Imposters
One should be perpetually wary of any new methods, elixirs, techniques, herbs, or other forms of proposed cure-alls for any and every type of ailment, particularly for cancer. Some very odd methods, products and other means of mitigating the onco-proteins produced by cancerous cells have been proposed, ranging from the pernicious, to the malicious, to down-right bizarre. While I certainly am a proponent of healthy eating and avoiding exorbitant amounts of processed foods with chemicals in them that most people can’t even pronounce, let alone know what they are, I do not prescribe to the ideology that merely consuming so-labeled ‘superfoods’ like spinach, blueberries, tomatoes and such will invariably inhibit or cure rhabdomyomas, nor will wafting essential oils and burning candles, whether or not the glass containing the wax and wick has a picture of Mary or not. Some excellent uses for magnets include magnetic lift public transportation (subways) and industrial processing – a proper use of magnets does not include wearing a magnetic bracelet to get in touch with one’s ‘bio-resonance’ and cure neuromas. Detoxifications treatments are good if one has been addicted to methamphetamines; not if they have lung cancer. Replacing amalgam (silver alloy) fillings is fine if one has an esthetic concern; it is unethical and fraudulent to offer this as a cure for any disease, especially cancer. Suction cups are good for placing on the end of a stick and removing clogs in toilets, not for relieving cancer. Applied kinesiology and chiropractic techniques may (or may not) have their place for certain physiologic dysfunctions, but not for curing oligodendromas. Hypnosis may make one forget their name but it will not make their body forget their cancer. Shark cartilage is good for comprising the connective tissue of sharks’ bodies – not for curing cancer. Other techniques have legitimate medical implications, like hyperbaric oxygen therapy – curing cancer is not one of them. To cure a malignancy one must first identify it for what it is: life altering, and ultimately life-ending, cancer. Then one must apply the proper treatment.
