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Paroxysmal Atrial Fibrillation- Yoga

According to research linked below, yoga treats paroxysmal atrial fibrillation effectively. I have first-hand experience with atrial fibrillation. I am a long-term cancer survivor. One of the late stage

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Preventive MRI- Pros and Cons

Will a preventive MRI save your life? Or do more harm than good? Or maybe you will spend $2500.oo on peace-of-mind. What is a preventive MRI? A preventive full body MRI refers to a comprehensive magnetic

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Vitamin D Overdose?

Vitamin D overdose!? I didn’t know that this was possible. I live in the top of the United States and rarely travel to warm, sunny places. I’ve written many posts on PeopleBeatingCancer.org

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Aortic Aneurism-Size Matters

“Aortic aneurisms are of concern because of their potential risk of death. The likelihood of a mortal event occurring has been linked historically to aneurism size.” I have an aortic aneurism.

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Cyclophosphamide Cytoxan Damage

Will I die of cyclophosphamide (cytoxan) induced cardiomyopathy someday? Or maybe die of hemohorragic cystitis that leads to bladder cancer? Impossible to predict. I can say, however, that the chemotherapy

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C-B-D Speech Disorders

Can medical marijuana or C-B-D help speech disorders? When I began researching and writing about cannabis as an evidence-based therapy for cancer patients, I began coming across articles about cannabis

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Foot Bath Detox and Cancer

Can you take a foot bath detox? You can take one and I can tell you that they feel great. I received this therapy at an alternative doctor’s office a few years back. The best part of the foot bath

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Social Security Disability Insurance- Cancer

I am a long-term survivor of an incurable cancer (wait…what!?). When I was first diagnosed, I was your typical young (34) working person. My cancer diagnosis turned my world upside down. Fortunately,

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Newly-diagnosed Cancer- First Steps

Newly-diagnosed cancer can be overwhelming. I know because I’ve been there. I pride myself on being a long-term cancer survivor who has lived through conventional, non-conventional, alternative and

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Early-Onset Cancer- Survivors, Self-Mgmt?

Early-onset cancer diagnoses, defined as cancer occurring in people ages 18-49, has increased more than 79% since 1990. Deaths due to these early-onset cancer diagnoses rose 27.7% since 1990. According

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Chemotherapy-Induced Nausea, Vomiting

Chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (CINV) is one of the most difficult short-term side effects resulting from undergoing all types of chemo regimens. Difficult by making the patient feel awful. Difficult

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Cancer Clinical Trials Misleading-

Clinical Trials are misleading- in my experience anyway. I say this because I have been reading articles, synopses, etc. about clinical trials since I reached complete remission from my own cancer in 1999.

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