Prostate Cancer – Over-Testing and Over-Treatment
The excessive medical response to the Covid pandemic made one thing abundantly clear: Medical consumers really ought to do their own research into the health issues that impact them. Furthermore, it is no longer enough simply to seek out a “second opinion” or even a “third opinion” from doctors. They may well all be misinformed or biased. Furthermore, this problem appears to predate the Covid phenomenon.
A striking example of that can be found in the recent history of prostate cancer testing and treatment, which, for personal reasons, has become a subject of interest to me. In many ways, it strongly resembles the Covid calamity, where misuse of the PCR test resulted in harming the supposedly Covid-infected with destructive treatments.
Two excellent books on the subject illuminate the issues involved in prostate cancer. One is Invasion of the Prostate Snatchers by Dr. Mark Scholz and Ralph Blum. Dr. Scholtz is executive director of the Prostate Cancer Research Institute in California. The other is The Great Prostate Hoax by Richard Ablin and Ronald Piana. Richard Ablin is a pathologist who invented the PSA test but has become a vociferous critic of its widespread use as a diagnostic tool for prostate cancer.
Mandatory yearly PSA testing at many institutions opened up a gold mine for urologists, who were able to perform lucrative biopsies and prostatectomies on patients who had PSA test numbers above a certain level. However, Ablin has insisted that “routine PSA screening does far more harm to men than good.” Moreover, he maintains that the medical people involved in prostate screening and treatment represent “a self-perpetuating industry that has maimed millions of American men.”
Even during approval hearings for the PSA test, the FDA was well aware of the problems and dangers. For one thing, the test has a 78% false positive rate. An elevated PSA level can be caused by various factors besides cancer, so does not really test for prostate cancer. Moreover, a PSA test score can spur frightened men into getting unnecessary biopsies and harmful surgeries.
One person who understood the potential dangers of the test well was the chairman of the FDA’s committee, Dr. Harold Markovitz, who decided whether to approve it. He declared, “I’m afraid of this test. If it is approved, it comes out with the imprimatur of the committee…as pointed out, you can’t wash your hands of guilt. . .all this does is threaten a whole lot of men with prostate biopsy…it’s dangerous.”
In the end, the committee did not give unqualified approval to the PSA test but only approved it “with conditions.” However, subsequently, the conditions were ignored.
Nevertheless, the PSA test became celebrated as the route to salvation from prostate cancer. The Postal Service even circulated a stamp promoting yearly PSA tests in 1999. Quite a few people became wealthy and well-known at the Hybritech company, thanks to the Tandem-R PSA test, their most lucrative product.
In those days, the corrupting influence of the pharmaceutical companies on the medical device and drug approval process was already apparent. In an editorial for the Journal of the American Medical Association (quoted in Albin and Piana’s book), Dr. Marcia Angell wrote, “The pharmaceutical industry has gained unprecedented control over the evaluation of its products…there’s mounting evidence that they skew the research they sponsor to make their drugs look better and safer.” She also authored the book The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It.
A cancer diagnosis often causes great anxiety, but in actuality, prostate cancer develops very slowly compared to other cancers and does not often pose an imminent threat to life. A chart featured in Scholz and Blum’s book compares the average length of life of people whose cancer returns after surgery. In the case of colon cancer, they live on average two more years, but prostate cancer patients live another 18.5 years.
In the overwhelming majority of cases, prostate cancer patients do not die from it but rather from something else, whether they are treated for it or not. In a 2023 article about this issue titled “To Treat or Not to Treat,” the author reports the results of a 15-year study of prostate cancer patients in the New England Journal of Medicine. Only 3% of the men in the study died of prostate cancer, and getting radiation or surgery for it did not seem to offer much statistical benefit over “active surveillance.”
Dr. Scholz confirms this, writing that “studies indicate that these treatments [radiation and surgery] reduce mortality in men with Low and Intermediate-Risk disease by only 1% to 2% and by less than 10% in men with High-Risk disease.”
