Research

MINDBODY CONNECTION

CONSCIOUSNESS

• Stress Is Contagious — How To Know If You're Catching It, From A Neuroscientist

• Antipsychotic prescribing for children
• Belief changes associated with psychedelic use

• Consciousness in the Universe is Scale Invariant and Implies an Event Horizon of the Human Brain

• The Status and Future of Consciousness Research

• The Brain, Gut and Consciousness: Microbiology of Our Mind

HOMEOPATHY

• A review of the use and role of low potencies in homeopathy
• Homeopathic Doses of Gelsemium sempervirens Improve the Behavior of Mice in Response to Novel Environments

MICROBES & THE GUT

• Bifidobacteria and Their Role as Members of the Human Gut Microbiota
• The Brain, Gut and Consciousness: Microbiology of Our Mind

• Macromolecular networks and intelligence in microorganisms

• Seeing the Beautiful Intelligence of Microbes

• Gut Microbiome and Depression: How Microbes Affect the Way We Think

• The Gut-Brain Axis: Influence of Microbiota on Mood and Mental Health

• Is eating behavior manipulated by the gastrointestinal microbiota? Evolutionary pressures and potential mechanisms

• The gut microbiome influences host diet selection behavior

• Interaction between microbiota and immunity in health and disease

• Role of the Microbiota in Immunity and inflammation

• The role of gut microbiota in immune homeostasis and autoimmunity

• Disentangling What We Know About Microbes and Mental Health

• TNF-α -308 G > A (rs1800629) Polymorphism is Associated with Celiac Disease: A Meta-analysis of 11 Case-Control Studies

VIBRATIONAL MEDICINE

• Reiki Is Better Than Placebo and Has Broad Potential as a Complementary Health Therapy

CANCER

GENERAL

• The Feeling Body and Its Diseases: How Cancer Went Psychosomatic in Twentieth-Century Germany

• Mechanisms and therapeutic effectiveness of pulsed electromagnetic field therapy in oncology

• NEGATIVE EMOTIONS IN CANCER CARE: DO ONCOLOGISTS’ RESPONSES DEPEND ON SEVERITY AND TYPE OF EMOTION?

• Psychological Stress and Cancer: New Evidence of An Increasingly Strong Link

• Chronic Stress Promotes Cancer Development

• Glucose transporters in cancer metabolism

• STATs in cancer inflammation and immunity: a leading role for STAT3
• Immune system and melanoma biology: a balance between immunosurveillance and immune escape
• Melanoma and Dendritic Cells
• Risk of cancer in long term levothyroxine users: Retrospective population-based study

MISTLETOE THERAPY

• Complementary Treatment with Mistletoe Extracts During Chemotherapy: Safety, Neutropenia, Fever, and Quality of Life Assessed in a Randomized Study
• Mistletoe and Immunomodulation: Insights and Implications for Anticancer Therapies
• Preclinical evaluation of safety and potential of black hellebore extracts for cancer treatment
• Preclinical and Clinical Effects of Mistletoe against Breast Cancer
• A Natural Combination Extract of Viscum album L. Containing Both Triterpene Acids and Lectins Is Highly Effective against AML In Vivo
• Synergistic Antitumour Properties of viscumTT in Alveolar Rhabdomyosarcoma
• GADD45A and CDKN1A are involved in apoptosis and cell cycle modulatory effects of viscumTT with further inactivation of the STAT3 pathway
• Complete remission and long-term survival of a patient with melanoma metastases treated with high-dose fever-inducing Viscum album extract
• Survival of cancer patients treated with mistletoe extract (Iscador): a systematic literature review

KETOGENIC DIET

• Impact of a ketogenic diet intervention during radiotherapy on body composition
• Beneficial effects of ketogenic diets for cancer patients: a realist review with focus on evidence and confirmation
• Anti-Tumor Effects of Ketogenic Diets in Mice: A Meta-Analysis
• Metabolic therapy and bioenergetic analysis: The missing piece of the puzzle
• The Ketogenic Diet and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prolong Survival in Mice with Systemic Metastatic Cancer
• Very-low-carbohydrate diet enhances human T-cell immunity through immunometabolic reprogramming
• Ketogenic Diets and Cancer: Emerging Evidence

• Glucose transporters in cancer metabolism

• Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Properties

• The Ketogenic Diet and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prolong Survival in Mice with Systemic Metastatic Cancer
• Why the Keto Diet is helpful to cancer patients? – Jess Kelley
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TREATMENT

