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4 Signs It’s Time to Seek Help for Addiction
Beating addiction often requires expert assistance to get through the worst periods until you are comfortable managing alone. Research suggests that an increased use of drug and alcohol addiction can dramatically
Continue readingWill Ductal Carcinoma In-Situ (DCIS) Patients Accept Breast Cancer Risk?
“Our thought is that seeing loved ones go through the severe side effects associated with breast cancer made them think about how they would incorporate that into their own life,” One of the first
Continue readingHead & Neck Cancer- Integrative Therapy no-brainer-
The Life of a Head & Neck Cancer Survivor is all about Risks. The Risk of Collateral Damage, the Risk of a Relapse of your Primary Cancer or the Risk of a Secondary Cancer. I am both a long-term cancer
Continue readingDCIS diagnosis w/ Expectations of Tamoxifen Side Effects? Here’s Relief…
The study found that women who had higher expectations of suffering more and worse side-effects before their (Tamoxifen) treatment began did, in fact, experience more after two years of adjuvant hormone
Continue readingPost-Radiation Sarcoma- Living in Fear
“Complications that arise from Post-Radiation Sarcoma are those seen with other soft-tissue and bone tumors, such as pathologic fractures, hemorrhage, metastases, and local complications due to direct
Continue readingBasal Cell Carcinoma Treatment
Non-Melanoma Skin Cancer is diagnosed in approximately 3.3 million people in the U.S. annually. Of Those Total NMSC Diagnoses, approximately 80% are Basal Cell Carcinomas– I consider basal cell carcinoma
Continue readingHow to Stay Positive During a Disability
It is possible to apply for disability online or at your local social security office. You’ll need to provide proof of your disability, which includes documentation from the doctor. Disability is
Continue readingSlow Smoldering Myeloma Progression
Recent studies have shown that early treatment of smoldering myeloma may delay or prevent the progression into full-blown disease, and researchers have been looking for effective treatments to use in these
Continue readingLung Cancer Diet-
“Squamous cell lung cancers (SqCC), are glucose-DEpendent, while adenocarcinoma NSCLC tumors are largely glucose-INdependent, You or a loved one has been diagnosed with lung cancer (LC). While you
Continue readingPancreatic Cancer, Feverfew and Arsenic Trioxide
“The active ingredients in feverfew include parthenolide. There are no published in vivostudies of parthenolide or feverfew for humans with cancer. The parthenolide content of commercially available
Continue readingSeniors Flock to Medical Marijuana
“Physicians who treat older adults expect their cannabis use to increase as the number of states legalizing medical marijuana keeps growing.” Full transparancy- doctors are correct, the popularity
Continue readingNon-Toxic Therapy for Colon Polyps
“While the majority of colon polyps will not become cancer, certain types may be precancerous. Having polyps removed reduces a person’s future risk for colorectal cancer” If you have been
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