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- antonio97b, on 04/24/2009, -3/+50QUICK, NOW KILL HER AND EXAMINE HER IMMUNE SYSTEM.
- adjblair, on 04/24/2009, -2/+30Someone call House.
- metalgel, on 04/24/2009, -11/+36yes, god heals illnesses but has a real pesky time regenerating lost limbs.
- CrankMyBlueSax, on 04/23/2009, -11/+33It's the midichlorians, they work for Jeebus.
- inactive, on 04/24/2009, -5/+26I think you're forgetting about hundreds of thousands of people who've prayed their hearts out for their loved ones only to see them die slow, agonizing deaths.
- maliath, on 04/24/2009, -5/+25For every one of these stories, there are a bunch more of people foregoing cancer treatment to pursue absurd therapies in 3rd world countries or at the local supplement store. They end up dead. Why doesn't anyone publish those news stories?
- xDynaBlade, on 04/24/2009, -4/+24Is that why it's in the Top 3 most deadly diseases in the US?
- sulthernao, on 04/24/2009, -2/+19That and she is extremely lucky/has a good immune system.
- dafragsta, on 04/24/2009, -7/+24Faith in what? Which one?
- costumemaker, on 04/24/2009, -5/+22yah between that and chemotherapy and other cancer treatments, its a miracle!
- AndrewDB, on 04/24/2009, -1/+17Same reason Digg.com doesn't put stories of cops actually doing their job up on the front page.
No one gives a *****.
The truth hurts.. doesn't it? :[ - Matri, on 04/24/2009, -2/+17Well, since it's so obvious that praying to "god" cures cancer, why then the need to waste money on researching actual, dependable cures?
Because this is what they believe in. It's not a neutral statement. It's a loaded statement, and one they will exploit in order to marginalize real scientists in favor of pastors who "know everything" because of one ancient book that purportedly holds "all the knowledge of the universe". - jc730, on 04/24/2009, -12/+26so god lets millions of people get the disease then arbitrarily chooses 1 or 2 people out of the millions with cancer to cure, even though he could cure everyone?
what a douche - RareSaturn, on 04/24/2009, -2/+16Hmm what about all those who prayed and died?
- inactive, on 04/24/2009, -1/+15No no, this is cancer
Call Dr Wilson. Maybe he'll marry her after that. - inactive, on 04/24/2009, -4/+18Or people often find religion when diagnosed with terminal diseases. And then when one of the lucky few has the disease go into remission, they credit whatever religion they have found.
- sekander94, on 04/24/2009, -1/+14That's not funny, my brother survived that way.
- Macintoshreader, on 04/24/2009, -3/+16Things like these happen to everyone at the same statistical rates. I don't see why the need to call it a "miracle."
- illuuu, on 04/24/2009, -1/+13Cylon/human blood
- maliath, on 04/24/2009, -3/+15A doctor never tells anyone "you have <insert time frame> to live." If they do, they're a terrible doctor. It usually goes something like this: "70% of those with your condition survive 10 years." And they would give different percentages for whatever length of time.
I'm sorry, but your story is anecdotal, and means nothing to the general population of people. There are hundreds of cancers. What kind did she have? What treatments was she given? What were the risk factors? - magneteye, on 04/24/2009, -3/+14My Grandmother had terminal cancer and was given 6 months to live... That was in 1969. 40 years later she is still here and kicking major ass at 82. She simply had the will to live, exercised nonstop, ate raw vegetables and healthy food and survived. I am sure a lot of people actually survive cancer this way. May be a "miracle" but not in the religious sense. Determination and luck are the major factors.
- acegi, on 04/24/2009, -0/+10all the people who are burying you have regenerated limbs somehow, methinks.
- TheSwashbuckler, on 04/24/2009, -0/+10Dog bites man isn't news. Man bites dog is news.
- Slagar, on 04/24/2009, -1/+10EXAMINE, IMMUNE HER KILL AND NOW HER QUICK SYSTEM
- spriggig, on 04/24/2009, -1/+9Faith is defined as believing something without evidence. Many people, freethinkers mostly, find the idea of believing in something without evidence at least mildly offensive. The more sensitive among us might even think that he was also saying that this sort of thing doesn't happen to people without faith. Because, really if his position was neutral, why say anything at all?
Also, I can assure you that if he had actually said and meant "Pedophiles are good people" he would have far more than the -17 diggs that he has as I write this.
Finally, do you not know where you are? This is Digg, safe harbor for freethinkers, secular humanists and atheists. - maliath, on 04/24/2009, -0/+7Additionally, to specifically address your mention of methionine enkephalin for our science-minded digg users, enkephalins are endogenous (that means produced in the body) opioids. Yes, opioids and their receptors have been involved in some cytokine activity. However, your outright claim that can be used to treat types of cancer was immediately suspicious. What cancers? What research are you referencing? A quick search on medline came up with the following study to refute your claims. I apologize for it's length:
Unique Identifier 17910895
Authors Zagon IS. Rahn KA. McLaughlin PJ.
Institution Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, College of Medicine, Hershey, PA 17033, United States. iszl@psu.edu
Title Opioids and migration, chemotaxis, invasion, and adhesion of human cancer cells.
Source Neuropeptides. 41(6):441-52, 2007 Dec.
