Prostate cancer treatment revealed as yet another useless medical procedure

(NaturalNews) As we have often reported, most traditional cancer treatments are fraught with unnecessary health risk and are part of what we have described as a "criminal cancer industry" that exploits the bodies of women and men solely for profit.

And little by little, modern cancer treatment regimens are being exposed for what they are - part of a scam that funnels money to an industry that neither seeks a cure nor spends much time discussing cancer prevention, because prevention would deprive the industry of the profits of "treatment."

The latest evidence of this comes from a study of older men who scientists said died from causes other than prostate cancer, even though almost half of them were found to have had prostate tumors. And, added Reuters, "up to half of those tumors detected on autopsy would have qualified for treatment had doctors known about them while the men lived, though none had been the cause of death."

'Wait and see' approach

What does that mean? The study's authors said they believe criteria for treating prostate tumors "might be worth reexamining," a conclusion which supports a growing school of thought that it might be better to wait and see if prostate conditions worsen before jumping right into treatment - which includes invasive surgery, poisonous chemotherapy and body-ravaging radiation therapy.

"The study suggests that the progression of early prostate cancer, including some more aggressive forms of the disease, is far from inevitable within a man's lifetime as many such tumors are found in men who died from other causes when their prostate is analyzed on autopsy," lead author Dr. Alexandre Zlotta, who is the director of Uro-oncology at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, said.

"The study concludes that it is probably worth re-examining our current definitions of clinically unimportant and clinically significant prostate cancer," Zlotta told Reuters Health in an email.

The scientist said he and his colleagues took a look at the prostate glands of more than 300 men who were past the age of 60 and who had died from a variety of causes - excluding prostate cancer. Zlotta's team conducted autopsies on 220 in Russia and 100 in Japan, both countries where prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screenings are not performed with as much regularity as in the U.S.

"Zlotta and his colleagues selected a Caucasian population of Russian men similar in lifestyle and risk factors for prostate cancer to U.S. men in order to look at how common the cancer is in older men who have not been routinely screened," Reuters reported. "In the U.S., the number of tumors they found would have been much lower because many would have been identified by screening and treated or removed before death, Zlotta pointed out."

For a comparison, he said his team "chose an Asian population in Japan because clinically detected prostate cancer and mortality are much lower among Asian men compared with Caucasian men and their lifestyles/diet are dramatically different."

Many fewer Japanese men are diagnosed with, or die from, prostate cancer than do U.S. men. But the study nonetheless found that the disease is prevalent in the same proportion of men - and that serious tumors are even more common - in Japan, according to prostate exams conducted on men who have died.

'Unnecessary side effects'

According to results of the study, which were published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, nearly 40 percent of Russian men were found to have tumors of the prostate, compared with just 35 percent of Japanese men. One-in-four tumors in Russian men were considered serious enough to have required surgery or radiation in the U.S.; that compares with one-in-two tumors in Japanese men.

But despite growing evidence that postponing or, better yet eliminating, dangerous prostate treatment, there are still too many "establishment" medical types who want you to believe that cutting, burning or poisoning a man's body is a better course of action.

"We should be cautious about trying to apply the results to Americans where we have a very heterogeneous population including very high risk groups such as African Americans," Dr. Stacy Loeb, a urologist at NYU Langone Medical Center in New York, told Reuters.

Loeb does, however, at least acknowledge that prostate screening can also detect smaller cancers, and that aggressive treatment of those can lead to "unnecessary side effects," Reuters said.

Then again, the screening process itself is dangerous. Read staff writer Ethan Hunt's piece on that here: http://www.naturalnews.com.

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Moroccan king approves resignations, paving way for coalition talks

RABAT (Reuters) - The king of Morocco on Monday accepted the resignation of cabinet ministers from the junior party in the ruling coalition, the palace said, a move that opens the way for Prime Minister Abdelilah Benkirane to begin trying to form a new government.

Five ministers from the conservative Istiqlal party quit this month, arguing among other things that the senior partner, the Islamist Justice and Development party (PJD), was hurting the poor by reducing food and fuel subsidies too fast.

