycontributors to cancer!The ACS, along with the National Cancer Institute, virtually exclusively focus on cancer research and the diagnosis and chemical treatment of cancer. Preventive strategies, such as avoiding chemical exposures, receive virtually no consideration at all."Giant corporations, which profited handsomely while they polluted air, water, the workplace, and food with a wide range of carcinogens, remain greatly comforted by the silence of the ACS. This silence reflected a complex of mindsets fixated on diagnosis, treatment, and basic genetic research, together with ignorance, indifference, and even hostility to prevention. Not surprisingly, the incidence of cancer over past decades has escalated, approximately parallel to its increased funding," Dr. Epstein writes.Many also do not realize that when you donate money to the American Cancer Society, the majority of it may never go further than the bank accounts of its numerous well-paid executives.Meanwhile, global cancer rates have doubled in the last three decades, and their "war on cancer" strategy completely ignores, and oftentimes denies, the obvious links between cancer and toxic exposures through pesticide-laden foods, toxic personal care products, cancer-causing medical treatments and drugs, and industrial pollution. We CAN turn this trend around, but to do so the medical and research communities must stop focusing on drug treatments and overlooking the methods that can actually have a significant impact on preventing this disease.
My top 38 Ways To prevent or reverse ANY and ALL acidic cancerous conditions
1) Exercise, stretch and sweat for 1 hour every day. Sweating is the key to healthfyl exercising. When you sweat you are removing dietary and metabolic acids from the tissues that causes a cancerous condition.
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2) Watch your acidic weight with an alkaline lifestyle and diet as outlined in our new book The pH Miracle Revised and Updated.
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3) Don't smoke cigarettes, cigars or chew tobacco. It is laced with sugar and other chemicals that are cancerous causing!
4) Eliminate all animal protein, dairy, sweet fruit, processed sugar and all acidic grains, especially rice.
5) Eat foods that are high in fiber. Fiber will absorb dietary and metabolic acids.
6) Drink 5 to 6 liters of alkaline green water with a pH of at least 9.5 and an ORP or electrical potential of -150 mV.
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7) Drink chlorophyll rich green drinks every day. You can add the green pH Miracle powder or liquid chlorophyll to your alkaline electron rich water.
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8) Drink 3 to 4 ounces or 100 ml of cold-pressed poly-unsaturated oil daily like avocado oil, olive oil, hemp oil and flax oil.
1) Exercise, stretch and sweat for 1 hour every day. Sweating is the key to healthfyl exercising. When you sweat you are removing dietary and metabolic acids from the tissues that causes a cancerous condition.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-551-younga-yoga-volumes-1-and-2.aspx
2) Watch your acidic weight with an alkaline lifestyle and diet as outlined in our new book The pH Miracle Revised and Updated.
Read the pH Miracle books: The pH Miracle, The pH Miracle for Diabetes and The pH Miracle for Weight Loss.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-25-books-dvds-audios.aspx
3) Don't smoke cigarettes, cigars or chew tobacco. It is laced with sugar and other chemicals that are cancerous causing!
4) Eliminate all animal protein, dairy, sweet fruit, processed sugar and all acidic grains, especially rice.
5) Eat foods that are high in fiber. Fiber will absorb dietary and metabolic acids.
6) Drink 5 to 6 liters of alkaline green water with a pH of at least 9.5 and an ORP or electrical potential of -150 mV.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-27-alkaline-water-and-ionizers.aspx
7) Drink chlorophyll rich green drinks every day. You can add the green pH Miracle powder or liquid chlorophyll to your alkaline electron rich water.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-8-health-supplements.aspx
8) Drink 3 to 4 ounces or 100 ml of cold-pressed poly-unsaturated oil daily like avocado oil, olive oil, hemp oil and flax oil.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-547-omega-3-6-9-essential-oil-blend.aspx
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9) Ingest 10 to 12 grams of sea salt every day.
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10) Take antioxidant nutritional supplements every day, including Glutathione, N-acetyl-cystein, R-dehyro-lipoic, CO-Q-10, magnesium and Zinc.
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11) Take the four alkaline salts of sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium carbonate and bicarbonate called pHour salts whenever you urine and/or saliva pH is below 7.2.
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12) Get 30 minutes of sunshine and take 50,000 IU's of Vitamin D every day.
9) Ingest 10 to 12 grams of sea salt every day.