• Tamoxifen pushes Uterine Disease, including cancer
• The Ketogenic Diet and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prolong Survival in Mice with Systemic Metastatic Cancer
• High-Dose Intravenous Vitamin C Combined with Cytotoxic Chemotherapy in Patients with Advanced Cancer: A Phase I-II Clinical Trial
• Long-term stabilization of stage 4 colon cancer using sodium dichloroacetate therapy
• Oral metronomic cyclophosphamide in advanced ovarian cancer: long-lasting clinical response in an elderly frailty patient
• New study reveals metformin-dependent antitumor immunity
• The use of heparin and heparin-like molecules in cancer treatment: a review

• Chemotherapy Side-Effects: Not All DNA Damage Is Equal

• Aging and age-related health effects of ionizing radiation

• Hyperbaric oxygen suppressed tumor progression through the improvement of tumor hypoxia and induction of tumor apoptosis in A549-cell-transferred lung cancer
• Natural Product Compounds with Aromatase Inhibitory Activity: An Update
• Tetrathiomolybdate associated copper depletion decreases circulating endothelial progenitor cells in women with breast cancer at high risk of relapse
• Morphine Promotes Tumor Angiogenesis and Increases Breast Cancer Progression
• Perioperative cimetidine administration promotes peripheral blood lymphocytes and tumor infiltrating lymphocytes in patients with gastrointestinal cancer: Results of a randomized controlled clinical trial

SUPPLEMENTS

• A New Clinical Trial of Salvestrol Yields Extraordinary Results

• Magnesium sensing via LFA-1 regulates CD8⁺ T cell effector function
• Magnesium deficiency inhibits primary tumor growth but favors metastasis in mice

• PectaSol-C Modified Citrus Pectin Induces Apoptosis and Inhibition of Proliferation in Human and Mouse Androgen Dependent and - Independent Prostate Cancer Cells
• Inhibition of Human Cancer Cell Growth and Metastasis in Nude Mice by Oral Intake of Modified Citrus Pectin

• Chemopreventive properties of 3,30 -diindolylmethane in breast cancer: evidence from experimental and human studies

• A randomized, placebo controlled trial of diindolylmethane for breast cancer biomarker modulation in patients taking tamoxifen
• Tocotrienols as an Anti Breast Cancer Agent

• Selenium increases expression of HSP70 and antioxidant enzymes to lessen oxidative damage in Fincoal-type fluorosis

• Alternative Mitochondrial Electron Transfer for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancers: Methylene Blue Connects the Dots

• Possible Beneficial Effects of N-Acetylcysteine for Treatment of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

• The Role of Vitamin D in Cancer Prevention

• Effectiveness of Curcumin for Treating Cancer During Chemotherapy

• Inositol hexaphosphate plus inositol induced complete remission in stage IV melanoma: a case report

• Pleiotropic Effects of Modified Citrus Pectin

• Modified citrus pectin anti-metastatic properties: one bullet, multiple targets

• Melatonin for the prevention and treatment of cancer
• The Rationale For Treating Uveal Melanoma With Adjuvant Melatonin: A Review of The Literature
• The Role of Copper in the Angiogenesis Process and Chelating Copper As A Nutritional Anti angiogenic Strategy + Other Available Anti angiogenic Agents Useful in the Control of Cancer
• Copper Antagonists Inhibit Angiogenesis
• Metabolic crossroads of iron and copper
• Iron Metabolism in Cancer
• Cytotoxic Effect on Human Myeloma Cells and Leukemic Cells by the Agaricus blazei Murill Based Mushroom Extract, AndosanC
• Higher serum zinc levels may reduce the risk of cervical cancer in Asian women: A meta-analysis
• Evaluation of the Cytotoxic Activity and Anti-Migratory Effect of Berberine–Phytantriol Liquid Crystalline Nanoparticle Formulation on Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer In Vitro

TERRAIN LAB TESTING

• IDH mutation in glioma: molecular mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets
• Disturbed homocysteine metabolism is associated with cancer
• High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein Levels and Cancer Mortality

CANNABIS

• Combination of cannabidiol naltrexone increases the anticancer action of chemotherapy
• Review of the neurological benefits of phytocannabinoids
• Endocannabinoids as Guardians of Metastasis