"The king has accepted these resignations and urged the outgoing ministers to remain in office until the appointment of others," said the statement, carried by the state news agency. "This will allow the prime minister to begin consultations to form a new coalition."

Benkirane has told local media that he will hold talks with all parties to seek a new coalition partner.

Morocco defused Arab Spring-style protests in 2011 with a combination of social spending, harsh policing and constitutional reforms that paved the way for the PJD to come to power.

However, last year the government agreed to implement economic reforms including deregulating many prices of staple goods in return for a two-year, $6.2 billion precautionary credit line from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Benkirane said last month that the IMF had criticised his government for being too slow to enact the reforms, which will mean pain for households used to subsidised oil, gas, sugar and other staples.

Nevertheless, the planned subsidy cuts have been delayed until after the current Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

Subsidies burned up 53.36 billion dirhams of public money in 2012, or 6.4 pct of Morocco's GDP, and the government has said it expects to cut this by a fifth.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/moroccan-king-approves-resignations-paving-way-coalition-talks-061838698.html

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Lefty claims a trophy he thought might elude him

GULLANE, Scotland (AP) ? Phil Mickelson wondered if he'd ever win this venerable trophy, the one he proudly posed with on Muirfield's 18th hole as photographers snapped away and fans chanted his name.

Raised on the lush, manicured courses of America, Lefty crafted a game that required one to look toward the sky. Booming drives. Soaring iron shots. Chips and wedges that floated, then spun improbably to a stop.

Beautiful to watch ? except when Mickelson was trying to win the claret jug.

Links golf is played along the ground, a version of the game he fretted about ever mastering.

"It took me a while to figure it out," Mickelson said late Sunday, another step closer to a career Grand Slam. "It's been the last eight or nine years I've started to play it more effectively. But even then, it's so different than what I grew up playing. I always wondered if I would develop the skills needed to win this championship."

He did it with the greatest round of his life.

Heck, it was one of the greatest closing rounds by anyone in major championship history.

While crusty Muirfield took out the other contenders ? Down goes Tiger Woods! Down goes Lee Westwood! Down goes Adam Scott! ? Mickelson blazed to the finish with a 5-under 66, matching the lowest score of the week in the pressure cooker of a final round.

Most impressively, he saved his best shots for the end, making birdies on four of the last six holes. The only challenge left was not to celebrate while eight of his rivals were still out on the course.

When Mickelson hit two exquisite 3-woods at the par-5 17th, the ball rolling onto the green for what he knew would be, at worst, a two-putt birdie, the championship was his to lose. Not that he hasn't pulled defeat from the jaws of victory before ? most infamously in the 2006 U.S. Open at Winged Foot. So there is still a bit of trepidation among the Phil-natics when he strolled to the 18th tee.

This time, he was right on the mark.

He drilled a hybrid down the middle, then ripped a 6-iron perilously close to the edge of the left bunker, the ball kicking right just as he intended. It rolled to a stop 10 feet behind the flag, and he rolled in the last of his birdies even though he didn't need it.

Mickelson thrust his arms in the air and let out a yell. His caddie, Jim "Bones" Mackay, began sobbing. Just off the green, his wife Amy and their three children waited to dole out some hugs.

"He works real hard and he wants it," Mackay said, explaining why the tears came so easily. "He really, really wants it."

Mickelson is 43 years old now, closer to the end of his career than the beginning, but he still has a passion for the game and a desire to tie up some of the loose ends. This was one of them, something to add to his three Masters wins and a PGA Championship. Only 13 golfers have won more major titles; only five of those have won all four legs of the Grand Slam.

The last one eluding Mickelson is the U.S. Open, a championship where he's been the runner-up six times ? most recently last month at Merion.

"He's resilient," Mackay said. "He looks forward."

Most certainly, Mickelson hasn't given up on adding that other Open to his resume. No matter what, he'll go down as one of golf's greatest players.

"The guy's done a lot," his caddie said. "He's done a lot of really cool things on the big stage."

Mickelson began the final round at Muirfield with a lot of ground to make up. He trailed Westwood by five shots, the 40-year-old Englishman never in a better position to pick up his first major. Woods was two shots behind, eager to end the longest major drought of his career. Masters champion Scott was also in the mix, as well as Hunter Mahan.

