Cancer Warrior is a film that aired in 2001 about Dr. Judah Folkman’s journey to discovering a new treatment for cancer. As a young surgeon, Dr. Folkman made an important discovery about the way cancer grows. He called his discovery “angiogenesis.” The next 40 years of Dr. Folkman’s life would be dedicated to proving angiogenesis’ existence. At this point, all cancer treatments were toxic to the human body. Dr. Folkman’s radical idea was to cut off the cancer’s food supply. This idea was almost an accident. In 1961, Dr. Folkman was recruited by the U.S. Navy to find a longer lasting substitute for blood. Instead of just testing to see if hemoglobin would sustain an organ, he tested for new growth. Dr. Folkman found that the reason for the growth of tumors in the mouse had to do with blood vessels. He did not know that it would be another 30 years before he gained a full understanding of the process by which tumors can recruit their own blood supply. Dr. Folkman struggled with balancing his excellent career in…show more content… Marijuana has been used as an herbal remedy for centuries. Marijuana will have different effects on the human body depending on how it enters the body. If taken by mouth, THC is not absorbed well and can take hours to be absorbed fully. It gets processed by the liver, which will produce a substance that can change mood or consciousness. If marijuana is smoked, THC will enter the bloodstream and enter the brain quickly. The compound produced this way is small and has less effect. The effects of smoked marijuana also fade faster than when taken by mouth. Studies have found that marijuana can be helpful for patients after chemotherapy. The marijuana will help with the nausea and vomiting caused by chemo. The problem with marijuana treatment is that it has not yet been able to treat cancer all by itself. It has only been found to help with symptoms of cancer and
