TIME AND CANCER
I am about to take off for another conference (my third this month)- this one on "Circadian Disruption and Cancer" at the New York Academy of Sciences. This will be an all-day conference on June 19, 2009. It will bring together various scientists, including some of the world's leading "chronobiologists" to determine the various mechanisms by which circadian disruption increases cancer incidence and cancer growth rate. What is "circadian disruption"? The most obvious example is insomnia-when your normal sleep patterns are disrupted. I hope therefore to learn new information about how sleep affects one's health and the growth of cancer. I expect there to be a significant discussion of the role of the pineal gland hormone, melatonin, as a cancer treatment. I also look forward to discussions of "chronomodulated chemotherapy," wherein drugs are administered at particular times of the day and night to increase their effectiveness and/or diminish adverse effects.
The cochairs of the meeting are the esteemed William JM Hrushesky, MD, University of South Carolina/ WJB Dorn VA Medical Center and David Blask, PhD, MD, Tulane University School of Medicine. I am particularly looking forward to Dr. Keith Block's presentation, "Making circadian cancer therapy practical."
THE CANCER GUIDES II CONFERENCE
The four day Cancer Guides II meeting, held by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine (CMBM) was a resounding success. Between us and the concurrent ‘Food as Medicine' conference we were about 500 strong. There were many highlights. I was particularly struck by Congressman Conyer's opening remarks, the friendly greetings from Senator Tom Harkin and from Margaret Hamburg, MD, the new commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, and the fascinating lunchtime speech of Lieutenant General Eric B. Schoomaker, MD, PhD, surgeon general of the Army and Commander, U.S. Army Medical Command. CAM is making big inroads in the Army and the VA system. All very inspiring!
We also heard from James Gordon, MD, head of CMBM, and from Josephine P. Briggs, MD, the new director of the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM). E. Dieter Hager, MD, PhD, and his colleague, Friedrich Migeod, MD, came from Bad Bergzabern, Germany to present their results at the Biomed Klinik.
BIG NEWS FROM SWITZERLAND
From them I learned a very interesting fact. On May 17, 2009, the people of Switzerland voted in favor of a constitutional amendment that supports the use of complementary medicine (CAM). A total of 67 percent of the population voted in favor. Thus Switzerland becomes the first country in Europe to set out in its constitution authority for the national government and its constituent states to take CAM into consideration in its health services. It is an astonishing victory and may set the model for other countries as well. I hope to go to Switzerland at some point in the future to see how this change is affecting medical care, particularly the treatment of cancer.
--Ralph W. Moss, Ph.D.
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