Abstract This study was designed to examine the role of opioids on cell migration, chemotaxis, invasion, and adhesion, with an emphasis on whether the opioid growth factor (OGF, [Met(5)]-enkephalin) or the opioid antagonist naltrexone (NTX) impacts any or all of these processes. Drug concentrations of OGF and NTX known to depress or stimulate, respectively, cell proliferation and growth were analyzed. Three different human cancers (pancreatic, colon, and squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck), represented by seven different cancer cell lines (PANC-1, MIA PaCa-2, BxPC-3, CAL-27, SCC-1, HCT-116, and HT-29), were evaluated. In addition, the influence of a variety of other natural and synthetic opioids on cell motility, invasion, and adhesion was assessed. Positive and negative controls were included for comparison. OGF and NTX at concentrations of 10(-4) to 10(-6)M, and dynorphin A1-8, beta-endorphin, endomorphin-1, endomorphin-2, leucine enkephalin, [D-Pen(2,5)]-enkephalin (DPDPE), [D-Ala(2), MePhe(4), Glycol(5)]-enkephalin (DAMGO), morphine, and U69,593 at concentrations of 10(-6)M, did not alter cell migration, chemotaxis, or invasion of any cancer cell line. OGF and NTX at a concentration of 10(-6)M, and incubation for 24 or 72h, did not change adhesion of these cancer cells to collagen I, collagen IV, fibronectin, laminin, or vitronectin. Moreover, all other opioids tested at 10(-6)M concentrations and for 24h had no effect on adhesion. These results indicate that the inhibitory or stimulatory actions of OGF and NTX, respectively, on cell replication and growth are independent of cell migration, chemotaxis, invasion, and adhesive properties. Moreover, a variety of other exogenous and endogenous opioids, many specific for the micro, delta, or kappa opioid receptors, also did not alter these biological processes, consonant with previous observations of a lack of effects of these compounds and their receptors on the biology of cancer cells. - ripple123, on 04/24/2009, -1/+8what a delightfully arrogant ignorance of science.
- Divals, on 04/24/2009, -1/+8Look at his post history. I don't think he's being sarcastic..
- Matri, on 04/24/2009, -1/+8Well obviously those hundreds of thousands of people aren't jimcoldwell69's family so ***** them. /s
- inactive, on 04/24/2009, -0/+6LMAO, God won't save ANYONE. He's not real. How can he save someone's life if he doesn't exist?
- maliath, on 04/24/2009, -0/+6The reason they don't tell you is not because they want to spare you the news, it's because they can't tell you in that definite sense. They rely on lots of well done studies that show how long people with a particular type and prevalence of disease live. Therefore, they can only compare you to those studies and say "such and such percentage of those in your condition lived such and such amount of time." Also, they can use that data to suggest what treatments or lifestyle changes most profoundly effected the survival.
- sparkie, on 04/24/2009, -3/+9Yes, and many many years ago lightning was caused by Zeus. People also thought the Bubonic Plague was caused by god ... turns out praying is no substitute for washing your body.
Go figure. - strangewill, on 04/24/2009, -1/+7You didn't pray hard enough, pray HARDER.
- SirBruce, on 04/24/2009, -0/+6It could be lupus.
- AmazingSteve, on 04/24/2009, -2/+8Invisible sky man need your money.
- Logicexe, on 04/24/2009, -1/+6Yeah lets just ignore the millions of people who are alive because of medical science. I'm not saying the system that we have is perfect. It can certainly use some improvements but lets not throw the baby out with the bath water. Despite rising rates of obesity and corruption on some levels we're still living in one of the healthiest eras of human history.
- maliath, on 04/24/2009, -1/+6Your entire post is absolute unfettered garbage. Most cancers occur in folks with perfectly fine immune systems. And what about cancers of immune cells themselves? Leukemia anyone?
There is a damn good reason that survival rates have drastically increased for almost all cancers in the last half century.
If you want to spout medical advice, then I think you should be prepared to be sued or held criminally responsible for the death or medical decline of another person. Either learn the science, or STFU - WhoDoneIt, on 04/24/2009, -2/+7If religion cured medical illnesses, wouldn't it be smart for people to build a hospital in a church and nobody would ever be sick?
- inactive, on 04/24/2009, -0/+5What about them?
- freshgrease, on 04/24/2009, -2/+7The cancer just went for a few beers. It'll be back.
- A5204, on 08/13/2009, -0/+5Sarcasm detected.
- bitterbug, on 04/24/2009, -1/+6Forget about getting laid too.
- Omega037, on 04/24/2009, -0/+5WHATEVER YOU DO, DO IT FASTER.
- strangewill, on 04/24/2009, -1/+5You'd be handing out cancer because you'd the godly pervert?
- inactive, on 04/24/2009, -0/+4http://itsnotlup.us/
- jcolt84, on 04/24/2009, -2/+6My mother has had stage 4 lung cancer for 8 months now. Next week she goes for a P.E.T. scan and it will be her first visit to a hospital since her diagnosis, it's really got me and my family on edge. My mother is 48 yrs. old and walks 13 miles a day delivering mail, im not one that believes the bible but i will be a ***** christian if no cancer is found.
- spriggig, on 04/24/2009, -0/+4Yeah, you're on the wrong channel try this:
http://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/ - ripple123, on 04/24/2009, -0/+4yeah i can just see the eye grabbing headlines. "person refuses cancer treatment, dies of cancer"
- Luvboat, on 04/24/2009, -3/+7NOW, EXAMINE HER QUICK AND KILL HER IMMUNE SYSTEM.
- julianrod, on 04/24/2009, -0/+4They were clearly doing it wrong... we all have to ask this lady how she prayed and to whom.
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