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10) Take antioxidant nutritional supplements every day, including Glutathione, N-acetyl-cystein, R-dehyro-lipoic, CO-Q-10, magnesium and Zinc.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-8-health-supplements.aspx
11) Take the four alkaline salts of sodium, magnesium, potassium and calcium carbonate and bicarbonate called pHour salts whenever you urine and/or saliva pH is below 7.2.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-221-phour-salts-tm-454-grams.aspx
12) Get 30 minutes of sunshine and take 50,000 IU's of Vitamin D every day.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-404-ph-d3.aspx
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13) Cleanse the bowels daily with magnesium oxide, magnesium carbonate, fiber and colonics.
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13) Cleanse the bowels daily with magnesium oxide, magnesium carbonate, fiber and colonics.
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14) Take 1 scoop twice a day of L-arginine Plus to improve circulation and heart strength.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-565-l-arginine-plus.aspx
15) Take 4 capsules of Lung Support 3 to 4 times a day.
15) Take 4 capsules of Lung Support 3 to 4 times a day.
16) Take 1 capsule 3 times a day of Vitamin K.
17) Eat 1 to 2 avocados daily, hemp protien and organic sprouted soy for increased healthy oils and pHytonutrients to buffer the acids that cause cancer.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-5-food.aspx
18) Eat fresh sprouts every day including brocolli sprouts, soy sprouts, mung bean sprouts, etc.
19) Eliminate ALL forms of sugar out of the diet, including honey, maple syrup and stevia.
20) Eliminate ALL soda, coffee, tea (including green tea), sport drinks, exotic fruit drinks, and energy drinks.
21) Eliminate All alcohol.
22) Eliminate ALL corn products out of the diet.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-5-food.aspx
18) Eat fresh sprouts every day including brocolli sprouts, soy sprouts, mung bean sprouts, etc.
19) Eliminate ALL forms of sugar out of the diet, including honey, maple syrup and stevia.
20) Eliminate ALL soda, coffee, tea (including green tea), sport drinks, exotic fruit drinks, and energy drinks.
21) Eliminate All alcohol.
22) Eliminate ALL corn products out of the diet.
23) Eliminate ALL peanut oil or peanuts from the diet.
24) Eliminate ALL fermented foods including soy sauce and Braggs Amino Acids.
25) Eliminate ALL mushrooms or yeast from the diet, even so-called nutritional yeast.
26) Eliminate ALL foods that contain vinegar.
27) Eliminate ALL forms of chocolate.
28) Eliminate ALL mercury fillings.
29) Do daily stretching, breathing and isotonic exercising with Kundalini Yoga.
28) Eliminate ALL mercury fillings.
29) Do daily stretching, breathing and isotonic exercising with Kundalini Yoga.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-551-younga-yoga-volumes-1-and-2.aspx
30) Daily deep breathing exercise, such as the "Breath of Fire" is very good for circulation.
31) Make love, smile and give lots of hugs. Remember, if you don't use it you lose it. :))
32) Have a lymphatic drainage massage every day .
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-321-dvd-hot-rocks-lymphatic-massage-with-shelley-includes-2oz-massage-oil.aspx
33) Dp Whole body vibrational exercising every day for 10 minutes twice a day or jump on a mini trompoline for 15 minutes twice a day.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-23-Fitness.aspx
34) Live in the present and eliminate all emotional stress in your life.
Read Dr. Young's article on Young Living and Young Love:
http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2009/04/young-love-phorever.html
35) Read good alkalizing books, watch alkalizing videos and listen to alkalizing CD's.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-25-books-dvds-audios.aspx
36) Listen to alkalizing melodic music daily.
37) Laugh every day for no reason.
38) Pray and meditate daily.
30) Daily deep breathing exercise, such as the "Breath of Fire" is very good for circulation.
31) Make love, smile and give lots of hugs. Remember, if you don't use it you lose it. :))
32) Have a lymphatic drainage massage every day .
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/p-321-dvd-hot-rocks-lymphatic-massage-with-shelley-includes-2oz-massage-oil.aspx
33) Dp Whole body vibrational exercising every day for 10 minutes twice a day or jump on a mini trompoline for 15 minutes twice a day.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-23-Fitness.aspx
34) Live in the present and eliminate all emotional stress in your life.
Read Dr. Young's article on Young Living and Young Love:
http://articlesofhealth.blogspot.com/2009/04/young-love-phorever.html
35) Read good alkalizing books, watch alkalizing videos and listen to alkalizing CD's.
http://www.phmiracleliving.com/c-25-books-dvds-audios.aspx
36) Listen to alkalizing melodic music daily.
37) Laugh every day for no reason.
38) Pray and meditate daily.
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