A Spoonful of Laughter Helps the Medicine Go Down
Laugh, chuckle, giggle, and guffaw your way through cancer treatment. By Laurie Wertich Cancer is no laughing matter—but a little laughter goes a long way to uplift, enliven, and relieve stress in cancer patients who are bogged down by the anxiety of their illness. You may not feel like laughing, but it could be just the release you need. “If everybody in the room is laughing, there is not only relief for everyone but I think there is a great spiritual uplift that happens for us. The diagnosis is no different, the prognosis is no different, but suddenly we feel like we can ...
Is Sugar Really as Sweet as It Seems?
By Carolyn Katzin Just how nice is sugar? Sugar is associated with pleasure beginning with our first food—breast milk—which is very sweet, and many of us continue to find comfort in sweet foods. But when you’re challenged by a cancer diagnosis and looking to support your overall health, you want to make choices that are not only comforting but also good for your body. When it comes to sugar, the key is to make educated choices that will provide you with lasting fuel and extra nutritional benefit. Not All Sugars Are Created Equal Sugar is a broad term to describe chemicals that usually ...
Blood and Cancer
Advances in the treatment of blood cancers have led to increasingly high survival rates, and current research continues to offer up exciting progress in the field. By Barbara Boughton Treatment of blood cancers could be considered a success story. Research uncovering some of the underlying causes of these diseases, combined with increasingly more effective drugs, has resulted in significant strides toward better treatment outcomes during the past few decades. Since 1960 the five-year-survival rate for patients with leukemia has more than tripled; and for patients with lymphoma, the survival rate has doubled, according to the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. Some blood cancers—such ...
Heartbreak and Hope
Women share stories of genetic testing. By Erin Zammett Ruddy “It’s like being struck by lightening—totally random, bad luck.” That’s what I was told when I was diagnosed with chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML), a slow-moving form of blood cancer, in 2001. At age 23 it was just the explanation I needed. I am not a fan of regret, of looking back and thinking, if only, so I was relieved that my disease wasn’t necessarily predetermined, like my red hair and green eyes. If I had heard that it was in some ...
News
Symptoms May Do Little to Improve Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer
Better diagnostic tools needed to increase early detection.
Acupuncture Improves Joint Symptoms in Breast Cancer Patients
Helps manage side effect of aromatase inhibitors.
Tykerb Approved for Initial Treatment of Metastatic Breast Cancer
In combination with Femara, delays cancer progression.
February Is American Heart Month
Learn about everyday steps to maintain a healthy heart.
Don’t Forget About Your Heart Health
Along with cancer awareness, pay attention to your heart health as well.
Cancer Tips
A Spoonful of Laughter Helps the Medicine Go Down Cancer is no laughing matter—but a little laughter goes a long way to uplift, enliven, and relieve stress in cancer patients who are bogged down by the anxiety of their illness.
Fighting the Flu (and Other Vaccine-preventable Diseases) It's important to manage all aspects of your health.
Worried About Nausea? Read This. Antiemetics help patients avoid a much-feared side effect: chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. By...
Successful Treatment Means Staying on Schedule In order to receive the best possible benefit from your cancer therapy, it is important to follow your...
Six Tips for Dealing with Anemia Anemia, a common condition among cancer patients, is an inadequate supply of red blood cells that results...
Inspiration, Hope & Resources
A Spoonful of Laughter Helps the Medicine Go Down Cancer is no laughing matter—but a little laughter goes a long way to uplift, enliven, and relieve stress in cancer patients who are bogged down by the anxiety of their illness.
More Than Skin Deep Answering Your Questions About Skin Care and Dermatological Health Ask the Doctor Psoriasis Susan C....
Is Sugar Really as Sweet as It Seems? Just how nice is sugar? Sugar is associated with pleasure beginning with our first food—breast milk—which is very sweet, and many of us continue to find comfort in sweet foods.
What Should Women Know About Bladder Cancer Bladder cancer is the fourth most common new cancer in men and the tenth in women.
Battling Bone Loss Denosumab may expand treatment options. By Kari Bohlke, ScD Bone loss is a concern for many of us. Osteoporosis—a...
For Oncologists
Bone Fractures in Breast Cancer Patients More Frequent with Femara than with Tamoxifen Researchers affiliated with the BIG I-98 Collaborative and International Breast Study Groups...
Single Treatment with High-intensity Focused Ultrasound Effective for Localized Prostate Cancer Researchers from McMaster University in Canada have reported that high-intensity focused...
Marital Separation Impacts Cancer Survival Researchers from the University of Indiana and the Fox Chase Cancer Center...
Depression May Predict Mortality in Cancer Patients Researchers from British Columbia have reported the results of a meta-analysis...
2009 Oncology Conference Coverage
View up-to-date coverage of the 2009 Oncology Conference here.
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