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Fenugreek and its possible anti-myeloma potential…

Posted on February 4, 2012 by Margaret

I have mentioned fenugreek here and there, especially in my “Random stuff” post published on January 20 2011 (http://margaret.healthblogs.org/2011/01/20/random-stuff/, scroll down the page). Until now, I thought it mostly had very strong antiviral activity and might help ...

Staying in touch…

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Margaret

I’m working on a bit of a complicated post, which may not be ready until the weekend or next year. In the meantime, I thought I’d write and post a short story… Our youngest kitty, Pinga, the joy of our household (or terror, if you ask our three other female cats, espec ...

Test results & snow in Florence!

Posted on January 31, 2012 by Margaret

Yesterday I didn’t check our mailbox until late afternoon. Then, just as a friend arrived to pick me up, I had a quick look, and boom!!!, there it was: the familiar fat hospital envelope. My January 12 2012 results. Let me tell ya, I almost fainted on the spot. Ignori ...

Guggulsterone also inhibits osteoclastogenesis in multiple myeloma and breast cancer cells…

Posted on January 30, 2012 by Margaret

Yesterday I forgot to give proper mention to a 2006 “Clinical Cancer Research” study showing that guggulsterone also inhibits osteoclastogenesis, which is, in very simple terms, the process of bone destruction that has such terrible consequences in multiple myelo ...

Google Guggul!

Posted on January 29, 2012 by Margaret

A few days ago I decided to check the expiration dates of all my supplements. At the top of the gonna-expire-soon list was gugulipid, which I began taking a few days ago. What is it? Well, I’ve written about it, so one thing you can do is do a search of my blog (using ...

Workworkwork…

Posted on January 27, 2012 by Margaret

Busy days. Lots of work…teaching, translating…which doesn’t leave much time for research. Too bad, because I have quite a number of fascinating studies lying on my desktop…hope to get to them tomorrow…yes… In the meantime, here is a photo ...

Chamomile inhibits COX-2 and other pesky thingies…

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Margaret

It’s really true that you learn something new every day. Until now, I thought that a cup of chamomile tea was useful only to help you relax. But it turns out that it might do much more than that. A few days ago I received an alert leading me to a 2009 (!) study on [...]

Afternoon tea in Arezzo, teardrops kill harmful bacteria, immune suppression in cancer, dexamethasone and MUC1, and the piano stairs (fun theory)…

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Margaret

I actually don’t have a huge amount of free time today. But I’m on a break, so here’s a quick post. First, Arezzo: yesterday we spent a lovely relaxing day with friends (photo no. 1 is of Arezzo’s sloping and splendid Piazza Grande), which ended with ...

Updates and photos…

Posted on January 21, 2012 by Margaret

Update on Lucy, the Canada goose: she’s going home where she belongs! Yaaaaay! Not sure exactly when that’s going to happen, but the important thing is that it’s going to happen!!!  So happy about that! This bit of good news put a smile on my face firs ...

Please sign this petition!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Margaret

Once again, I would like to go way off topic to ask for your help in bringing Lucy, the Canada goose, home to her human family (for more info, see my January 17 2012 post).  You (and your neighbours and friends and colleagues and…well, everyone!) can now sign an onlin ...

Cancer vaccine being tested on multiple myeloma patients…

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Margaret

Back in mid November, a blog reader (thanks, J!) posted a link on my blog’s Facebook Page about the development of a cancer vaccine called ImMucin, which, and here’s the exciting part!, was being tested in clinical trials on patients with multiple myeloma. Very e ...

Save Lucy!

Posted on January 17, 2012 by Margaret

This morning on Facebook I read a sad goose story. An outrageous story that I hope will have a happy ending. But in order for that to happen, Lucy, the Canada goose, needs your help. First, here’s the link to the newspaper article: http://goo.gl/KRVpY There is no reas ...

This will not sit well with Margaret…

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Margaret

This morning the first part of a blog reader’s message made me laugh out loud:  Hi Margaret, When I first read the “early treatment” piece in the “Myeloma Beacon,” I said to my wife: “This will not sit well with Margaret.” I was ri ...

Boarwatching…

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Margaret

Early treatment…oh no, here we goooo again!

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Margaret

Oh, I’m fuming. I’m frothing at the mouth. I’m verrrry upset.  This morning I read, then re-read after lunch, the “Myeloma Beacon”‘s January 13 interview with Dr. Ola Landgren: http://goo.gl/iZizX By the way, my comments will make much ...

My Puzzola (and blood tests)…

Posted on January 12, 2012 by Margaret

My Puzzola, = 11 years old, patiently waiting, with folded paws, for my blood test results… Yes, I had blood tests done this morning…The nurse had a hard time poking the needle into my vein and ended up stabbing me a bit…ugh, I hate it when that happensR ...

How to tell if it’s cold outside or not…

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Margaret

Today started out badly when I discovered that we didn’t have Internet access. I called our Internet provider immediately, only to be told that our area was experiencing a huge and very complicated cable problem of some sort, that technicians were already out working o ...

Antimyeloma activity of the sesquiterpene lactone cnicin: impact on Pim-2 kinase as a novel therapeutic target…(and other readings)…

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Margaret

That (first part) is the title of an abstract I came upon earlier this morning: http://goo.gl/wIPGR It discusses cnicin, a sesquiterpene lactone (= a chemical compound that can cause allergic, even toxic!, reactions if overdosed…but, if correctly dosed, can reduce i ...

Chronic pain, cats ‘n sweets and a promising European myeloma cooperation project…

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Margaret

An important article in the January 2012 issue of “The Scientist” magazine discusses possible treatment solutions for chronic pain: http://goo.gl/7pI5V  Mystery solved: why cats don’t crave sweets but do love mushrooms: http://goo.gl/y1iVW No, nothing t ...

A few things I’ve been reading…

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Margaret

Ah, how the times have changed! In January of 2006, apart from the main curcumin-myeloma studies, I found very little information about curcumin online…Just brief mentions here and there. But now it seems that every single newspaper in the world has published at least one ...