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Image courtesy Larry Li on Unsplash In 2012, oncologist Joshua Schiffman of the Huntsman Cancer Center encountered an elephant that would change his life. He had taken his children to the Hogle zoo in Salt Lake City, Utah. They had…
Why is it Not in Common Use? Cancer cells are hypermetabolic. They manufacture cholesterol at elevated rates to build new cell walls which enables their uncontrolled growth. In cell cultures, tumors deprived of cholesterol stop growing. Pravachol (pravastatin), licensed in…
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The WHI (now over a decade old) remains the largest randomly controlled trial of women’s hormonal medicines. The original publication of WHI identified increased risks of breast cancer, stroke, and cardiovascular disease associated with hormone therapy. These findings flew in…
The M. D. Anderson Hospital reported that Celebrex, an arthritis medication, reduced precancerous markers in smokers. Sloan-Kettering Hospital in New York confirmed similar results. Neither study was structured to see if Celebrex reduced lung tumors (that takes 10+ years). However, experience with lung…