• Cannabinoids in cancer treatment: Therapeutic potential and legislation

• Cannabinoids as anticancer drugs: current status of preclinical research

• Cannabidiol inhibits angiogenesis by multiple mechanisms

• Opportunities for cannabis in supportive care in cancer

• The Effects of Dosage-Controlled Cannabis Capsules on Cancer-Related Cachexia and Anorexia Syndrome in Advanced Cancer Patients: Pilot Study

• The use of cannabis in supportive care and treatment of brain tumor

• Cannabinoids in Glioblastoma Therapy: New Applications for Old Drugs

• Future Aspects for Cannabinoids in Breast Cancer Therapy

• The Endocannabinoid System: A Target for Cancer Treatment

KETOGENIC DIET

GENERAL

• Sequential diets and weight loss: Including a low carbohydrate high-fat diet with and without time restricted feeding

• A Ketogenic Diet Improves Cognition and Has Biochemical Effects in Prefrontal Cortex That Are Dissociable From Hippocampus

• Can Ketogenic Diet Improve Alzheimer's Disease?

• Ketogenic Diet as a Preventive and Supportive Care for COVID-19 Patients

• Ketogenic diet in endocrine disorders

• Ketogenic diet for human diseases: the underlying mechanisms and potential for clinical implementations

• Effect of the ketogenic diet on glycemic control, insulin resistance, and lipid metabolism in patients with T2DM: a systematic review and meta-analysis

• Impact of a Ketogenic Diet on Metabolic Parameters in Patients with Obesity or Overweight and with or without Type 2 Diabetes
• Ketogenic diet reduces alcohol withdrawal symptoms in humans and alcohol intake in rodents
• Ketogenic Diet: A New Light Shining on Old but Gold Biochemistry
• Case Report: Ketogenic Diet Is Associated With Improvements in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• The use of the ketogenic diet in the treatment of psychiatric disorders
• A Novel Intervention Including Individualized Nutritional Recommendations Reduces Hemoglobin A1c Level, Medication Use, and Weight in Type 2 Diabetes
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KETONES VS. GLUCOSE

• NIH study compares low-fat, plant-based diet to low-carb, animal-based diet

• Sugar and Alzheimer’s disease: a bittersweet truth

• Therapeutic Potential of Exogenous Ketone Supplement Induced Ketosis in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders: Review of Current Literature

• KETONES SUPPRESS BRAIN GLUCOSE CONSUMPTION

• Regulation of glucose and ketone-body metabolism in brain of anaesthetized rats

• The rate of cerebral utilization of glucose, ketone bodies, and oxygen: a comparative in vivo study of infant and adult rats

• Glucose-Sparing Action of Ketones Boosts Functions Exclusive to Glucose in the Brain

• The dark side of the spoon - glucose, ketones and COVID-19: a possible role for ketogenic diet?

INTERMITTENT FASTING

• Beneficial Effects of Time Restricted Eating on Metabolic Diseases: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis
• Early Time-Restricted Feeding Improves 24 Hour Glucose Levels and Affects Markers of the Circadian Clock, Aging, and Autophagy in Humans
• Effect of extended morning fasting upon ad libitum lunch intake and associated metabolic and hormonal responses in obese adults
• Effects of intermittent fasting on glucose and lipid metabolism
• Effects of Ramadan fasting on cardiovascular risk factors: a prospective observational study
• Enemy or ally? Fasting as an essential regulator of immune responses
• Fasting alters the gut microbiome reducing blood pressure and body weight in metabolic syndrome patients
• Fasting mimicking diets: A literature review of their impact on inflammatory arthritis
• Intermittent fasting during Ramadan attenuates proinflammatory cytokines and immune cells in healthy subjects
• Intermittent Fasting in Weight Loss and Cardiometabolic Risk Reduction: A Randomized Controlled Trial
• The Effect of Four Weeks Dietary Intervention with 8-Hour Time-Restricted Eating on Body Composition and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Young Adults
• The Impact of Intermittent Fasting (Ramadan Fasting) on Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Activity, Enthesitis, and Dactylitis: A Multicentre Study
• Time-restricted eating and concurrent exercise training reduces fat mass and increases lean mass in overweight and obese adults
• Time-Restricted Eating and Metabolic Syndrome: Current Status and Future Perspectives
• Time-Restricted Eating Improves Quality of Life Measures in Overweight Humans
• Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Properties
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KETO & CANCER

