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Exercise- Endometrial Cancer, Reduce Relapse
Exercise may be a critical component of endometrial cancer prevention, and walking for thirty minutes a day five days a week is enough to make a difference.
Continue readingExercise- Non-Medical Intervention for Alzheimer’s
“physical activity, exercise among people already diagnosed with the early stages of Alzheimer’s, moderate to high-intensity workouts may not only slow down the biological symptoms of Alzheimer’s—but
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 readingT-Cell Fitness and Myeloma
T-cell fitness is critical for myeloma survivors. And, according to the article linked below, continual myeloma treatments can exhaust t-cells. So what’s a MM survivor to do? Considering that multiple
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 readingResveratrol Stabilizes Aortic Growth in Marfan?
I have recently been diagnosed with Marfan Syndrome. I am also a cancer survivor whose conventional therapies left me with a host of long-term and late stage side effects. As a result, I would prefer
Continue readingSurviving Myeloma- Post-Cancer Fear
Today, there are 16.9 million cancer survivors in the U.S., and 64 percent of them are 65 or older. It is estimated that 75,000 of these are surviving MM. I have been living with myeloma since my diagnosis
Continue readingMarfan Bone Health
When I read the study linked below explaining that Marfan bone health may be less than the average person’s bone health, I was kind of excited. I am the survivor of a blood cancer called multiple
Continue readingTeclistamab for RR Myeloma
The real benefit of teclistamab for RR myeloma is one more FDA approved therapy that can put the myeloma patient who has undergone numerous therapies at least one more remission. Now that I have set the
Continue readingTeclistamab w/ at least 1 prior anti-BCMA
The study below reports two important things for MM survivors. First, teclistamab is an anti-BCMA therapy that is a viable therapy for MM survivors. Remember that teclistamab is newly approved therapy
Continue readingMinimizing Side Affects in Myeloma
While killing monoclonal proteins (myeloma) is the goal, minimizing side effects in myeloma treatment is a close second. For those MM patients who side effects are serious enough, conventional treatment
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