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Cancer is Reversible – Prof. Flavin’s 50 Years of Research & Chemo Triggers Metastasis

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Cancer is Reversible – Prof. Flavin’s Fifty Years of Research!

Aug 05, 2025

This is a guest post by Prof. Dana Flavin. You can read more about Prof. Flavin’s work on her website linked at the end of the article.

Changing the cancer narrative

Fifty years ago if someone had told me that cancer was reversible, I would have scoffed at them and said that they were insane. I thought then that a cancer diagnosis was a death sentence. We now know it does not have to be.

After reversing stage IV cancers over the years by implementing combinations of nutrients, off-label drugs, and diet, I am seeing that much of cancer reversal is in our own hands. It took me decades to test, research, implement and more to find the best combinations of anti-cancer therapies to help cancer patients. This is not rocket science just 50 years of daily researching the literature and seeing gradual improvements in my patients over time, as I delved deeper into the science behind what a cancer cell is and how it deceives our immune system.

What is a cancer cell?

To start with, cancer is an embryonic cell gone awry as it fights to survive. They are correct that it is a trophoblast, originally defined as the outer layer of cells in a blastocyte that provides nutrients to the embryo to help it to bind and grow in the uterine wall. But in cancer tissue, this cell is changed, mutated in order to feed itself, the cancer cell, rather than its original place in fetal development. This is why certain retinoids (Vitamin A derivatives) are helpful in cancer patients to help to attack the trophoblasts. Cannabis oil is also helpful here.

Detoxing from heavy metals

Cancer cells are very programmed and need to be inhibited at multiple sites. These cancer cells also contain many toxins, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals and more. This is why, for example, a metal detox is imperative for cancer patients, as the metals destroy the healthy frequencies coming from the mitochondria and cause DNA to continue to replicate. Exercise also helps to decrease heavy metals and additionally reduces the blood vessel growth to tumours (VEGF), as well as helping to sweat off toxins in the body. Interleukin 15, a very important support against cancer, is elevated with exercise and raises the immune system. Exercise also helps the mood, decrease depression and lower cortisol. Stress and depression feed cancers.

The role of diet

A proper diet is essential in cancer reversals. Many substances in food can stimulate tumour growth, including sugar, white flour, cow’s milk products, red meat and even chicken and turkey. Some of these are methionine-containing foods. Methionine feeds tumours. The wrong foods also change the pH and create acidity in and around tumours. This acidity allows fungi to grow and helps to feed tumours. Even the bacteria in our GI tract can go to a tumour and feed it methionine. That is why the good bacteria in the gut must be supported. Sauerkraut, kimchi and other cabbage fermented foods are excellent for improving our gastrointestinal anticancer bacteria. Additionally, probiotics and medications like ivermectin are helpful. They raise bacteroides, a good bacteria, and lower the fumicutes, the bad bacteria that feed tumour cells. Other bacteria that are important in cancer to help reverse the cancers, are Akkermansia and S. Bouldarii. They can be raised by foods or via supplementation.

Eliminating parasites

Many patients, unbeknownst to them, have parasitic infections lowering their immune system, therefore we incorporate antiparasitic medications including fenbendazole and mebendazole. They not only fight parasites, they also block the glutamine from feeding tumours. Fenbendazole additionally blocks the sugar receptors on the tumour cells (GLUT2).

The immune system can be elevated, additionally with low dose naltrexone (LDN, 4.5 mg) to reduce cells that will downregulate the immune system. LDN lowers the T suppressor cells, FOX P and Interleukin 10 ,which are immune suppressors. This allows our bodies to fight cancer more efficiently. Sometimes in treating cancer, we add a substance originally used in children with elevated lactic acid, dichloracetate, to block the anaerobic metabolism in cancers. This allows pyruvate to enter the tumour cells, reoxygenates the tumours, and prevent the cells from dividing.

The role of electromagnetic fields (EMF)

EMF (e.g. from mobile phones) and geopathic disturbances underground also effect tumour growth. That is why it is important to protect patients from these disturbances including reducing exposure by shutting off wifi, not carrying cell phones on on the body, protecting against cell phone towers, and more. One must avoid negative magnetic fields; thus, even sleeping with ones head to the south can represent additional stress for a cancer patient, whereas sleeping with one’s head to the north would have a reducing influence on tumour growth.

