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Prostate Cancer Treatment Side Effects
Why is the research linked below talking about “complications?” The research confirms that prostate cancer treatment side effects are serious and must be understood before the PCa patient chooses
Continue readingMyeloma, Cataracts and Brain Health
How are the blood cancer multiple myeloma, cataracts and brain health related? I am a long-term MM survivor. I developed cataracts in both eyes following high dose dexamethasone. Cataracts are a common
Continue readingNon-Melanoma Skin Cancer Prevention
Non-Melanoma skin cancer prevention is easier than you think. Still, NMSC is cancer so those of diagnosed with it will want to reduce our risk of it becoming NMSC becoming melan0ma. For the record I sat
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced Cardiomyopathy and Caffeine
I am a long-term cancer survivor. One of my long-term side effects is chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy and chronic atrial fibrillation. Because my heart health is an issue, I research all things coffee.
Continue readingMucositis Cost Containment
Mucositis cost containment is pretty straightforward. Please don’t think that you need an expensive, FDA approved therapy to manage your chemo mouth. I don’t want to minimize the seriousness
Continue readingBrain Cancer Therapies
Brain cancer therapies- both conventional and non-conventional, offer long-odds, at best. Which is why the article linked below jumped out at me. I underwent a controversial non-conventional therapy called
Continue readingChildhood Cancer Survivors Fear Recurrence
The good news is that, according to research, more than 85% of pediatric cancer survivors live more than five years. The bad news is that pediatric and AYA cancer survivors fear recurrence as the study
Continue readingChemo ages Breast Cancer Survivors
The fact that chemo ages breast cancer survivors is not a new or recent finding. In fact, according to research chemotherapy causes: Pre-mature aging, senescence– DNA damage- Treatment-related secondary
Continue readingChemoradiation Increases Risk of Atrial Fibrillation!?
Chemoradiation increases the risk of atrial fibrillation. This is the finding of the study linked below. For a long-term cancer survivor who was diagnosed with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy and chemotherapy-induced
Continue readingSupplements to Reduce CVD Risk
Supplements to reduce CVD risk is central to my therapy plan. Why? Because cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of death globally, taking an estimated 17.9 million lives each year. Being
Continue readingReduce My Stroke Risk?
Cardiotoxic chemotherapy regimens during conventional therapy for multiple myeloma left me with chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy and Atrial fibrillation (Afib) in 2010. Afib increases stroke risk. In
Continue readingRadioprotective Effect of Metformin Melatonin Resveratrol
What is the radioprotective effect of metformin melatonin resveratrol? And why do you need them? According to the three studies linked below, all three non-conventional therapies can protect cancer patients
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