Nowadays prostate surgery is a dangerous treatment choice, but it is still widely recommended by doctors, especially in Japan. Sadly, it also seems to be unnecessary. One study cited in Ablin and Piana’s book concluded that “PSA mass screening resulted in a huge increase in the number of radical prostatectomies. There is little evidence for improved survival outcomes in the recent years…”
However, a number of urologists urge their patients not to wait to get prostate surgery, threatening them with imminent death if they do not. Ralph Blum, a prostate cancer patient, was told by one urologist, “Without surgery you’ll be dead in two years.” Many will recall that similar death threats were also a common feature of Covid mRNA-injection promotion.
Weighing against prostate surgery are various risks, including death and long-term impairment, since it is a very difficult procedure, even with newer robotic technology. According to Dr. Scholz, about 1 in 600 prostate surgeries result in the death of the patient. Much higher percentages suffer from incontinence (15% to 20%) and impotence after surgery. The psychological impact of these side effects is not a minor problem for many men.
In light of the significant risks and little proven benefit of treatment, Dr. Scholz censures “the urology world’s persistent overtreatment mindset.” Clearly, excessive PSA screening led to inflicting unnecessary suffering on many men. More recently, the Covid phenomenon has been an even more dramatic case of medical overkill.
Ablin and Piana’s book makes an observation that also sheds a harsh light on the Covid medical response: “Isn’t cutting edge innovation that brings new medical technology to the market a good thing for health-care consumers? The answer is yes, but only if new technologies entering the market have proven benefit over the ones they replace.”
That last point especially applies to Japan right now, where people are being urged to receive the next-generation mRNA innovation–the self-amplifying mRNA Covid vaccine. Thankfully, a number seem to be resisting this time.
From: https://brownstone.org/articles/prostate-cancer-over-testing-and-over-treatment
Why Hackers May Be Targeting You
There are only two types of companies: those that have been hacked, and those that will be.” – Robert Mueller, 6th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 2001–2013.
In the digital age, it’s a popular misconception that “hackers only go after big targets.” Many small and mid-sized businesses (SMBs) operate under the misconception that they are too small to be of interest to hackers. However, the reality is altogether different. Cybercrime is a numbers game and even a small success can be a significant payday. In fact, SMBs are often the prime targets for hackers due to their perceived vulnerabilities.
Keep reading: https://www.emsisoft.com/en/blog/46073/why-hackers-may-be-targeting-you/
Fear, Loathing and the Jab
David CM Carter’s Observations from the UK
Late in the afternoon, I received an apologetic email from Mr. David CM Carter, who has been trying to spin up a rally in the UK to advance the cause of pushing back for truth from the UK National Health Service regarding the infamous COVID jabs, which have proven neither safe nor effective. Unfortunately, he has had to cancel the planned November event, which I had agreed to participate in despite my reservations concerning the retaliatory censorship policies of the far-left “Starmer” Labor government. But for whatever reason, David had felt it necessary to provide me with an update regarding the various reasons (and excuses) he had encountered from various influential Brits that he had approached for funding and support for the planned “The Truth Contract” rally. His observations and insights are unique in my experience, and go a long way to addressing the vexing question of why so few of those guilty are coming clean and unburdening themselves after these last five years of propaganda, “mass formation”, PsyWar and just plain rampant lies.
Basically, it seems to distill down to the classic phrase coined by gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Fear and (self) Loathing.
The following summarizes, in his own words, David’s hard-won lessons regarding the timid classes. Keep in mind the observation that it is easy to tell yourself stories about what you would have done, given the opportunity, when confronting Hitler’s Fascist Totalitarian regime. What you did during the past five years of the COVID crisis has been proof of the pudding. Did you pass the test?
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1. Employers do not want to acknowledge that they may have mandated employees to get a jab, that with hindsight, they should not have done so and potentially stir up class action lawsuits and so cannot be seen to be interested professionally – and are not willing or are too scared to expose themselves privately. There is a lot of fear of legal action on employers by employees if the government and the legal system accept that it should never have been mandated and advice reversed.
2. Larger professional services firms have earned hundreds of millions of $$$ selling advertising and consulting services – and do not wish to be associated with an event that could implicate them in any way – in particular the ability to secure future work. Even though they totally agree privately that the mRNA rollout should be stopped. They are concerned that all future such revenues would be stopped if their firms were associated with ‘outing’ the entire fraud that it so clearly was.
