COVID-19 Infection Triggers An Anti-Tumor Immune Response In Some Cancer Patients. Part 2: Traditional Herbal Medicine- The Immune System’s Secret Weapon
By Donnie Yance Traditional Herbal Medicine (THM) is very different from using isolated plant compounds. Using isolates to treat cancer is a more allopathic approach and not at all part of a holistic whole-systems model based in THM practice. THM is based on a concept of whole plants having synergy as well as intelligence (Plant […]
Secret Dangers Of Neulasta Or Neupogen When On Chemotherapy
Why You Should Think Twice About Neulasta Or Neupogen When On Chemotherapy By Donnie Yance “The most telling and profound way of describing the evolution of the universe would undoubtedly be to trace the evolution of love.” ― Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Introduction Cancer patients frequently experience weakened immune systems from both their tumor burden and […]
Nutritional Impact on Immunity and COVID – 19
Although statistics show that people over the age of 65 have an increased risk of contracting COVID-19 and dying from complications due to underlying conditions, it appears that it has more to do with nutritional status than age alone. It’s true that the older we get, the more nutritional deficiencies we may have, primarily because […]
Health Optimization and Adaptogens
Health Optimization and Adaptogens – An Effective Strategy Against Pathogens In general, I am astonished by how little attention is placed on the value and importance of good health in our society. In the face of the current pandemic, with underlying co-morbidities present in an estimated 60% of the population, increasing the risk of death […]
Don’t Fear A Fever: The Importance of Working With, Not Against the Immune System in Warding Off Infection
A fever can actually benefit a sick person, and both traditional healthcare practitioners and now even modern researchers have attributed tendencies to over-treat to “fever phobia”–a fear that fever is harmful, which likely originated after the introduction of anti-fever drugs like Tylenol. Fever is a protective adaptive response that should be allowed to run its […]
Thoughts on Healthy Aging
This may seem to be a radical stance, but I believe it is mistake to think that illness and disease are an inevitable part of the normal aging process. Although we may think of aging in relation to outward appearance, the way we look reflects only certain aspects of age, some of which are superficial–such […]