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Anti-Cancer Anticoagulants for Prostate Cancer
One of the common therapies used in prostate cancer are drugs that interfere with a man’s production of testosterone. While this does slow tumor growth, there is a downside.
With low testosterone men are at higher risk of forming blood clots in their legs, lungs and brain, not to mention sexual dysfunction, depression and chronic fatigue. As a consequence, many men end up taking anticoagulants to prevent those blood clots.
An interesting paper just published shows that men who use anticoagulants have significantly better survival from their cancers than men who do not need these drugs. This intriguing bit of data is causing researchers to take a look at the anticoagulants, such as warfarin and heparin, to see if they might have anti-cancer properties that have not previously been recognized.
Once more, studies designed to look at one thing, raise more intriguing new questions than they answer.
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Dr. Mixon's Longevity Journal, Hormone Balancing
How Not to Get Sick From Your Food
Veggies are great for you, so long as they're clean first.
Each year, one American in six gets a case of food poisoning. Now, the Center for Disease Control has given us some new information on which foods seem to be causing the problems. Surprisingly, the single most common cause are leafy green vegetables, fruits and nuts.
The single most common place for contamination of these foods is in restaurant kitchens. One contaminated food handler with bad hand-washing habits can spread norovirus to dozens or even hundreds of people.
The second most common source of contamination is your own kitchen. They recommend
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Dr. Mixon's Longevity Journal, Just for Fun
Synthetic Marijuana Kills
Beware of synthetic marijuana like this popular brand, Spice Diamond.
There is a popular new drug sweeping the country is sold under the brand names of spice, potpourri, or synthetic marijuana. This is a designer drug that is supposed to give a mellow high very similar to the natural plant. It’s popular among drug dealers because they don’t need to take the time to actually grow marijuana.
There are no rooms full of growth lights or big commercial gardens where the plant can be grown and harvested. It can be made discreetly in a laboratory and distributed cheaply and efficiently. The
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Dr. Mixon's Longevity Journal
Longevity on NWCN, 6-22-13
Longevity Essentials daily multi-vitamins
Dr. Jerry Mixon talks to Margaret Larson on New Day Northwest on the use of vitamin supplements. First it is important to understand that a pill can only contain a certain amount of nutrients and thus does not answer one’s entire health needs through proper food intake and overall diet. At Longevity Medical Clinic, there is an alternative to the “store vitamins”, which far exceeds in quality and efficacy. It is the Longevity Essentials daily multivitamin supplementation. Dr. Mixon explains how Longevity Essentials is a daily packet that contains six pills which contain fifty-six key ingredients of “things I want people to have.” Through charts and slides, Dr. Mixon shares some of these ingredients and clarifies why the packets are especially designed for those 40 and above.
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Dr. Mixon's Longevity Journal, New Day Northwest, Video
