Growing body of research says dogs really can smell cancer

 'A new study adds to the body of research suggesting that "man’s best friend" may actually be able to smell cancer.

Researchers in Germany found that dogs were able to pick up on the scent of organic compounds linked to the presence of lung cancer in the human body, and that their keen sense of smell may be useful for the early detection of the disease.'



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Me and my operation: The beam of light that can kill lung cancer in 15 minutes

'The doctors said that this time, since I had only one lung, they couldn’t operate or treat the tumour with radiotherapy, for fear of damaging the lung so badly it would kill me.
They estimated I had 12 months to live and handed me palliative care leaflets. My wife, Jean, and I left the hospital in shock. 

I was then referred to a chest specialist, Dr Jeremy George, at University College Hospital London. When I saw Dr George three weeks later, in June 2006, he did another bronchoscopy and told me that since the changes were small, they would simply keep an eye on me.
I saw him every three months for a bronchoscopy. I felt well, so in 2007 we booked a holiday to the U.S. to see our daughter and three grandchildren, who live there.
But just before we went I had another appointment with Dr George — it was bad news: my tests showed the cells had changed into early cancer. 

Then he told me about a trial they were running for early lung cancer patients. They could inject a light-sensitive dye into me. 

I’d then have a laser put down my throat and this would be switched on when it reached the diseased part of my lung. The dye would release a type of oxygen that would destroy the tumour. He said I wouldn’t need a long recovery and could be home within a few days. Suddenly I was being offered this wonder cure that would save my life.'


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Your Cigarettes. Radiation Worse Than Chernobyl. What Corporation’s DON’T want you to know...

 

'Do you know what you’re actually putting into your body?
The radiation dose from radium and polonium found naturally in tobacco can be a thousand times more than that from the caesium-137 taken up by the leaves from the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
NewScientist.

Do you even know how much of that stuff is comparable to Japan?
While Japan has been spewing out only 7millirems, smoking two packs of cigarettes a day imparts a radiation dose by Polonium 210-emitted alpha particles of about 1,300 millirem per year.

On another....The radiation level in central Tokyo reached a high of 0.109 microsieverts per hour in Shinjuku Ward Thursday, data from the Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Public Health show He found that the dose from natural radionuclides was 251 microsieverts a year from smoking.'

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Vitamin D Deficiency Alters Lung Growth and Decreases Lung Function

 

'Previously linked to the severity of asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in humans, vitamin D deficiency has now been shown to alter lung structure and function in young mice. The new study, conducted by researchers in Australia, offers the first concrete evidence linking vitamin D deficiency with deficits in lung function and altered lung structure.


The findings were published online ahead of the print edition of the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.'


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