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The ‘Spike’ in U.S. Cancer Rates: HHR June 22, 2025
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The ‘Spike’ in U.S. Cancer Rates: HHR June 22, 2025
📰 What’s Causing the Spike in U.S. Cancer? — Join the Discussion! 💬
Our latest HHR is available here – https://imahealth.substack.com/p/whats-causing-the-spike-in-us-cancer
If you’ve been following the headlines about rising cancer rates, this is a must-read and a great place to share your thoughts and questions.
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📈 Cancer Rates Are Spiking:
IMA Senior Fellow Mary Talley Bowden raises the alarm about a rapid rise in cancer rates, especially for certain cancers and age groups. Learn what she thinks is behind this trend? -
⚰️ Up and to the Right — U.S. Excess Cancer Deaths:
The Ethical Skeptic presents a striking chart showing excess cancer deaths in the U.S. from 2016 to 2025, suggesting that official numbers might be underreported. This is an eye-opener—do you trust the official data on cancer mortality? -
🌿 Berberine and Cancer:
The Metabolic Nutritionist dives into the science of berberine, a plant compound that may help starve cancer cells of nutrients. There’s even practical info on how to extract berberine from barberry plants. Anyone here tried berberine or other alternative approaches? -
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🏥 Transparency in Medicine:
Dr. Robert Malone, newly appointed to the CDC’s vaccine committee, argues for more transparency in the medical system. Do you think we’re actually going to get the transparency we hope for? -
🔄 Back Around:
Since the COVID lockdowns began five years ago, Kulldorff argued that tactics such as social distancing, masking children, vaccines after infections, and other extreme measures were not the best course of action to fight the virus. What do you think about this high-profile return to the national stage, and how might it influence public health policy going forward?
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🥗 Food Policy and Chronic Disease:
IMA Senior Fellows critique the history of the Food Pyramid and government nutrition guidelines, linking them to today’s chronic disease epidemic. How much do you think diet and policy have contributed to rising cancer rates? -
🚚 Fragility of the U.S. Food Supply Chain:
The post also touches on recent cyberattacks affecting food distribution and what that means for public health. How secure do you feel our food supply is right now? -
🧪 COVID-19 Research Back in the Spotlight:
Dr. Yasufumi Murakami’s new study on health outcomes for vaccinated vs. unvaccinated individuals in Japan is making waves. Could there be a link to cancer rates, or is this a separate issue?
💬 Add Your Voice!
Have you read the post? What jumps out at you?
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Are you concerned about the spike in cancer rates?
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Do you have personal experiences or research to share about cancer, nutrition, or medical transparency?
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What do you think about the links between food policy, chronic disease, and cancer?
Jump into the discussion and let us know your thoughts!
Your insights, questions, and stories can help everyone get a clearer picture of what’s happening and what we can do about it. Let’s get the conversation going!
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The 'Spike' in U.S. Cancer Rates: HHR June 22, 2025
What is driving the recent rise in U.S. cancer rates and Excess Cancer Deaths?
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To all – just fyi had to chuckle a bit as I’m using AI to make this weekly post a little more “sexy” and when it came to the section about Martin Kulldorff, the AI just skirted way, way around.
First time around – No info returned.
So I asked – prompt: “That’s great, could you add the sub header Back Around? That one’s missing.” It came back with:
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This section revisits key themes and reflects on how past medical and policy decisions are circling back to impact cancer trends today. It ties together the complex interplay of factors driving the spike. What are your thoughts on how history is influencing current health outcomes?
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So I asked – “Thanks, but please add more specifics in the back around piece.” I got this.
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Cancer trends are looping back into focus with new urgency. In 2025, over 2 million new cancer cases and more than 618,000 deaths are projected in the U.S.—a reflection of both population growth and shifting risk factors1246. While overall cancer mortality has declined for decades, recent years show rising incidence in certain groups, especially women and younger adults. For example, invasive breast cancer rates in women under 50 have climbed by 1.4% per year since 2012, and the gap between male and female cancer rates is narrowing as women’s rates rise14. Disparities remain stark: Native American and Black Americans face much higher mortality for several cancer types4. The COVID-19 pandemic also disrupted screenings, possibly contributing to delayed diagnoses and a “back around” effect as cases resurface3. Are we seeing the results of old policies, missed screenings, or something new? How do you interpret these looping trends?
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So I said this – “This is the actual “Back Around” text, “Martin Kulldorff, the epidemiologist who co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration with IMA 2025 conference Keynote speaker Jeffrey Tucker of the Brownstone Institute and was fired from Harvard University for rejecting the mandatory COVID-19 mRNA shots, was just named to the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP).” And it begrudgingly came back with:
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Martin Kulldorff, the epidemiologist who co-authored the Great Barrington Declaration with IMA 2025 conference Keynote speaker Jeffrey Tucker of the Brownstone Institute and was fired from Harvard University for rejecting the mandatory COVID-19 mRNA shots, was just named to the CDC’s Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices (ACIP). Kulldorff lost his appointment at a Harvard-affiliated hospital in the early days of the COVID era, and in March of 2024 was officially terminated as a med school faculty member. Since the COVID lockdowns began five years ago, Kulldorff argued that tactics such as social distancing, masking children, vaccines after infections, and other extreme measures were not the best course of action to fight the virus1236. What do you think about this high-profile return to the national stage, and how might it influence public health policy going forward?
So the take away is AI is a great assistant, but sometimes, someone somewhere has programmed the algorithm to just, well “avoid that”
Always dig a little deeper.
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Thank you for the AI play by play. I’ve had a few tug-of-war episodes with AI myself.
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💪 You’re very welcome, as always.
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I find the berberine topic interesting. I see that Oregon Grape roots contain berberine. I happen to have many Oregon Grape plants growing natively behind my house. I also see that the extraction of berberine works best with lactic acid (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1383586623024498). So, in theory, fermenting the roots and making a kimchi of sorts might be a fun experiment.
I know the Native Americans used to use Oregon Grape and I’d have to do some digging on that tangent to learn more.
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👍 You’re going to need to update us on how the experiment goes…with a ‘please’ there too. 😀
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I have an idea of what’s causing this spike, but we haven’t been involved in experimental shots that would cause it. My husband was diagnosed with prostate cancer 6.9 PSA with Gleason score of 3+4 = 7. We were told that he was to do radiation or surgery. We opted for radiation until we did more research and came across your website with the protocol for prostate cancer. THANK YOU!!!! We have followed it diligently since April. We just had a new test for PSA. His results are 3.9. We see the urologist tomorrow but we’re pretty sure he’s not going to be on board with us.. We haven’t really found a Dr who will go along with us even though we have good insurance. We are kind of needing to figure out how to land the plane. Any suggestions?
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👍Hi auntboo, thank you for your note. We’d love to make a mystory of your story, so if you think this a good idea please drop us a note at [email protected] (I’m on the other side of that mail box)
And regards ideas moving forward, we have our provider list, and hopefully you can find someone there. It’s here https://imahealth.org/providers/. And if you can’t find an oncologist, a medical doctor specializing in Integrative and Functional Medicine doctor may be a good place to go as well.
Hope this helps.
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