3. People who have been jabbed are ‘bad news resistant’. They even seem to be ‘protocol advice to help heal’ resistant.
4. I have learned a lot over the last 3 months in terms of who is interested in learning more about our topic – and who is not – and why they are not interested. I have been shocked and saddened at some of what I have learned. It has also made me have to snap out of a similar naivety I had to also snap out of 10 years ago, when I learned that child sex trafficking was a real thing. Greed and Power at any cost seems to be the order of the day with so many involved directly and indirectly. And ‘following orders’. It is sad and horrible to have to swallow and understand. Especially with friends whom I thought would rise above all the nonsense. <RWM: Fascinating parallel to the child sex trafficking issue, and note the similarities to Hannah Arendt’s “Banality of Evil”?>
5. Having said that countries like Slovakia have stopped the use of and roll out of mRNA – I heard that El Salvador will be doing the same – and a few other countries are close behind.
6. Of course, the BIG hope is that RFK Jr gets into power and can stop it in the USA – which will mean many of the other sheep nations around the world will follow. Plus of course we have Andrew Bridgen whom you know as Chairman of our Advisory Council at The Truth Contract.
7. Many ordinary people are waking up to C19 and it having been a big scam, that should not have happened. But sadly, there is also a lot of governmental and corporate momentum to ‘forgive and forget’ and ‘sweep it all under the rug’ and ‘move on’ hoping it doesn’t come back to bite them in the a__ later.
8. It has been an ‘interesting’ and frustrating few months talking to people – all of whom accept that what we would have discussed and shared at the event is likely ‘true’ and ‘useful’ information – but it just seems that they feel it’s too risky to be associated with such an event in a professional capacity.
9. All of the interest that we have received has been from people who had intuitively avoided the jab altogether (but don’t really understand the longer-term dangers to the wider population – even though they accept that they must exist) or those who took one or two shots and then suffered some kind of adverse reaction (and equally don’t understand the wider implications but are concerned at their lack of knowledge). These folk are interested in finding out more. But they are ‘consumers’ (like the Highwire audience) vs business and governmental decision makers.
10. There are polar differences in attitudes of “Family Office” principals (how to gain from the mess) vs next gen (how to solve the mess – but who fear breaking free and doing something about it). One example of “Family Office” principals being the Gates Foundation people, as well as physicians who specialize in caring for the families of high-net-worth persons.
11. There is controlled opposition embedded within alt media – which are functionally focused on creating fear porn vs creating solutions.
NGO’s cover a multiple of sins, and there is Corporate and Family Office agency capture of many. With the left hand Gates feeds GAVI, CEPI, and WHO. With the right hand he makes millions from vaccines. The Wellcome Trust was a family office when established. Philanthrocapitalism at its best.
Look at Net Zero and Climate. Left hand feeds ‘research’ and propaganda. Right hand makes millions out of arbitrage and insider trading.
Sometimes NGOs are corrupted by Family Offices (as above). Sometimes they are corrupted by big business (CDC/FDA by Big Pharma). And Family Offices invest in big pharma because they know how the agency has been corrupted.
This happens in all the Truth Contract 10 topics (see below).
A recent example is chronic disease in the US – as has been so brilliantly explained by the Means siblings on the Tucker and Rogan podcasts in the last few weeks.
The same model is rolled out in every Industrial Complex – not just pharma.
Field study finds using biodiversity instead of pesticides can reduce crop damage from herbivores
This article was originally published by Melanie Nyfeler, University of Zurich on October 7, 2024.
Pesticides aren’t always necessary. Researchers at the University of Zurich have conducted a comprehensive field study showing that damage from herbivores can be reduced by using biodiversity within a plant species. Different plant genotypes can cooperate to help fend off herbivorous insects. The study is published in the journal Nature Communications.
Just like humans, plants interact with the individuals around them. For example, if the people around you are more susceptible to infections, your own risk of getting infected increases, and vice versa.
