Dr. McKee’s Health Matters

Omega-3 Kills Cancer Cells

Tuesday, April 7th, 2009

Medical News today reported the results of a study showing DHA’s role in reducing tumor size:
Docosahexanoic acid (DHA), an omega-3 fatty acid found in fish oils, has been shown to reduce the size of tumours and enhance the positive effects of the chemotherapy drug cisplatin, while limiting its harmful side effects.
Ever since a case report [...]

Grape seed extract kills leukemia cells

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

A new study from the University of Kentucky (where I graduated from medical school in 1975!) was published Jan 1st 2009 in Clinical Cancer Research.
An extract from grape seeds forces laboratory leukemia cells to commit cell suicide, according to researchers from the University of Kentucky. They found that within 24 hours, 76 percent of leukemia [...]

Prostate screening controversy

Friday, September 26th, 2008

As NBC chief science correspondent commented:
What is needed are better methods of differentiating the cancer that is truly dangerous and needs to be treated, from the cancer that poses no risk. Such research is underway. Meanwhile, the National Institutes of Health has been running a study of 74,000 men since 1993, trying to determine whether [...]