{"id":149,"date":"2016-07-05T16:15:49","date_gmt":"2016-07-05T16:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hernandezcenter.com\/blog\/?p=149"},"modified":"2019-08-06T01:08:50","modified_gmt":"2019-08-06T01:08:50","slug":"study-milk-thistle-protects-against-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.hernandezcenter.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/study-milk-thistle-protects-against-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Study: Milk Thistle Protects Against Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_101\" style=\"width: 152px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-101\" class=\" wp-image-101\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hernandezcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marcel-hernandez-2014-02-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. Marcel Hernandez\" width=\"142\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.hernandezcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marcel-hernandez-2014-02-243x300.jpg 243w, http:\/\/www.hernandezcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/marcel-hernandez-2014-02.jpg 709w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 142px) 100vw, 142px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-101\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Marcel Hernandez<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Liver cancer is in a world-wide increase.<\/strong> It\u2019s common, deadly, and the current treatment options include surgery and a transplant. Even with treatment, the prognosis is \u201cguarded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A new\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001B8n12qGEOAIh02n7x9GimADOAWPCsZNfSfFM_qX4qXCgago8-kaD-NVPpU9YLSOXQ4saekiUnFLXkkVSi2JsVmpUQfCkdpWbYTi0yW6yKza_THFhOcPfmHc2mmb38tbc4DP3VM93VwGvv-HYjsv8jf6uM7AGNOZ7IF7nZGn9-qxYDl5yGeWQhzd5lngU_W0Yn0aFx9KV-8Q=&amp;c=Z_vbYYSqamxP4Jo1uSCWuQTJ5vkP9DTPHk0uQOGWg1zUeSD-Fmwwiw==&amp;ch=XnEHNZz9cipeEBHBFo1aXI7nvY_pPbpsOr7mrrk93ptyo4vgFdwcGg==\"><em>study<\/em><\/a> suggests that <strong>milk thistle herb (silybum marianum) inhibits the growth of new cancer cells and promotes cancer cell death (apoptosis). <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And that\u2019s not all. A growing body of clinical data indicate that <strong>milk thistle extract may help protect us from and treat a wide variety of cancers.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_150\" style=\"width: 242px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-image-150 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.hernandezcenter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/milk-thistle-flower.jpg\" alt=\"milk-thistle-flower\" width=\"232\" height=\"175\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Milk Thistle flower<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong><em>Commentary<\/em>: <\/strong>When Dr. Connie and I were in medical school in Oregon, we heard about a group of wild mushroom hunters who got deathly ill after consuming the poisonous amanita mushroom. Three of them died. The fourth was taken to a clinic where he was given intravenous milk thistle extract and survived.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Interested in learning about adjunctive cancer treatment at Hernandez Center for Adjunctive Cancer Care? Call us for more information, or to make an appointment:\u00a0650-917-1121.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liver cancer is in a world-wide increase. It\u2019s common, deadly, and the current treatment options include surgery and a transplant. Even with treatment, the prognosis is \u201cguarded.\u201d A new\u00a0study suggests that milk thistle herb (silybum marianum) inhibits the growth of new cancer cells and promotes cancer cell death (apoptosis). And that\u2019s not all. 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