The same is true for plants. When different genetic types of the same plant species are mixed and planted together, some combinations are more resistant to pests and diseases. This positive biodiversity effect is known as associative resistance.
Food security and preservation
One of the key challenges of modern society lies in reconciling food security and the preservation of the environment and biodiversity. Pests and diseases pose serious threats to crops, making chemical agents like pesticides crucial in agriculture. However, pesticides can reduce the biodiversity of insects.
“In this context, associative resistance could be a new method to ensure food production while preserving biodiversity,” says Kentaro Shimizu, Director of the Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies at UZH.
But which combinations of plant genotypes should be planted together to effectively resist pests and diseases? For example, if one selects two genotypes from a total of 199 genotypes, there are 19,701 possible combinations. Researchers at UZH have now developed new methods of genomic prediction using a physics model to analyze interactions between individuals at the genetic level.
Extensive fieldwork in the research garden
First, the researchers conducted large-scale plant cultivation experiments over two years in open fields on Irchel Campus as well as in Japan. For the 199 genotypes of the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana collected from around the world, genomic DNA information was already available. The researchers randomly mixed and planted 30+ individuals from each of the genotypes for a total of 6,400 plants.
“To count 52,707 insects on 6,400 plants, the senior researcher Yasuhiro Sato spent months in the research garden. This amazing dataset, collected by taking advantage of the research garden at the Irchel campus, was the key to this study,” says Shimizu.
Until now, there were no methods to analyze which genomic regions underpin interactions such as associative resistance between neighboring plant individuals. Yasuhiro Sato and his team therefore developed a new analytical method called Neighbor GWAS.
This method applies a model used in physics to analyze interactions between magnets to the interactions between neighboring plant individuals. It examines how herbivore damage is affected when individuals with specific genetic DNA sequences are adjacent, based on the actual results from field experiments.
Up to 25% less herbivore damage
From the analysis using this new method, it was shown that numerous genes are involved in interactions with surrounding individuals. Using a machine learning method, the researchers were able to predict herbivore damage and identified beneficial genotype combinations for which associative resistance was predicted.
The research team conducted another large-scale field experiment over two years, planting around 2,000 plant individuals in pairs of genotypes for which three different levels of associative resistance were predicted. This experiment revealed that, compared to planting a single genotype, mixing two genotypes reduced herbivore damage by 24.8% and 22.7%, respectively, for the highest and second-highest associative resistance level.
Future developments
“From the perspective of basic research, this can be seen as a landmark in the study of interactions between plant individuals,” says Shimizu. “It highlights the importance of biodiversity in two ways. First, the genetic diversity of crops themselves can reduce pest damage. Second, reducing the use of pesticides in agricultural settings can contribute to the conservation of biodiversity, including that of insects.”
Meta-analyses with Bernhard Schmid as co-author have shown that in crops such as wheat or rice, yield increases from 4%–16% are achieved if random genotypes are mixed in the field. According to Shimizu, for these important agricultural plant species whose genomes are known, the new method makes it possible to predict mixtures of specific plant genotypes that maximize associative resistance, thus increasing yield even further while at the same time saving on pesticide use.
More information: Tiantian Huang et al, Cultivar mixtures increase crop yields and temporal yield stability globally. A meta-analysis, Agronomy for Sustainable Development (2024). DOI: 10.1007/s13593-024-00964-6
Yasuhiro Sato et al, Reducing herbivory in mixed planting by genomic prediction of neighbor effects in the field, Nature Communications (2024). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-024-52374-7 , www.nature.com/articles/s41467-024-52374-7
mRNA COVID Jab Ingredient N1-Methyl-Pseudouridine (m1Ψ) ‘Stimulated Cancer Growth and Metastasis’
A new study published earlier this month in the International Journal of Biological Macromolecules confirms that an ingredient in mRNA COVID-19 injections called N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ) increases cancer growth and spread.
m1Ψ is a component of the Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. mRNA jabs.
The new study provides evidence “that adding 100 % of N1-methyl-pseudouridine (m1Ψ) to the mRNA vaccine in a melanoma model stimulated cancer growth and metastasis, while non-modified mRNA vaccines induced opposite results, thus suggesting that COVID-19 mRNA vaccines could aid cancer development.”