The role of water

In my practice, we make sure the water patients use in teas and juices is pure and healing. This means no fluoride and no heavy metals in the water, and that it is alkaline. Sometimes if the urine pH is too acidic we add some aluminium-free baking soda to the water to help the body stay alkaline.

Nature’s apothecary

Many herbs and even fruits and vegetables can work on cancer. One of these is oregano oil to lower the fungi surrounding tumours. Organic figs, red grapes, tangerines, eggplant, carrots, cruciferous vegetables etc. all fight cancer. One herb, Dandelion root, is excellent to help in many cancers to raise the immune system, as is red sage, or Danshen, from China, that repairs the mRNA in tumour cells.

What I have shared above, though it may be little known, is pure proven science derived from decades of reading, researching and testing. Thus we can now say, Cancer is reversible: WE NOW KNOW HOW!!!

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Note from Dr. Tess Lawrie, “A Better Way“ : Follow this link to see how many scientific articles have been written about dandelion and cancer, for example. If the dandelion “weeds” and herbs in our gardens fight cancer, this potentially poses quite a threat to the cancer drug industry. Might this be why glyphosate (Roundup) as a dandelion weedkiller and other biocides have been so widely promoted, I wonder…?

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https://www.thefocalpoints.com/p/breaking-chemotherapy-reactivates?

BREAKING: Chemotherapy Reactivates Dormant Cancer Cells — Triggers Metastasis

New landmark study reveals that standard cancer treatment can backfire — with devastating consequences.

Nicolas Hulscher, MPH
Jul 23, 2025

Chemotherapy is supposed to kill cancer — not bring it back. But a groundbreaking Cancer Cell study by He et al has revealed that common cancer drugs like doxorubicin and cisplatin can reawaken dormant tumor cells, triggering deadly metastatic relapses — especially in the lungs.

These “sleeping” cancer cells, known as disseminated tumor cells (DTCs), can lie hidden for years before reactivating. This study is the first to directly prove that chemotherapy itself can wake them up. (See link for article)

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WSJ Says Chronic Lyme Was Once Dismissed But Doctors Are Coming Around – I Disagree

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Chronic Lyme Disease Was Once Dismissed. More Doctors Are Coming Around.

Newer trials are starting to track Lyme patients and investigate potential treatments

By Brianna Abbott Jul 20, 2025

(See link above for article)

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Why This Research Won’t Help Patients One Iota

By Alicia Cashman, Madison Lyme Support Group, Wisconsin

7/24/25

Summary of WSJ article:

