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Chemo-induced heart damage? You are on your own…
Many chemotherapy regimens and radiation can lead to cardiovascular health problems, including increased risk of cardiac dysfunction, heart failure, arrhythmias, valvular heart disease, accelerated atherosclerosis
Continue readingReduce Inflammation Reduce Parkinson’s Disease?
“Increased oxidative stress and chronic inflammation may cause neurodegeneration in Parkinson’s Disease by altering the levels of microRNAs and their target proteins. Antioxidants may provide
Continue readingExercise vs. Drugs to Lower Blood Pressure?
“Exercise can lower blood pressure and reduce visceral body fat at least as effectively as many common prescription drugs, two new reviews report.” Chemotherapy can increase your blood pressure.
Continue readingIntegrative Therapy for Breast, Colon, Ovarian, Pancreatic and Head/Neck Cancer
Evidence-based, Integrative Therapy to Promote Apoptosis, Enhance the Efficacy of Chemo while Reducing Multi-Drug Resistance Bitter Melon extract (BME) kills breast, colon, ovarian, pancreatic, liver,
Continue readingOvarian Cysts-Watchful Waiting vs. Surgical Complications…
the risks of watchful waiting (of ovarian cysts) have to be balanced against the risks of surgical complications, the study authors concluded… A diagnosis of ovarian cysts is difficult. Deciding
Continue readingMyeloma Auto Stem Cell Transplants-65 Plus Want More than five years, right?
“Elderly multiple myeloma patients who underwent autologous stem cell transplants showed comparable benefits, which highlights the fact that chronological age alone should not be used to determine transplantation
Continue readingOncology Navigation Program-Time Of The Essence w/ Pancreatic Cancer
Implementing an oncology navigation program significantly decreased time to treatment in patients with pancreatic malignancy. An “Oncology navigation program” is a fancy phrase for a nurse
Continue readingChemotherapy- Phases of Hair Growth- Have Healthier Hair
One of the most common chemotherapy side effects is hair loss. You can learn more about how to have healthier hair… My name is David Emerson. I am a long-term cancer survivor. I underwent various
Continue readingChemo BEFORE Surgically Removing Pancreatic Cancer
Neoadjuvant therapy (chemo before surgery) may improve overall survival in early stage pancreatic cancer patients. As always, the devil is in the details… Pancreatic cancer (PCa) is one of the, if
Continue readingCancer Coaching- Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Tongue- Radiation Damage
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is a safe and effective treatment modality offering durable relief in the management of radiation-induced osteoradionecrosis Hi Cancer Coach- I went through 33 radiation treatments
Continue readingCardiomyopathy of Pediatric Cancer Chemo- Fix NOW!
…the risk of severe, life-threatening or fatal cardiomyopathy by age 40 was evaluated via agent-specific Cox proportional hazards models. Chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy as a late stage side
Continue readingExplaining The Types Of Personal Injuries
It’s important to educate yourself about the different types of personal injuries so that you can better determine if you have a claim, should you be injured. You never know when you might find yourself
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