Friday, October 19, 2007

New Cervical Cancer Test: Vinegar Not Vaccine

A new, simple, cheap alternative to PAP smears has been discovered. How soon can they make the test available in a home remedy kit?
A new study published in The Lancet medical journal finds a simple and cheap cervical cancer test.

The test uses common household items: vinegar, cotton gauze and a halogen light. The simple test can be preformed by a nurse or a trained practitioner. And it can save millions of women, particularly in the poor countries where existing tests like PAP smears are to expensive for the vast majority of the population.

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The new test involves simple swabbing of the cervix with vinegar. The cervix is held open with a speculum and simply swabbed with cotton gauze soaked in vinegar. Pre-cancerous lesions begin to turn white after about a minute and can be seen with the naked eye, or under a bright halogen light (or any bright light source). Read more

10 comments:

Anonymous said...

can you take fenugreek capsule while having a period?? there's any side effect to human body?
1 capsule 3 times a day or 2 capsule 2 times a day? which is better dosage??? can you give me some advice using this fenugreek to have a better and healthy body.

Caitlin MacKenna said...

Fenugree shouldn't affect your period. How you divide the dosage is not a big deal. I only know about fenugreek as a breast enlargement herb.

Anonymous said...

can we use fenugreek seeds to increase the breast size or we use capsules.if i use seeds so how much quantity we can take and how many times.....

Anonymous said...

Is it too late to try this method when you are 50 years old and post menapausal?

Caitlin MacKenna said...

It seems like this test should work with any woman no matter her age.

Caitlin MacKenna said...

A capsule is about half a teaspoon.

Anonymous said...

can you drink the bustea while brestfeeding ? and can u open the capsule and add it to a lotion will it work?

Caitlin MacKenna said...

You can do both.

Anonymous said...

Does it matter if you drink lite milk instead of full cream or will that affect the breast growth?

Caitlin MacKenna said...

I don't know what you mean.