Good news for those who need treatments for leukemia: new research reveals that Parthenolide, a compound present in the Feverfew plant, could kill leukemia stem cells without harming healthy blood cells. It was found out that after 18 hours, leukemia cells exposed to Parthenolide was destroyed. This is better than Cytaribine, a [...]
Ayurveda is an ancient Indian medical practice. The word Ayurveda comes from the two words Ayu meaning life and Veda meaning science. Ayurveda means science of life, and Ayurvedic medicine is a combination of physical, psychological and spiritual therapies. It makes use of the body’s ability to heal itself through alignment of [...]
Alternative treatments are called ‘alternative’ because it is outside of Western medical practice. These include herbal medicines, meditation, prayer, massage, chiropractic among others. These kinds of treatments are usually taken by patients who either have no faith or have lost hope in conventional treatments. These alternative treatments have the assumption that there [...]
In radiation therapy, rays are fired so that they burn disease tissue but it is done at various angles to avoid damaging healthy tissues. This can cure but also there are risks involved with radiation. Chemotherapy makes use of drugs to kill fast-growing cells such as cancer cells. However because there are [...]