  • A 63 year old Massachusetts woman was told in 2015 the root of her odd, flulike illness was likely Lyme disease.  (This website has hundreds if not thousands of such stories)
  • For the next decade she cycled through ‘unproven’ treatments and got push-back from doctors. (They must push the ‘not proven’ issue to keep us all from getting extended antibiotics which would make a majority of us better)
  • When MIT starting recruiting ‘people just like her,’ she felt validated.
  • The article then states ‘long COVID,’ is what is bringing chronic Lyme more credibility.
  • True to form and right on cue, long time player – Dr. John Aucott of Johns Hopkins, who has studied chronic Lyme for TWO decades but hasn’t budged the needle an inch, repeats the narrative that ‘long COVID’ has given chronic Lyme more ‘acceptance.’ (You must understand that there’s a lot of grant money for those who ignore the fact the COVID shots are likely behind ‘long COVID. It must also be stated that ‘long COVID’ looks exactly like other post-viral syndromes.) Vaccine injury gets ZERO grant money because our own government and researchers are beholden to Big Pharma. Vaccines are the cash cow of research.
    • The cat is let out of the bag on the final page of the article when it’s stated that the study includes acute Lyme and ‘long COVID’ participants.
      • First, notice that the reason we are hearing the clanging mantra of ‘long COVID’ is because it’s a part of the study. A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.
      • Second, notice that they are ONLY looking at ACUTE Lyme – something that’s been studied ad nauseam.  This research once again omits the sickest patients who never have any research done on them.
    • Thirdly, the cat continues to be let out when it’s stated they are looking for whether a molecule left behind could be driving inflammation.  Right there – they are admitting their bias that this is not a chronic, persistent infection that could be cured or benefitted with anti-microbial treatments.
  • The author is oblivious to the fact that Post-Treatment Lyme Disease Syndrome (prolonged symptoms for at least 6 months after treatment) doesn’t include a HUGE subset of patients who were diagnosed and treated late.  This continued regurgitated ignorance is allowing research to be skewed in favor of chronic Lyme only affecting 5-20% of patients – which is a much smaller deal than 40-60%, when those diagnosed and treated late are included.
  • The article repeats a falsehood: that in order to get Lyme one NEEDS to be bitten by a bacteria-carrying tick.  Congenital Lyme has been proven, and there is much to indicate  sexual transmition as well.
  • The reason they ignore anything but ticks is because then they can state their next falsehood, which fits the ‘climate change‘ narrative, which has been proven false by an independent tick researcher.
  • Third falsehood: a 2-4 week course of antibiotics cures the disease.
  • Fourth falsehood: blood tests can help determine if a person has antibodies against the pathogen. Seronegativity has been a big part of the Lyme debate from the beginning.
    • Part of the reason for this is the fact one of the most specific bands for Lyme was taken out of testing at the Dearborn, MI conference because it interfered with vaccine development.
    • Another reason is the fact that arbitrary levels of antibodies have been set, keeping a majority of those infected from ever testing positive.
    • Yet another reason is the fact that there has been a concerted suppression of microscopy  which is considered the gold standard for syphilis diagnostics. Similarly to the attacks on ivermectin and HCQ for COVID, ‘the powers that be’ continue to attack any test other than the CDC 2-tiered test for not being ‘FDA approved,’ even though the CDC test is not ‘approved’ either.
  • Fifth falsehood: there are no treatments that have been proven safe and effective after the initial antibiotics. My husband and I were in intense treatment for over 5 years using multiple antibiotics, among other things, simultaneously. Without this life-saving treatment I wouldn’t be writing this article today.
  • Proving that nobody’s coming around to accept Lyme Disease – read, “Gaslighting and Cults: Our Baffling Relationship With Tick-Borne Diseases,” written this past January, 2025.

This study won’t help chronically infected patients.  Don’t expect anything from this.  It’s the same crap, different day.  

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Until we start OVER, and I mean from square one, research is all tainted and biased.  Don’t believe me?  Listen to Willy himself:

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Willy Burgforfer, Ph.D. Lyme Disease ‘Discoverer’

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Activism, Lyme, Testing, Ticks, Transmission, Treatment, Uncategorized

Babesia Treatment: Dr. Cameron’s Clinical Tips

https://danielcameronmd.com/babesiosis-treatment/

Babesiosis Treatment: My Go To Clinical Tips

Posted By: Dr. Daniel Cameron
7/22/25

Babesiosis treatment is often overlooked—especially in patients who also have Lyme disease. Babesiosis is a malaria-like illness caused by microscopic parasites that infect red blood cells. It’s frequently found alongside Lyme, but just as often, it’s missed.

Unlike Lyme, which is caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, babesiosis is caused by parasites (Babesia microti or Babesia duncani) and does not respond to doxycycline. Yet I continue to see Lyme patients who are only treated with doxycycline—even when symptoms strongly suggest babesiosis may be present.

So what do I use when babesiosis testing is negative but suspicion is high?

Let’s walk through my approach.

Why Testing for Babesiosis Falls Short

Babesiosis tests often fail—especially in patients with chronic or relapsing symptoms. Here’s why:

    1. Parasites are visible on blood smear only in early infection

    2. PCR (detects DNA) may miss low-level infections

    3. Antibody tests may remain negative for months—or fade over time

In my practice, I increasingly see positive Babesia antibodies after months of symptoms, even when earlier testing was negative. This tells me two things:

    1. Symptoms often precede test positivity.
    2. Waiting for test confirmation may delay needed treatment.

Babesiosis Treatment: Key Symptoms That Warrant Empiric Therapy

When testing fails but the clinical picture fits, I move forward with treatment.

