Cancer cell treatment = Curry Spice

An extract found in the bright yellow curry spice turmeric can kill off cancer cells, scientists have shown.

The chemical – curcumin – has long been thought to have healing powers and is already being tested as a treatment for arthritis and even dementia.

Now tests by a team at the Cork Cancer Research Centre show it can destroy gullet cancer cells in the lab.

Cancer experts said the findings in the British Journal of Cancer could help doctors find new treatments.

Dr Sharon McKenna and her team found that curcumin started to kill cancer cells within 24 hours.

‘Natural’ remedy

The cells also began to digest themselves, after the curcumin triggered lethal cell death signals.

Dr McKenna said: “Scientists have known for a long time that natural compounds have the potential to treat faulty cells that have become cancerous and we suspected that curcumin might have therapeutic value.”

Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: “This is interesting research which opens up the possibility that natural chemicals found in turmeric could be developed into new treatments for oesophageal cancer.

“Rates of oesophageal cancer rates have gone up by more than a half since the 70s and this is thought to be linked to rising rates of obesity, alcohol intake and reflux disease so finding ways to prevent this disease is important too.”

Each year around 7,800 people are diagnosed with oesophageal cancer in the UK. It is the sixth most common cause of cancer death and accounts for around five percent of all UK cancer deaths.

{Ref: BBC News – Health, 28th Oct 2009
h**p://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/8328377.stm }

Aap kay masaail aur un ka hal – Volume 10

I got this file from one of my friends and I don’t know where did he get from. So please, make dua for those who had spent their time to scan this book and made it available in PDF format.

(right click) Download or read PDF here: Aap kay masaail aur un ka hal (volume 10)

by Mufti Muhammad Yusuf Ludhianvi (رحمة الله عليه)

Village ‘witches’ beaten in India

This is one of the most strange news Ive ever read. Just see how contradictory and far from Truth this is. Not that the crux of the news is false but the ‘way’ it is being shown to the world.

First they say that the victims had been labelled as witches by a local cleric. And then they say, there are certain women in the village who are possessed by holy spirit and can identify those who are witches. These women recently identified five women from the same village as being witches who practised witchcraft and brought miseries to the area.

Now the question is, How can ‘a’ local cleric become ‘certain women’ ?

Secondly, deputy inspector general Murari Lal Meena said no one in mob came forward to help the victims. Whereas in the video, all those who can understand Hindi or Urdu can clearly hear the mob yelling in rage to beat them up, etc. When they themselves are wholly involved in this act, saying such that ‘no one in mob came forward to help’ is just utter nonsense.

How much lies can one stand !! sigh.. I wonder where the so called women rights people in India are !?

Five women were paraded naked, beaten and forced to eat human excrement by villagers after being branded as witches in India’s Jharkhand state.

Local police said the victims were Muslim widows who had been labelled as witches by a local cleric.

The incident occurred on Sunday in a remote village in Deoghar district.

Correspondents say the abuse of women who are branded as witches is common, but rare footage of the incident has caused outrage across India.

Police went to Pattharghatia village after being informed about the incident by a group of villagers.

‘Possessed’

They have lodged a case against 11 villagers, including six women. Four people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Armed police have since been deployed to the area.

“On Sunday morning the victims were taken to a playground where hundreds had assembled to watch the ghastly incident,” deputy inspector general of police Murari Lal Meena told the BBC.

“No one in the mob came forward to rescue the victims as they were being stripped and beaten up,” he said.

The victims are now under police protection.

Police say that people in Pattharghatia believe that certain women in their village are possessed by a “holy spirit” that can identify those who practise witchcraft.

“These women recently identified five women from the same village as being witches who practised witchcraft and brought miseries to the area,” a police official said.

Soon, an unruly mob broke into their huts, dragged them out and started beating them up.

Footage of the incident has been aired on television channels in India prompting outrage.

Hundreds of people, mostly women, have been killed in India because their neighbours thought they were witches.

Experts say superstitious beliefs are behind some of these attacks, but there are occasions when people – especially widows – are targeted for their land and property.

Ref: { by Salman Ravi – BBC News, Ranchi
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8315980.stm }

Resonating Thoughts

I wonder..