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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Symptoms

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Symptoms The role of any healthcare provider is to optimize outcomes for the patient, to ensure there are no contraindications to chosen therapies, to lessen the risk of developing long term sequelae, and to safely lessen side effects of conventional treatments. It is the last task, mitigation of side effects, that…

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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Types (cont.)

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Types (cont.) In addition to the integrative treatment considerations discussed in an earlier post, well-evidenced lifestyle measures such as exercise, normalization of circadian rhythm, proper nutrition, and stress reduction are foundational for all patients. The evidence suggesting benefit of foundational measures is substantial and the risk/benefit clearly favors implementing these basic…

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Pearlz Blog Series-Introduction-Cancer Types

PEARLZ INTRODUCTION – Cancer Types The Clinical Pearlz eBook Series also includes eBooks on various cancer types, including their overview, causative factors, presentation, conventional management and integrative naturopathic interventions. For each conventional or naturopathic treatment recommendation, at least one clinical study is cited that supports the usage described. Each cancer is divided into two sections:…

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Pearlz Blog Series-Preface (cont.)

PEARLZ PREFACE (cont.) The decisions that patients make immediately following a cancer diagnosis have a significant and measurable effect on their outcomes. The scientific medical literature provides a wealth of information on various naturopathic modalities with benefit; including nutrition, lifestyle modification, exercise, stress management, nutraceuticals, medicinal herbs and mushrooms, acupuncture, intravenous and injection therapies, hyperthermia,…

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Pearlz Blog Series-Preface

PEARLZ PREFACE It is clear that people diagnosed with cancer regularly integrate naturopathic therapies into their treatment plans. Surveys have shown that up to 90% of people being treated for cancer are using other therapies. Unfortunately, these same surveys show that those people often do not inform their conventional providers and seldom use the guidance…

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The Moss Report Podcast

Ralph Moss Podcast Invitation. I am very excited to announce that I will be joining Dr. Ralph Moss as a guest on his cancer focused podcast series: The Moss Reports. Friday, April 23, 2021 at 12:00 PM PST To listen and subscribe, visit www.themossreport.com The Moss Report Podcast features in-depth conversations about alternative, complementary and…

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Fever Therapy to Immunotherapy

Health Masters Live Oncology Update Webinar Series for 2021. Dr. Gurdev Parmar ND just presented an online lecture for the Health Masters Live on Monday, April 5, 2021. He lectured on the topic of Immunity Summoned: Fever’s Journey to Immunotherapy. This was one not to miss, for all interested in how the immune system works,…

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Integrative Hyperthermia

Hyperthermia (HT) is a useful treatment to use alongside most chemotherapy (CT) regimens, as well as radiotherapy (RT) schedules, in the management of most solid tumours. I will summarize some of the best evidence available today, in support of Loco-Regional HT and it’s sensitizing effects on both these crucial standard of care treatments. In most…

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Hyperthermia and the Immune System

Hyperthermia (HT) makes the immune system become actively engaged against tumours. Yes, HT actually induces anti-tumour immunity, creating a type of “personalized” treatment approach. One of the most eloquent papers summarizing the known immune responses to HT was just accepted for publication March 2012 (Frey B, Weiss EM, et al. Old and new facts about…

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Fever Therapy to Immunotherapy

Health Masters Live Oncology Update Webinar Series for 2021. Fever Therapy to Modern Immunotherapy April 15th, 2021 (stay tuned for details) Dr. Parmar will take the listener on a journey into the use of fever as a therapy. From an historical perspective all the way to modern day immunotherapy, Dr. Parmar will draw a line…

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