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Sandra
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48 posts		 Mar-10-07, 08:41 AM (PST)
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"Less Cancer in Huntington's Disease Patients"
 
   Huntington's Disease is often treated with DCA. I found a report stating that they have lower cancer rates. Coincidence?
www.hdlighthouse.org/see/immune/cancer.htm


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Sandra
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48 posts		 Mar-10-07, 09:00 AM (PST)
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1. "RE: Less Cancer in Huntington's Disease Patients"
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   A few more connections between the two...

http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/Press_releases/2005/07_07a_05.html

http://www.hdsa.org/site/PageServer?pagename=Cancer_and_neurodegeneration_in_HD

http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=27037

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1200/is_21_160/ai_81110077


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Jim
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2 posts		 Mar-15-07, 11:11 PM (PST)
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2. "RE: Less Cancer in Huntington's Disease Patients"
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   I researched this, and finally contacted the author, Dr. Sven Asger Sørensen. This is the most important part of the message:

DCA has been used in many studies to investigate its effect on Huntington's disease (HD). But all these studies have been for scientific purposes and have only involved animals (mostly mice) transgenic for the HD-gene. To the best of my knowledge DCA has never been used for treatment of HD in human beings.

So DCA is NOT connected to the lower cancer rate in HD patients.


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Sandra
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48 posts		 Mar-16-07, 01:37 AM (PST)
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3. "RE: Less Cancer in Huntington's Disease Patients"
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   Jim,
I may have been mistaken about the human studies, will have to look into that. I was researching DMG (dimethylglycine) at the same time (which is used to treat Huntington's Disease), both of which are present in pangamic acid (Vitamin B-15). I'm curious as to whether DMG would act synergistically with DCA. DMG is a methylating agent, it reduces lactic acid, improves oxygenation and immune function.


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