Pseudoscience is a false belief or portrayal of science. In this blog post, I will be critiquing some of the pseudoscientific claims made on the idea that cancer has already been cured and can be cured by reverting the cancerous cells back to normal cells. It's as easy as that! Well not really... in this text, the author's argument is that everyone assumes that cancer is damage in our DNA, cancer cells are caused by microbes, and all we have to do is turn the cancerous cells back to normal cells by using electromedicine. Cancer can be passed down through family lineages but overall, cancer is the abnormal growth of cells. These cancerous cells have a disruption in their cell cycle, grow uncontrollably, and in some cases (if the cell is malignant) will invade and affect other tissues. So what exactly are some of the claims that the author is stating?
“Dr. Royal Rife, a microbiologist, claimed a 100 percent cure rate using electromedicine to kill microbes inside the cancer cells. The American Medical Association (AMA) tried to buy him out. Rife refused so the FDA shut him down and destroyed his lab and inventory.”
“For example, Dr. Royal Rife, a microbiologist, had a 100 percent cure rate on cancer by reverting cancer cells into normal cells. He did this in the 1930s by using gentle electrical currents (which is one form of “electromedicine”) to kill the microbes which are inside the cancer cells.”
“By killing these microbes, cancer cells can be reverted into normal cells. We now know it is not even necessary to kill cancer cells, they can be reverted into normal cells.”
Let me first define some key terms that are used in the above excerpts:
Dr. Rife was an inventor who created the rife machine that was introduced in the 1930s. This machine was meant to target and kill the supposed bacteria causing cancer within patients (1).
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| https://steemkr.com/blog/@ancruz/royal-rife-machine-for-cancer Here is an image of Dr. Rife and his rife machine. |
Electromedicine is a device that is designed to kill microbes in the bloodstream, lymph system, and cancer cells (2), but so far the "best and most accurate" electromedicine device that cured all cancer patients has "been destroyed."
Microbes are microscopic organisms that are so small that they cannot be seen with a naked eye. Included in the microbes category, are fungi, protists, archaea, bacteria, viruses, and microscopic animals (3).
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| https://www.genome.gov/27569301/2017-media-advisory-nih-to-host-workshop-on-advances-future-needs-in-human-microbiome-research/ |
The AMA, also known as the American Medical Association, is a national organization comprised of American physicians that "promote the science and art of medicine and the betterment of public health" (4). Their role is to ensure that procedures, practices, and protocols are safe enough and carried out for every patient. The FDA, also known as the Food and Drug Administration, is responsible for ensuring that the food and drugs we eat or ingest are safe and sanitary before dispersing it to individuals or stores (5). The FDA is the reason why we have nutritional and ingredient labels on pretty much EVERYTHING!
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| https://americansecuritytoday.com/fda-ama/ This is the symbol of the FDA and AMA. |
Cancer, in simplistic terms, is when there is an uncontrollable or abnormal growth of cells that can invade surrounding tissues. There are many different types of cancers including, lung cancer, skin cancer, breast cancer, leukemia, lymphoma, and so many more that can be caused from a variety of different factors, ranging from genetic inheritance to just standing outside too long in the sun (6).
As I was writing this post, I obviously had to look into who Dr. Rife was, the rife machine, and what others were saying about Rife's invention and I am not going to lie, there were times when I thought could there actually be a cure for cancer that is hidden? The sad reality is that cancer is very complicated, and although it would be nice to think that we have already found the cure for it, that's just not the case. You cannot compare treating cancer to getting rid of say...strep throat. Strep throat is a bacterial infection that can be treated with antibiotics, fluids, and rest then BAM! the bacteria is gone within maybe a few days. Cancer isn't like that. Cancer is a broad term for a specific kind of cancer, like leukemia (white blood cancer) and breast cancer as I mentioned before. The physician must first determine which kind of cancer the patient has and why? The why is the reason why cancer is so hard to treat. Cancer is unique to YOU. Only a handful of YOUR cells turned cancerous, why is that? What went wrong in the growth cycle of those specific cells? How does one correct those cancerous cells without damaging the cells that grew perfectly fine?
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| https://www2.le.ac.uk/projects/vgec/highereducation/topics/cellcycle-mitosis-meiosis |
Above is an image of a normal cell cycle. As you can see, there are specific steps that a cell must go through in order to grow correctly. There are "checkpoints," that check the work that has been done in the previous step to make sure that the cell is in the right condition before continuing on. For example, in the S phase, the cell is supposed to have duplicated its chromosomes so that there are two copies. This is necessary because when the cell splits during mitosis, each new cell needs to have the correct amount of chromosomes. To ensure that the cell underwent the S phase correctly, it will enter the G2 phase (one of the checkpoints) to get checked before proceeding into mitosis.
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| https://drjockers.com/cancer-cells/ |
Watch this video to be able to visualize and compare how a normal and cancer cell divides.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeUANxFVXKc
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| https://thosedays.be/thoughts/stay-curious-1# |
References:
1) This website explains why the rife machine would not work as effectively as some who support the rife machine might think. Andrew Weil, M.D. Dr. Weil. Ready for Rife? https://www.drweil.com/health-wellness/balanced-living/technology/ready-for-rife/. Published on April 30, 2012. Accessed March 8, 2019.
2) This website describes what electromedicine is and why it should be used in present times to help cure cancer. Cancer Tutor team. Cancer Tutor. Introduction to electromedicine in alternative medicine. https://www.cancertutor.com/introduction-electromedicine-alternative-medicine/. Updated November 8, 2016. Accessed March 8, 2019.
3) This website briefly describes what microbes are and then goes into a little more detail about individual groups of microbes. Learn. Genetics. What are Microbes? https://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/microbiome/intro/. Accessed March 8, 2019.
4) This website describes what the AMA is and what it's meant to do. The editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. Encyclopedia Britannica. American Medical Association. https://www.britannica.com/topic/American-Medical-Association. Accessed March 9, 2019.
5 ) This website briefly explains what the FDA is responsible for. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. What we do. https://www.fda.gov/aboutfda/whatwedo/. Updated 03/28/2018. Accessed March 9, 2019.
6) This website gives a lot of details about what cancer is, how can one get cancer, and some treatments that are currently being used to try to treat cancer patients. Rachel Nall. Medical News Today. What to know about Cancer. https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/323648.php. Updated November 12, 2018. Accessed March 10, 2019.
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