• Impact of a ketogenic diet intervention during radiotherapy on body composition
• Beneficial effects of ketogenic diets for cancer patients: a realist review with focus on evidence and confirmation
• Anti-Tumor Effects of Ketogenic Diets in Mice: A Meta-Analysis
• Metabolic therapy and bioenergetic analysis: The missing piece of the puzzle
• The Ketogenic Diet and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prolong Survival in Mice with Systemic Metastatic Cancer
• Very-low-carbohydrate diet enhances human T-cell immunity through immunometabolic reprogramming

• Ketogenic Diets and Cancer: Emerging Evidence

• Fasting Might Boost Chemo's Cancer-Busting Properties
• The Ketogenic Diet and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Prolong Survival in Mice with Systemic Metastatic Cancer
• Why the Keto Diet is helpful to cancer patients? – Jess Kelley

YOUR INNER TERRAIN

TOXICANTS

• Mechanisms of Dioxin Toxicity
• Effects of Pollution on Pregnancy and Infants
• Dioxins & Human Toxicity

SUPPLEMENTATION

VITAMINS

• Role of Vitamin A in health and illness
• Vitamin D Is Not as Toxic as Was Once Thought: A Historical and an Up-to-Date Perspective
• The Role of Vitamin D in Cancer Prevention
• Tocotrienols as an Anti Breast Cancer Agent
• The role of menaquinones (vitamin K2) in human health
• Beneficial health effects of Menaquinone-7 on body composition, glycemic indices, lipid profile, and endocrine markers in polycystic ovary syndrome patients
• The Medical Benefits of Vitamin K2 on Calcium Related Disorders
• Effect of vitamin B12 deficiency on olfactory function

MINERALS

• Magnesium sensing via LFA-1 regulates CD8⁺ T cell effector function
• Magnesium deficiency inhibits primary tumor growth but favors metastasis in mice
• Comparison of different forms of dietary selenium supplementation on gene expression of cytoplasmic thioredoxin reductase, selenoprotein P, and selenoprotein W in broilers

• Protecting Against Spike Protein Toxicity With Sulfur, Selenium, and Sunlight
• Selenium in thyroid disorders — essential knowledge for clinicians

SUPPLEMENTS

• Alternative Mitochondrial Electron Transfer for the Treatment of Neurodegenerative Diseases and Cancers: Methylene Blue Connects the Dots
• Newly Developed Highly Bioavailable Curcumin Formulation, curcuRougeTM, Reduces Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio in the Elderly: A Double-Blind, Placebo Controlled Clinical Trial
• Effectiveness of Curcumin for Treating Cancer During Chemotherapy
• Thymoquinone Modulates Blood Coagulation in Vitro via Its Effects on Inflammatory and Coagulation Pathways
• Digestive Enzyme Supplementation in Gastrointestinal Diseases
• Enzymatic Strategies to Detoxify Gluten: Implications for Celiac Disease
• Thymoquinone Modulates Blood Coagulation in Vitro via Its Effects on Inflammatory and Coagulation Pathways

IMMUNE SYSTEM

FEVERS

• Let Fevers Do Their Job

HYDROTHERAPY

• Scientific Evidence-Based Effects of Hydrotherapy on Various Systems of the Body

• A randomized and controlled trial of hydrotherapy in rheumatoid arthritis

• Hydrothermotherapy in prevention and treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19

VACCINATION

• The Introduction of Diphtheria-Tetanus-Pertussis and Oral Polio Vaccine Among Young Infants in an Urban African Community: A Natural Experiment

• Increased Risk of Noninfluenza Respiratory Virus Infections Associated With Receipt of Inactivated Influenza Vaccine

• Informed consent disclosure to vaccine trial subjects of risk of COVID-19 vaccines worsening clinical disease
• COVID-19 RNA Based Vaccines and the Risk of Prion Disease

• Immunization with SARS Coronavirus Vaccines Leads to Pulmonary Immunopathology on Challenge with the SARS Virus

• What do Pfizer’s 1996 drug trials in Nigeria teach us about vaccine hesitancy?

• Secret report surfaces showing that Pfizer was at fault in Nigerian drug tests

• Wrongdoings of Pfizer through history

• Moderna COVID Vaccine side effects by duration, gender, age and dose - a phase IV clinical study of CDC and FDA data

COVID

ALTERNATIVE SUPPORT

• Ketogenic Diet as a Preventive and Supportive Care for COVID-19 Patients

• The dark side of the spoon - glucose, ketones and COVID-19: a possible role for ketogenic diet?