Common babesiosis symptoms in my patients include:

    1. Night sweats (often drenching)

    2. Shortness of breath or “air hunger”

    3. Fatigue that worsens with activity

    4. Lightheadedness, POTS-like symptoms

    5. Temperature dysregulation

    6. Anxiety or depression out of proportion

These symptoms are sometimes dismissed as menopause, anxiety, or long COVID—but in a patient with a history of Lyme disease or tick exposure, they raise concern for babesiosis.

First-Line Babesiosis Treatment

When babesiosis is suspected, the first-line treatment I use is: Atovaquone + Azithromycin

This combination remains the most commonly prescribed regimen, with proven effectiveness.

    1. Atovaquone is an anti-parasitic that targets the Babesia organism in red blood cells.

    2. Azithromycin is an antibiotic that complements atovaquone’s activity.

Practical Note:

Many clinicians prescribe Mepron® (atovaquone 750 mg/5 mL oral suspension), but I’ve had success using Malarone® (atovaquone 250 mg + proguanil 100 mg tablets), which:

    1. Is better tolerated by many patients

    2. Is easier to obtain in outpatient practice

    3. Comes in pediatric-sized tablets (62.5 mg/25 mg) useful for dose titration

This flexibility allows me to individualize babesiosis treatment—especially for sensitive patients who cannot tolerate full adult dosing at first.

Newer Option: Tafenoquine

For resistant or relapsing babesiosis, I’ve also begun using: Tafenoquine (Krintafel®)

    1. Originally approved for malaria

    2. May be effective in difficult Babesia cases

    3. Requires screening for G6PD deficiency before use

    4. Still considered off-label in many outpatient Lyme protocols

Tafenoquine is not a first-line therapy, but it may have a role when patients relapse despite standard babesiosis treatment. I’m following the research closely.

Why I Don’t Use Clindamycin or Quinine

While clindamycin and quinine are sometimes recommended for severe babesiosis (especially hospitalized cases), I have not been using them in outpatient care. In my experience:

    1. Clindamycin + quinine causes significant nausea, tinnitus, and other side effects

    2. Not well tolerated in chronic or relapsing Lyme patients

    3. Alternative regimens (like atovaquone-based therapies) are typically sufficient

If a patient does not respond to first-line babesiosis treatment, I evaluate for possible co-infections (like Bartonella or Ehrlichia), medication tolerance, and drug absorption before moving to more aggressive regimens.

What I Watch for During Treatment

When treating babesiosis, I monitor:

    1. Liver enzymes (especially with Mepron)

    2. Hemoglobin and hematocrit (to assess for hemolysis)

    3. Symptom patterns (including Herxheimer reactions)

    4. Drug tolerance and adherence

Improvement can take time. But when patients begin to regain energy, lose their night sweats, and tolerate light exertion again, it’s a sign that treatment for babesiosis is working.

Final Thoughts on Babesiosis Treatment

Babesiosis doesn’t always show up on a lab test—but it can still cause profound illness, especially in those with Lyme disease or immune dysfunction.

If you’ve been treated for Lyme disease but still suffer from:

    1. Fatigue

    2. Night sweats

    3. Breathlessness

    4. POTS-like symptoms

… don’t assume it’s “just Lyme.” Babesiosis treatment may be the missing piece.

 References

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**Comment**

Fantastically practical article.

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I believe Dr. Horowitz states that when you start treatment for Babesia, you need to keep going until it’s gone.  Stopping and starting makes it harder to treat in the long run.

