Gardening Against Cancer
One of my favorite sources for stories about cancer research developments is Ralph W. Moss at the Moss Reports. A longtime science writer and founding advisor to the National Institutes of Health's Office of Alternative Medicine (now the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine), Moss has been independently evaluating the claims of various conventional and alternative cancer therapies for more than 30 years. He's based in Lemont, Pa., near State College.
A member of the chrysanthemum family, feverfew has been found to be effective in destroying myeloid leukemia at the level of stem cells, as well as inhibiting the growth of other tumor types. (Photo by J.S. Peterson @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.)
The latest edition of Moss's CancerDecisions newsletter features an interesting story titled "Cultivating the Anticancer Garden", in which Moss talks about his efforts to grow plants found to be effective in fighting cancer. They include berries, horseradish and feverfew. I know there are lots of folks in the Hometown area who plant summer vegetable gardens -- perhaps this year they'd like to include some of the plants Moss describes.
A member of the chrysanthemum family, feverfew has been found to be effective in destroying myeloid leukemia at the level of stem cells, as well as inhibiting the growth of other tumor types. (Photo by J.S. Peterson @ USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database.)
The latest edition of Moss's CancerDecisions newsletter features an interesting story titled "Cultivating the Anticancer Garden", in which Moss talks about his efforts to grow plants found to be effective in fighting cancer. They include berries, horseradish and feverfew. I know there are lots of folks in the Hometown area who plant summer vegetable gardens -- perhaps this year they'd like to include some of the plants Moss describes.
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