Westwood managed only one birdie all day, his strong putting touch finally undone by a bunch of errant shots. Woods was happy with the way he hit the ball, but never figured out Muirfield's slick greens, which he insisted got slower as the week went on. Scott held the outright lead on the back nine for the second Open in a row, but was doomed again by four straight bogeys.

"I let a great chance slip," Scott said. "Had I played a little more solid in the middle of that back nine, I could've had a chance coming in."

But this didn't feel like Lytham, where Scott threw away an almost-certain victory on the last four holes and eventual winner Ernie Els was almost apologetic. Mickelson earned this title.

He described it as "probably the best round of my career," complete with "some of the best shots that I've ever hit," and threw in that he "certainly putted better than I've ever putted."

Not a bad combination.

Playing five groups from the end, Mickelson crept into contention on the front side as those ahead of him began to falter. He had a couple of two-putt birdies on the par 5s, made par on everything else, and went to the back side even for the tournament ? a score he felt might be good enough to win.

A bogey at the 10th, where Mickelson hit his second shot into a bunker and couldn't get up-and-down, briefly halted his momentum. But the best shots were still to come.

At the par-3 13th, Mickelson knocked a 5-iron to 8 feet and rolled in the putt. At the next hole, a 9-iron curled up 18 feet from the flag and he made that. A par save at the 16th ? after the tee shot rolled back off the front of the green ? was crucial. When Mickelson went to the tee box at the 17th, he was tied for the lead. By the time he got to the green, 40 feet away after two swings of the 3-wood, the lead was all his.

"I believe this is the first year we've had electronic scoreboards here at the British Open, and I was able to see one right there on the 17th green," he said with a grin.

Mickelson lagged his putt right up next to the hole and tapped in for another birdie. The lead was two shots.

By the time he rolled in that last birdie, the engraver was already etching Mickelson's name on the claret jug, even though the last four groups still had to finish.

The only possible challenger, Westwood, needed an eagle at the 17th just to have a chance. But he was done when his second shot sailed off into knee-high rough.

By then, Mickelson was accepting hugs and signing autographs. He'd already signed his card for a 3-under 281 ? the only player to finish below par.

Henrik Stenson shot 70 and took the runner-up award at 284. Ian Poulter shot an early 67 and thought he might have a chance at 285. Instead, he wound up tied with Scott (72) and Westwood (75).

Woods was among those another shot back after a 74, his major drought still intact. The last of his 14 championships came at the 2008 U.S. Open; 21 majors have passed since then without him pulling any closer to Jack Nicklaus' record of 18.

"I'm very pleased with the way I'm playing," Woods insisted. "I just never got the speed (of the greens) after the first day."

Mickelson was reluctant to let go of the claret jug now that it's finally in his grasp.

Not to worry.

It's his for a whole year.

"This is probably the most fulfilling moment of my career," Mickelson told the fans. "I'm very proud to be your champion."

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Video Conversion in Python on Google App Engine

I am using Google App Engine to host a website where I want users to be able to upload any video and then I want to use flowplayer to display it, which requires MP4 and webm formats to support all browsers. I have it working correctly where a user uploads a video and then I can serve it but I need to convert it into those two formats so that I everyone can view the video.

Is there any Python project I can import to do the conversion on App Engine or any resources showing how I can do it with something like Google Compute Engine? I need it to be done automatically on the server and most projects that look stable for this in python are written to by done by command line on a personal computer.

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Bag in hand, pope takes off on flight to Brazil

ROME (AP) ? It's wheels up on Pope Francis' first trip abroad as pontiff.

A special Alitalia flight carrying Francis, his entourage and journalists who will cover him on his weeklong visit to Brazil took off 10 minutes behind schedule Monday from Rome's Leonardo da Vinci airport.

Keeping to his example that the Catholic church must be humble, Francis carried his own black hand luggage. He even kept holding it with his left hand while he used his right to shake hands with some of the VIPs who turned out to wish him well and while he climbed the stairs to the jet's entrance. Among the dignitaries was Italian Premier Enrico Letta.

The flight goes straight to Rio de Janeiro.

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