Diagnosed with Cancer? Your two greatest challenges are understanding cancer and understanding possible side effects from chemo and radiation. Knowledge is Power!
Learn about conventional, complementary, and integrative therapies.
Dealing with treatment side effects? Learn about evidence-based therapies to alleviate your symptoms.
Click the orange button to the right to learn more.
All posts by David Emerson
Myeloma, Cancer, Genetic Markers, Risk
Genetic Markers may Signal an Increased Risk of Cancer. At the Same Time Nutrition, Supplementation and Lifestyle Can Reduce your Risk of the same Cancer… I was diagnosed with multiple myeloma in
Continue readingCardiac Rehabilitation – Myeloma Survivor
Meta analyses demonstrate that Cardiac Rehabilitation reduces CVD mortal- ity and hospital admissions and improves health-related quality of life in patients with coronary heart disease. Ouch. According
Continue readingWhat African-Americans Need to Know about Multiple Myeloma
Incidence and mortality of multiple myeloma are 2-fold among Blacks than Whites…Age-adjusted incidence in African-Americans 9.5 per 100,000 per year and 4.1 per 100,00 per year in whites. While multiple
Continue readingChemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy in Multiple Myeloma
Multiple Myeloma patients prevalently describe numbness/tingling in hands and feet, burning pain, altered sensitivity to touch and heat, muscle weakness, skin or nail changes, and/or lack of coordination. As
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma- Vitamin D Deficiency
“Patients with myeloid malignancies who have vitamin D deficiency prior to allogeneic stem cell transplantation (alloSCT) have an increased risk of relapse It is standard therapy for newly diagnosed
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Diagnosis t(4:14) No ASCT-
“Thus, it seems that Velcade (bortezomib) is able to significantly overcome the poor prognosis of t(4;14) …Curcumin and bortezomib could exert synergistic effects on Multiple Myeloma cells,
Continue readingPlasma Cell Myeloma- A Bone Cancer? A Blood Cancer?
Multiple myeloma is identified because malignant plasma cells grow uncontrollably producing an antibody, which can be detected as a paraprotein. If you are reading this page, you may be wondering why
Continue readingSecret to Surviving Multiple Myeloma? Amazon Prime
It isn’t a conventional therapy. It isn’t even a non-conventional therapy really. It is a service that every multiple myeloma survivor can use to help them manage their cancer. And that service
Continue readingUltimate Coffee Grind Size Chart – How Fine Should You Grind?
Coffee grind size matters. Nearly 65% of Americans claim to drink at least one cup of coffee a day. Everyone is different in regards to how they like to prepare their coffee. Whether you are a straight
Continue readingEarly Stage Multiple Myeloma Diagnosis- Resveratrol? Pre-Habilitation?
“ Resveratrol inhibits the proliferation of MM cells by inducing apoptotic cell death. Resveratrol also inhibits MM cell invasion. The inhibition of invasion may be associated with…” Hi
Continue readingVitamin D3, Chronic Disease, Myeloma
Vitamin D3 is Non-Toxic, Inexpensive, Effective and Easily Accessible- The Ultimate Therapy? Numerous studies correlate the importance of Vitamin D3 with numerous chronic diseases. Multiple Myeloma
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Treatment- Dry Eye
“Dry eye disease deserves serious professional — and personal — attention…Untreated, severe dry eye disease can result in scarring, ulceration, infection and even perforation of the cornea…” Why
Continue reading