Cancer survivor

I came across a great post today which discusses the ever widening use of acupuncture for cancer patients both during treatment to manage side effects and improve quality of life and after cancer treatment to...

Image by postbear via Flickr An article  “Kicking Cancer but Living with Chronic Pain states: Surviving cancer may not mean living without pain, according to a new study published online in the journal Cancer. The study,...

Cleaning for a Reason Fighting cancer is difficult enough, living with it is even tougher…that’s where the Cleaning For A Reason Foundation steps in. Cleaning For A Reason is the only national non-profit in the country...

How will we get a national cancer prevention plan in the United States? Only by demanding one. This is the statement of Dr. Margaret Kripke and the Breast Cancer Fund.  Here is the text of...

Here is a quote from one of the most respected scientists in the field of nutrition and illness: “It is not enough for a cancer patient to receive appropriate conventional therapy for his or her...

Thirty Reasons Why Most Cancer Patients Choose Integrative Cancer Care To be proactive, to take control, to take charge of decisions that affect my care, my health, my experience, my results and outcomes To participate...

A recently published study finds low blood levels of vitamin D may promote more aggressive breast tumors. The relationship between between low vitamin D levels and higher risk of developing breast cancer has been previously...

Up to seven times as many cancer patients survive and live more years when conventional treatment is combined with and followed by long term use of Herbal Medicine and Vitamins. Beat the Odds. Lung cancer...

Inflammation is common to cancer and contributes to one of the most common complaints of cancer patients and cancer survivors, Cancer Fatigue, a distressing and persistent sense of physical and emotional tiredness as well as reduced mental...

How to be a Cancer Survivor and Thriver. The message here is BE PROACTIVE in your own decisions and care and BUILD A TEAM. Tend to the WHOLE PERSON, body, mind and spirit.  Tend to...

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Many patients undergoing cancer treatment will experience chemotherapy side effects. Common side effects include mouth sores, diarrhea and constipation.  As chemotherapy treatments target fast growing cancer cells, they also target fast growing healthy cells such...