via bbc news
Some women with breast cancer may be able to avoid chemotherapy by
taking an extra drug, research suggests.
LHRH agonists like the drug Zoladex switch off the ovary and stop the
production of a female hormone which can encourage some tumours to
grow.
Four London centres found that even when used alone, the chemical
worked as well as conventional chemotherapy in some cases, the Lancet
journal said.
Breast cancer charities say that younger women might benefit the most.
Many types of breast cancer are sensitive to hormones produced
naturally by a woman, including the sex hormone oestrogen, and can
grow faster if a woman is producing them.
The treatment works by preventing another hormone, luteinising
hormone, from doing its job - stimulating the release of more
oestrogen.
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Now I didn't post this because of the cancer angle. There's
another angle, a potentially very evil angle depending on
your point of view, that needs some exploration.
What this sort of treatment means is that anti-LHRH drugs
will now be manufactured in quantity. You'll get the usual
spectrum from twice-daily to once-per-month time-release
forms plus injectables, sniffables and tablets.
Here's the angle you probably didn't think about ; drugs
that counteract LHRH work equally well on females and
males. If you pestered your doctor, he/she can easily
prescribe the drug "off lable" - for something other
than its intended purpose.
WHAT purpose ? THINK about it for a moment. Think about
a country SO poisoned by puritan thinking that it had
a fit when Ms. Jackson had her "wardrobe malfunction".
A nation SO puritanistic that it mandates "abstinence
only" "sex ed" even though it's proven to have zero
effect or worse on teen pregnancies. A nation that
makes 19-year-olds into "sex criminals" because they
have a 17-year-old girlfriend. A nation that puts
"V-Chips" into every single television and then pays
for commercials to encourage parents to use them.
(Clue : it's not "violence" parents are encouraged to
worry about, it's SEX)
Now what if you could buy a pill that safely prevented your
little darlings from becoming sexually mature until they
were at least 18, maybe 21 depending on local laws ? No
more teen sex. No more teen pregnancies. No more teen
rapists, STDs or anything remotely sexual at all. In
effect, chemical eunichs who can't grow up until Mommy
(or maybe later the State) deems it fit.
LHRH is the lynchpin of sexual maturity ; no LHRH no grass
on the lawn so to speak. The kids remain babydolls forever,
or close enough anyway. Attitudes, technology, and now
economics, make that scenerio both possible, safe and legal.
So then, what do ye members of "free" countries think about
this ? If you COULD, WOULD you ? Would you force Sweet Polly
and little Johnny to take the pill ? Would you sneak them
into their food ? Saves YOU a lot of trouble and worry and,
face it, the kids are essentially "property" you can
manipulate to your hearts content "for their own good".
Could you resist the temptation ? Could you stand up and
denounce the idea in front of your puritanistic peers ?
If they told you that you were an "irresponsible parent"
by NOT giving your kids the pill, would you cave in ?
Biotechnology is going to present us with MANY such
opportunities to really mess with people. In the end
we can wind up a world of compliant sexless violence-
incapable worker drones that Pat Robertson, big biz and
every good nanny-state "liberal" politician will love -
or we can try to remember why freedom is a good thing
"just because" and pass laws against this level of
behavioral engineering.
Anti-LHRH meds are one of the first tests. Will we pass
of fail ? If THIS quick-fix then why not a dozen others ?
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