chemotherapy

For many cancer patients, finding ways to manage the side effects of chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatments is a great challenge. Most patients do not want to take more drugs and are looking for safe, health...

Image via Wikipedia Eight Tips For Healing Damaged Nerves Nerve damage and nerve pain (neuropathy)  are common side effects of chemotherapy cancer treatment. Neuropathy is caused when chemotherapy drugs damage healthy nerves causing symptoms such...

Here is an excerpt from wonderful article by  Dr. Joseph Nowinski, that appeared on the Huffington Post exploring meditation as a complement to cancer treatment. How Meditation Can Support Cancer Treatment Is Meditation Effective? There...

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...

Can an Ancient Healing System practiced for thousands of years be useful in the modern cancer care setting? The National Cancer Institute says YES! Acupuncture has demonstrated benefit to cancer patients in the following areas:...

Anticancer, A New Way of Life This is a book about alternative cancer care and health by David Servan-Schreiber, M.D., a medical doctor who was diagnosed with brain cancer and beat the odds. When faced...

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...

Fatigue is one of the most common side effects experienced by cancer patients who have been treated with chemotherapy. Fatigue may occur both during chemotherapy treatment and may also persist for months after treatment has been...

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...

Many breast cancer patients suffer mild to severe joint pain as a common side effect of drug treatments that block estrogen. These drugs, primarily aromatase inhibitors, are used in women with breast cancer cells showing hormonal receptors for estrogen...

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...