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Heart Failure, Cardiac Function, Vit. D
Heart failure (HF) is an increasingly prevalent health problem affecting more than 15 million of patients worldwide.1… it still has a poor prognosis.2, 3 Only 35% of patients will survive within
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 readingTips for Caregivers – Choosing the Right Medical Alert System
Medical alert systems, fall monitor, medical-emergency-response-system (MERS), or personal-emergency-response-system (PERS.) These systems provide seniors with a tool for independent living, as well as
Continue readingHow to manage chemobrain in breast cancer survivors-
“A study demonstrates a significant correlation between poorer performance on neuropsychological tests and memory complaints (chemo-brain) in post-treatment, early-stage breast cancer patients” I
Continue readingGreen Tea Extract shrinks Uterine Fibroids
fibroid volume increased (24.3%) over the study period; however, patients randomized to green tea extract treatment showed significant reduction (32.6%) in total UF volume As a long-term cancer survivor
Continue readingChemobrain Underreported – Stem Cell Transplant
Underreported cases of chemobrain make sense.. Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation (ASCT) to treat multiple myeloma (MM) means high-dose chemotherapy. Chemotherapy is toxic. The human brain is a sensitive
Continue readingAlzheimer’s Disease- Curcumin, Resveratrol
In addition to mounting research on herbal compounds for the treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease, curcuminoids and resveratrol appear to be beneficial as anti-Alzheimer’s Disease agents. What
Continue readingVaccines and “Out of the Box” Therapies for Brain Cancer
“An experimental immune-based therapy more than doubled median survival of patients diagnosed with the most aggressive malignant brain cancer Brain cancer (BC) can be difficult to treat if the patient
Continue readingOvarian cancer- Curcumin as Synergistic, Integrative Therapy
For ovarian cancer, treatment with curcumin alone and combined with docetaxel resulted in significant 47% and 58% reductions in tumor growth, respectively If you have been diagnosed with ovarian cancer,
Continue readingBladder Cancer Therapy beyond Bacillus Calmette-Guérin (BCG)
The agent (CG0070) yielded an overall 12-month complete response (CR) rate of 30% in a phase 2 single-arm trial in patients with BCG-unresponsive, high-grade Ta, T1, or CIS ± Ta/T1 non-muscle-invasive
Continue readingEsophageal Cancer- Antioxidants, Chemo
Hi David – My husband was just diagnosed with Stage IV Esophageal Cancer and had been taking diabetes meds prior to diagnosis. He is starting on FOLFOX Monday. I came across the journal studies
Continue readingProstate Cancer Diet- Mediterranean or Flexitarian?
I am a long-term survivor of a blood cancer called multiple myeloma. I am also a man nearing 60. I have two friends who have had prostatectomies (prostate removal). I have several other friends who have
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