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Babesia, Treatment

A Masterclass on Tick-Borne Illness: Dr. Burrascano

http://  1 Hour 14 Min

Dr. Joe Burrascano: A Masterclass on Tick-Borne Illness

Jul 16, 2025
Bay Area Lyme Foundation
Dr. Joseph J. Burrascano Jr., a pioneer in the field of Lyme, began his practice in East Hampton, NY, in 1981, where he identified and detailed the clinical aspects of Lyme in a high-prevalence area. Renowned for his groundbreaking diagnostic and treatment guidelines since 1984, he has advised the CDC, NIH, and U.S. Senate, authored extensive publications, and is a founding member of ILADS, continuing to educate globally.
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Lyme, Testing, Treatment

Hospital COVID Protocols: The Grace Schara Case (WI)

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Hospital COVID Protocols: The Grace Schara Case

IMA Co-Founders Dr. Paul Marik and Dr. Joseph Varon are joined by Scott Schara and his attorney Warner Mendenhall to discuss medical advocacy, advance directives, and hospital accountability.
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Jul 06, 2025

When Grace Schara died in a Wisconsin hospital during the COVID pandemic, her family began asking difficult questions about consent, protocol, and patient rights. This week, IMA Co-Founders Dr. Paul Marik and Dr. Joseph Varon are joined by Grace’s father, Scott Schara, and his attorney, Warner Mendenhall of Freedom Counsel, to revisit the case and discuss the broader implications for medical advocacy, advance directives, and hospital accountability.

We’ll explore the concerns raised around medication protocols, Do Not Intubate orders, and access to records—alongside the lessons learned about legal barriers, family involvement, and the importance of independent medical advocates. The conversation is shaped by IMA’s longstanding commitment to restoring the doctor-patient relationship and building safeguards that empower patients and families.

Whether you’re entering the hospital yourself or bringing a loved one for care, the assumption is that medical staff will do everything possible to help. But the tragic story of 19-year-old Grace reveals just how wrong things can go when trust breaks down, protocols fail, and communication vanishes.

Grace Schara entered St. Elizabeth’s Hospital in Wisconsin with low oxygen saturation during the COVID pandemic in October 2021. Her father, Scott Schara, believed she would simply receive oxygen therapy and come home safely. Instead, Grace passed away just days later under circumstances that sparked outrage and questions nationwide.

In the years following, Scott’s grief turned to advocacy, ultimately leading to Schara v. Ascension Health, the first COVID-era hospital negligence case in America to reach a jury trial. The landmark lawsuit, concluded on June 19, 2025, lasted three weeks and was passionately argued by a dedicated legal team led by Warner Mendenhall and Freedom Counsel.

Despite compelling expert testimony and a deeply sympathetic case, the jury ruled in favor of the hospital. Still, Scott and Warner remain undeterred. Their fight for justice continues—and so does the urgent conversation their case has sparked. In this powerful webinar, they reflect on what went wrong, what patients and families need to know, and how all of us, providers included, can help prevent tragedies like this from happening again.

Misunderstandings: “Do Not Intubate” (DNI) and “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR)

Regardless of the jury’s verdict, the case has opened the door to vital lessons every patient, family, and provider needs to understand.

IMA co-founders, doctors Joseph Varon and Paul Marik, both experienced critical care physicians at Independent Medical Alliance (IMA), weighed in addressing the shocking failures in Grace’s care. They highlighted systemic misunderstandings around crucial terms like “Do Not Intubate” (DNI) and “Do Not Resuscitate” (DNR).

Dr. Marik explained:

“DNR means when a person is dead… not to resuscitate them. That’s what it means. It doesn’t mean do not treat, do not manage. It’s only when a patient is actually dead, heart has stopped beating and they’re clinically dead, that you do cardiopulmonary resuscitation… the DNI part complicates the issue.”

Dr. Varon emphasized the critical role of open, honest communication:

“I’m sure that if somebody told you ‘do not intubate’ means ‘do not resuscitate,’ you would have said ‘go ahead and intubate right now.’”

Under any circumstances, it’s unreasonable to expect patients and families to decode complex medical terminology in moments of crisis. But COVID has made one thing painfully clear: we must be prepared to ask questions, advocate for ourselves and our loved ones, and demand clarity.  (See link for article and video)

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For more:

The hospital COVID scam via The CARES Act:

Hospital protocols killed people:

The concerted strategy to ban effective COVID treatment, allowing the clot shots to be deployed:

CDC monopolizes fraudulent COVID testing:

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Activism, Supplements, Treatment, vaccines, Viruses