The authors point out how during the massive COVID vaccination campaigns, it was “frequently stated [that] the benefits [of taking the jab] outweigh the risks.”
“However, after the third dose, the risk exceeds the benefits, especially for the elderly and immunocompromised individuals, so health authorities should re-evaluate the real usefulness of continuing to administer boosters,” they argue.
The authors critique the jab further, explaining that there is increasing evidence that mRNA vaccines do not provide complete immunity, which could lead to repeated infections, and that the shots can disrupt crucial immune processes.
“Mounting evidence indicates that these vaccines, like many others, do not generate sterilizing immunity, leaving people vulnerable to recurrent infections,” they write. “Additionally, it has been discovered that the mRNA vaccines inhibit essential immunological pathways, thus impairing early interferon signaling.”
The evidence drove the authors to recommend future clinical trials that use mRNA vaccines with less m1Ψ in order to avoid weakening the immune system.
“Based on this compelling evidence, we suggest that future clinical trials for cancers or infectious diseases should not use mRNA vaccines with a 100 % m1Ψ modification, but rather ones with the lower percentage of m1Ψ modification to avoid immune suppression,” they conclude.
Meanwhile, another peer-reviewed study published this month in Cureus found significant increases in mortality rates of all cancer types in 2022 after the majority of the Japanese population received doses of the COVID mRNA shot.
“Statistically significant increases in age-adjusted mortality rates of all cancer and some specific types of cancer, namely, ovarian cancer, leukemia, prostate, lip/oral/pharyngeal, pancreatic, and breast cancers, were observed in 2022 after two-thirds of the Japanese population had received the third or later dose of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA-LNP vaccine,” the study reads.
(Tom: Just did several unsuccessful internet searches looking for what would remove, deactivate or otherwise mitigate the bodily harm from N1-methyl-pseudouridine.)
https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/mrna-covid-jab-ingredient-n1-methyl
‘At Least 55 Undeclared Chemical Elements’—Including Toxic Arsenic, Aluminum, Mercury—in COVID-19 Shots: ‘International Journal of Vaccine Theory, Practice, and Research’
Jab rollout amounts to “worldwide iatrogenic event” that “has already killed 0.213 ± 0.006% of the world’s population (1 death per every 470 living people)” in “less than 3 years. That is over 17 million people!”
The groundbreaking analysis used Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (ICP-MS) to uncover a cocktail including toxic elements within these vaccines.
Researchers found elements ranging from heavy metals to lanthanides, some of which have known toxic effects on human health.
The study reads: “Among the undeclared chemical elements were detected 11 of the 15 cytotoxic lanthanides used in electronic devices and optogenetics. In addition, among the undeclared elements were all 11 of the heavy metals: chromium was found in 100% of the samples; arsenic 82%; nickel 59%; cobalt and copper 47%; tin 35%; cadmium, lead and manganese in 18%; and mercury in 6%.”
Keep reading: https://jonfleetwood.substack.com/p/at-least-55-undeclared-chemical-elementsincludin
Tom: I consider it imperative that, vaccinated or not (as the vaccinated are “shedding” components of the jab to the unvaccinated) you take steps to reduce your risk of harm.
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Can Dopamine Treat Breast Cancer?
Recent research has uncovered an intriguing link between certain hormones and neurotransmitters and breast cancer treatment. This connection involves four key players: estrogen, serotonin, dopamine and progesterone. Each of these substances plays a crucial role in various bodily functions, but their impact on cancer growth and treatment is now coming into sharper focus.
Estrogen, primarily known as a female sex hormone, regulates reproductive processes, bone density and cardiovascular health. However, it’s also recognized for its ability to promote cancer growth. Many breast cancers, for instance, are classified as estrogen-receptor positive, meaning they grow in response to estrogen.
