Natural Treatments for Leukemia Millsboro DE

Proponents of açai (ah'sigh-EE), which is actually the purplish fruit of Euterpe oleracea, a short palm found in abundance in Brazil, claim this superfood lowers bad cholesterol and increases the good, boosts the immune system, fights infections, protects the heart, and possibly controls prostate enlargement.
Donald Clarke Tilton, DO
(302) 645-3775
424 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
Specialties
Oncology (Cancer), Radiation Oncology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Philadelphia Coll Of Osteo Med, Philadelphia Pa 19131
Graduation Year: 1969
Hospital
Hospital: St Francis Hosp, Wilmington, De; Christiana Care -Wilmington, Wilmington, De; Christiana Hosp, Newark, De
Group Practice: Radiation Oncologists

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Srihari Peri, MD
(302) 645-3770
424 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
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Internal Medicine, Medical Oncology
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Male
Education
Medical School: J N M C Med Coll, Karnataka Univ, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
Graduation Year: 1978

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Sally Jane York, MD
15 N Williams St
Selbyville, DE
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Oncology (Cancer)
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Female
Education
Medical School: Washington Univ Sch Of Med, St Louis Mo 63110
Graduation Year: 1996

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Andrejs Strauss
(302) 645-3775
Lewes, DE
Specialty
Radiation Oncology
Associated Hospitals
Po Box 497

Pramod Vadlamani
(302) 645-3770
424 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
Specialty
Hematology-Oncology
Associated Hospitals
Beebe Medical Ctr

Pramod A Vadlamani, MD
(302) 645-3770
424 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
Specialties
Oncology (Cancer), Hematology-Internal Medicine
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Guntur Med Coll, Univ Of Hlth Sci, Guntur, Ap, India
Graduation Year: 1989

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Brian Costleigh, MD
(302) 645-3775
424 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
Specialties
Oncology (Cancer), Radiation Oncology
Gender
Male
Education
Medical School: Hahnemann Univ Sch Of Med, Philadelphia Pa 19102
Graduation Year: 1991

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James E Spellman
(302) 644-0964
18947 John J Williams Hwy
Rehoboth Beach, DE
Specialty
General Surgery, Surgical Oncology

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Srihari Peri
424 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
Associated Hospitals
Beebe Medcl Ctr

James Spellman
(302) 644-0964
431 Savannah Rd
Lewes, DE
Specialty
Oncologist, Oncological Surgeon
Associated Hospitals
Beebe Medical Center

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Fight Leukemia with Juice?

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Açai, one of the latest, hot new health food discoveries from the Amazon rainforest, boasts some impressive credentials as a source of omega-6 and omega-9 fatty acids, vitamins A, C, and E, and more than 50 other antioxidants, especially anthocyanin—the powerhouse pigment found in red wine and blueberries.

Proponents of açai (ah-sigh-EE), which is actually the purplish fruit of Euterpe oleracea, a short palm found in abundance in Brazil, claim this superfood lowers bad cholesterol and increases the good, boosts the immune system, fights infections, protects the heart, and possibly controls prostate enlargement. With the publication of a new study in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, they might be able to add “fights cancer” to that list as well.

The study, conducted at the University of Florida, tested the effect of pure açai juice—stripped of any lipids (EFAs) and cellulose material—on HL-60 human leukemia cells in vitro. Researchers also evaluated five other extracts or “fractions” of the fruit, which contained different mixtures of antioxidants, for their effect on leukemia cells. They found that the extracts “reduce cell proliferation from 56-86 percent,” most likely by damaging the cells enough to cause them to self-destruct (apoptosis). This anticancer activity compares favorably with that of the chemotherapy drug, camptotechin.

Unfortunately you can’t run out and stock up on açai fruit—it’s too perishable to export. But the fruit juice is available nationwide.

In fact, the Florida study was funded by Bossa Nova Beverage Group, which recently began marketing pure açai juice. The company is underwriting additional research into the potential health benefits of açai utilizing in vivo studies at the University of Florida.

—James Keough

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