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15 11, 2012

You Become What You Eat: Nutrient Starvation and Obesity

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T07:47:45-07:00

by Dr. Francisco Contreras Can a person’s diet accelerate aging? The answer is absolutely yes. Your body functions by depending upon a steady supply of nutrient proteins and other substances needed to keep you going. Although some of the elements are produced internally, most of them are obtained from the food you eat. In [...]

You Become What You Eat: Nutrient Starvation and Obesitysalvador villasenor2018-06-07T07:47:45-07:00

13 11, 2012

Rust Never Sleeps: Free radicals and Aging

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T06:57:10-07:00

By Dr. Francisco Contreras November 13, 2012 According to Dr. Denhem Harman, Professor Emeritus of the University of Nebraska, aging is caused by the process [...]

Rust Never Sleeps: Free radicals and Agingsalvador villasenor2018-06-07T06:57:10-07:00

13 09, 2012

New and Effective Use for Chemotherapy

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T05:53:58-07:00

Effective Use for Chemotherapy By Dr. Francisco Contreras How do we use chemotherapy at the Oasis of Hope? Chemotherapy is an anti-cancer therapy that uses cytotoxic drugs to kill cancer cells. There is an incredibly vast array of cytotoxic drugs and an infinite number of ways of combining and administering them. The precise treatment administered will [...]

New and Effective Use for Chemotherapysalvador villasenor2018-06-07T05:53:58-07:00

6 09, 2012

Stage 4 Cancer Treatments

salvador villasenor2012-09-06T00:00:00-07:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQmseSdBm3A&feature=player_embedded How We Give Hope to Stage Four Cancer “The cancer has progressed to Stage Four.” This daunting prognosis is usually followed by, “There’s nothing more we can do.” But is it really time to throw in the towel and say “I give up. You win”? The truth is, although stage four cancer is a [...]

Stage 4 Cancer Treatmentssalvador villasenor2012-09-06T00:00:00-07:00

20 08, 2012

Learn Visit Decide

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T00:11:16-07:00

Learn, Visit, Decide: Complimentary 2 day Diagnostic Exam Prior to any cancer treatment, many of our patients visit Oasis of Hope for diagnostic physical exam. Each patient receives a complete review of their medical history, diagnosis (if necessary), their case discussed in a medical session, and is be offered treatment options by Dr. Francisco Contreras. Services [...]

Learn Visit Decidesalvador villasenor2018-06-07T00:11:16-07:00

14 08, 2012

Conventional vs. Alternative Cancer Treatments

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T15:17:56-07:00

by Dr. Francisco Contreras. In conventional medicine, the focus is the disease: In alternative medicine, the focus is the patient. Let’s discuss conventional cancer treatment first. The goal of conventional oncology therapies—chemotherapy, radiation and surgery—is tumor eradication. Each of these three interventions can be extremely effective when used properly. In many cases, any one of [...]

Conventional vs. Alternative Cancer Treatmentssalvador villasenor2018-06-07T15:17:56-07:00

31 07, 2012

Importance of IGF-1 in fighting cancer

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T16:30:40-07:00

by Dr. Francisco Contreras Throughout most of the twentieth century, age-adjusted death rates for many of our most common cancers were vastly lower in much of the Third World than in comparatively wealthy industrialized countries such as the United States. These types of cancers thus became known as "Western cancers." They include cancers of the [...]

Importance of IGF-1 in fighting cancersalvador villasenor2018-06-07T16:30:40-07:00

27 07, 2012

Silymarin: A disease-fighting agent

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T06:59:42-07:00

By Dr. Francisco Contreras Silymarin is a disease-fighting agent derived from milk thistle. Several studies have shown that silymarin is a very strong antioxidant, capable of scavenging both free radicals and reactive oxygen species, which results in a boost to cellular defense mechanisms. For the last twenty years, scientific researchers have also been studying the cancer [...]

Silymarin: A disease-fighting agentsalvador villasenor2018-06-07T06:59:42-07:00

19 07, 2012

Immune Stimulation Therapy

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T16:17:19-07:00

New alternative treatments include a number of agents that can aid the immune system’s ability to attack cancer by optimizing the function of natural killer (NK) cells and cytotoxic T lymphocytes. NK cells have the potential to kill a broad range of cancer cells, whereas cytotoxic T lymphocytes target cancer cells that express specific proteins [...]

Immune Stimulation Therapysalvador villasenor2018-06-07T16:17:19-07:00

17 07, 2012

Is Conventional Treatment Catching Up with Massage Therapy?

salvador villasenor2018-06-07T16:34:48-07:00

by Melanie L. Bowen Massage therapists are among those who may have the keenest sense of how beneficial palliative care is to cancer patients and survivors. In a treatment regimen that tends to take the body down to its affected parts, massage returns the collective body, mind and spirit back to the patient to feel [...]

Is Conventional Treatment Catching Up with Massage Therapy?salvador villasenor2018-06-07T16:34:48-07:00