Serotonin, often misleadingly called the “feel-good” neurotransmitter, is an antimetabolite, meaning it suppresses your body’s ability to create energy in the electron transport chain of your mitochondria. Recent studies suggest serotonin also stimulates the growth and spread of cancer cells.1
On the other hand, dopamine, another neurotransmitter, is showing promise in cancer treatment. Typically associated with pleasure, motivation and reward systems in your brain, dopamine is being investigated for its anticancer properties. Research indicates that it may help inhibit tumor growth and enhance the effectiveness of certain cancer treatments.2
Progesterone, another sex hormone crucial for reproductive health and pregnancy, is also emerging as an ally in cancer treatment, because it’s not only anti-estrogen but also inhibits cortisol and improves mitochondrial production of cellular energy by blocking estrogen and cortisol.
Could boosting your dopamine levels naturally help lower your cancer risk?
The study’s findings suggest that increased dopamine activity may indeed have anticancer effects. Your body produces dopamine naturally, and there are several ways to increase your dopamine levels without medication:
| Exercise — Regular physical activity has been shown to boost dopamine production and release in your brain. | Sleep — Getting adequate, quality sleep helps regulate your body’s dopamine systems. |
| Diet — Consuming foods rich in tyrosine, a precursor to dopamine, may help. These include bananas, beef, eggs and green tea. | Sunlight exposure — Sunlight not only helps your body produce vitamin D but may also increase dopamine levels. |
| Music — Listening to music you enjoy has been linked to increased dopamine release in your brain. | Stress reduction — Chronic stress depletes dopamine, while stress-reduction techniques may help maintain healthy levels. |
https://articles.mercola.com/sites/articles/archive/2024/10/16/dopamine-breast-cancer.aspx
Australia’s iron ore capital Port Hedland to warn all healthcare providers against mRNA danger
The nation’s most economically important export center will demand answers from health authorities and write to every council and shire in Australia to sound the alarm
Australia’s iron ore capital Port Hedland is sending a written warning to all health practitioners within its boundaries about the dangers of the covid gene-vaccines and is calling for their immediate suspension on safety grounds after DNA contamination was again found in the products.
Councillor Adrian McRae told Letters From Australia that five out of eight council members had already been injured by the products in 2022, one suffering blood clots and myocarditis.
Port Hedland Council voted 5 to 2 last night to denounce the shots at a Special Council Meeting requested by councillors McRae, Camilo Blanco and Lorraine Butson.
The Council heard video testimony from St George’s University of London Professor Angus Dalgleish in a closed session warning them of the dangers of the products, before passing the motion.
Professor Dalgleish, a specialist in oncology and immunology, is on a speaking tour of Australia for the Australian Medical Professionals Society, sounding the alarm about how the mRNA products cause cancer.
The council will join Member for Monash Russell Broadbent in writing to the Prime Minister, to all local health practitioners and medical clinics, and to every local government and shire council in Australia, urging them to suspend the products.
“We are gravely concerned about the potential health risks posed by synthetic DNA contamination, including the dangers of genomic integration, cancer, hereditary defects and immune system disruption,” the letter says.
Port Hedland Council will also call on health authorities for an urgent investigation into how the DNA contamination has gone undetected by Australia’s regulators, who are accused of using outdated and insufficient testing methods.
Australia’s drug regulator the Therapeutic Goods Administration ignored a media request from Letters From Australia on Friday asking if they were aware of the DNA.
Councillor McRae said the vote was a validation for all Australia’s gene-vaccine injured.
“At least one council in the country will stand up and acknowledge what’s happened to these people,” he said.
Nano and Microrobot Activity In Pfizer BioN Tech COVID19 injection After 5 Weeks At Room Temperature – Fluorescent Aggregates Found – Darkfield Microscopy
Image: Left and right: Pfizer Bio N Tech COVID19 injection 5 weeks Microchips Magnification 2000x.
Other images show nano and microrobots can sustain at room temperature under a slide cover with no external energy source and continue to self assemble structures. The slides were stored in a locked storage space with no light, electricity, Wifi exposure. With 4000x magnification multiple aggregates of fluorescent blue structures with orange rims are seen which have not previously been observed. This happens to be the colors of the blue filaments coming from people’s body and the orange facial glow seen under UV light.
https://anamihalceamdphd.substack.com/p/massive-nano-and-microrobot-activity