• The Role of Anxiety and Cortisol in Outcomes of Patients With Covid-19

• N-Acetylcysteine to Combat COVID-19: An Evidence Review

• The relevance of magnesium homeostasis in COVID-19

• Glycyrrhizin effectively neutralizes SARS-CoV-2 in vitro by inhibiting the viral main protease

• Glycyrrhizin: An alternative drug for the treatment of COVID-19 infection and the associated respiratory syndrome?

• Potential of Omega 3 Supplementation for Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19): A Scoping Review

• Vitamin D Bolus Reconsidered: Physiologic Dosing versus Pandemic Consequences of Codified Confusion
• Vitamin D Insufficiency May Account for Almost Nine of Ten COVID-19 Deaths: Time to Act.
• Cannabinoids Block Cellular Entry of SARS-CoV‐2 and the Emerging Variants
• Effect of vitamin B12 deficiency on olfactory function
• COVID-19 and obesity: fighting two pandemics with intermittent fasting
• Homeopathic Medicines in Second Wave of COVID-19: Prognostic Factor Research.

• Immunization with SARS Coronavirus Vaccines Leads to Pulmonary Immunopathology on Challenge with the SARS Virus

• Hydrothermotherapy in prevention and treatment of mild to moderate cases of COVID-19

• The Potential Impact of Zinc Supplementation on COVID-19 Pathogenesis

• An updated and comprehensive review of the antiviral potential of essential oils and their chemical constituents with special focus on their mechanism of action against various influenza and coronaviruses

• Impact of liver enzymes on SARS-CoV-2 infection and the severity of clinical course of COVID-19

• Curcumin: a Wonder Drug as a Preventive Measure for COVID19 Management

• Potent antiviral effect of silver nanoparticles on SARS-CoV-2

MASKS

• Summaries of Mask studies: Health Freedom Ohio Research Team
• The effects of wearing facemasks on oxygenation and ventilation at rest and during physical activity
• Physical distancing, face masks, and eye protection to prevent person-to-person transmission of SARS-CoV-2 and COVID-19: a systematic review and meta-analysis
• Respiratory virus shedding in exhaled breath and efficacy of face masks

• N95 Respirators vs Medical Masks for Preventing Influenza Among Health Care Personnel: A Randomized Clinical Trial

• A cluster randomized trial of cloth masks compared with medical masks in healthcare workers
• Masks: A Summary Of The Science

PLANT MEDICINE

GENERAL

• Belief changes associated with psychedelic use

CANNABIS

• Combination of cannabidiol naltrexone increases the anticancer action of chemotherapy

• Cannabis, cannabinoids, and health

• The Endocannabinoid System as an Emerging Target of Pharmacotherapy
• Cannabinoid Receptors and the Endocannabinoid System: Signaling and Function in the Central Nervous System

PSILOCYBIN

• Psilocybin and MDMA for the treatment of trauma-related psychopathology
• The effects of psilocybin on cognitive and emotional functions in healthy participants: Results from a phase 1, randomised, placebo-controlled trial involving simultaneous psilocybin administration and preparation
• Clinical potential of psilocybin as a treatment for mental health conditions
• The Therapeutic Potential of Psilocybin

KETAMINE

• Neurocognitive effects of repeated ketamine infusion treatments in patients with treatment resistant depression: a retrospective chart review
• A Review of Nonanesthetic Uses of Ketamine
• Efficacy of ketamine therapy in the treatment of depression

MDMA

• Psilocybin and MDMA for the treatment of trauma-related psychopathology
• MDMA-assisted therapy significantly reduces eating disorder symptoms in a randomized placebo-controlled trial of adults with severe PTSD
• MDMA-assisted therapy for severe PTSD: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 3 study

5-MeO-DMT

• Short term changes in the proteome of human cerebral organoids induced by 5-MeO-DMT
• A narrative synthesis of research with 5-MeO-DMT
• A single inhalation of vapor from dried toad secretion containing 5-methoxy-N,N-dimethyltryptamine (5-MeO-DMT) in a naturalistic setting is related to sustained enhancement of satisfaction with life, mindfulness-related capacities, and a decrement of psychopathological symptoms