Category Archives for Newly Diagnosed
Multiple Myeloma Patients are ALL “Toxicity-Vulnerable”
Are you a “Toxicity-Vulnerable” Multiple Myeloma Patient? “This prospective multicenter study demonstrated that chemotherapy toxicity is common in older adults, with 53% experiencing
Continue readingTherapy for the “Non-Transplant Eligible Patient” in Multiple Myeloma
Balance Therapy for Quality of Life With Quantity of Life With the Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma Patient. A “non-transplant eligible patient” is a patient who is too weak to take the standard-of-care,
Continue readingPycnogenol Supplementation As Meniere’s and Tinnitus Therapy
Pycnogenol (Pyc) is effective in a short period of time in relieving tinnitus symptoms by improving cochlear blood flow If I knew then what I know now. If I had a nickel for every time I said that since
Continue readingMyeloma Therapy- Conventional, Complementary, Integrative –
Multiple Myeloma Patients and Survivors Must use the Best of Both Conventional (FDA approved) and Evidence-based Non-Conventional Therapies. You’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma (MM). Your
Continue readingDiagnostic Testing for MGUS
Whether you “watch and wait” or undergo non-toxic MGUS therapies, regular diagnostic testing is now a part of your life You’ve been diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined
Continue readingCryoablation- Palliative Therapy for Bone Metastases
Percutaneous cryoablation is a safe, effective, and durable method of palliative therapy for pain due to bone metastases I underwent palliative therapy for my relapsed cancer in the fall of 1996. At the
Continue readingBallooning Cancer Survivor population in the U.S.
Cancer Coaching- “Patients diagnosed with cancer will likely have comorbid conditions that need to be managed, and Rowland estimates 16 percent will have had a previous malignancy” The article
Continue readingCardiac Risks for Elderly Breast Cancer Patients Taking Herceptin
A new study demonstrates that Herceptin (trastuzumab) increases the risk of heart problems in breast cancer patients aged 70 to 92. It is a significant increase of 33% for those who with a history
Continue readingGreen Tea, Curcumin as Integrative Multiple Myeloma Therapy
Integrative Cancer Therapy to Enhance the Efficacy of Your MM Chemotherapy While you Reduce It’s Toxicity You have been new diagnosed with multiple myeloma (MM). You have been told that your blood
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Diagnosis- Epigenetics &Your Genes
Multiple myeloma (MM) genetic expression changes with chemotherapy. Can lifestyle therapies change MM genetics as well? A multiple myeloma diagnosis is serious. However, there is no genetic pre-disposition
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