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Whole-body Vibration- Bone, Muscle, Lymphs User Experience
“Growing evidence supports the use of this treatment tool, in combination with exercise, for improving flexibility, bone density, balance, strength, and pulmonary rehabilitation.” Whole-body
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma- Complementary, Integrative Tx
Conventional Oncology Does Not Cure Multiple Myeloma- Understand Complementary and Integrative Therapies to Give you Choices… The good news is that there is a long and growing list of FDA approved
Continue readingCurcumin heals GERD – Heal Barrett’s Esophagus?
Barrett’s Esophagus is Pre-Cancer. Consider Evidence-based, non-toxic therapies to heal GERD, Barrett’s Esophagus and reduce your risk of Esophageal Cancer According to research approximately
Continue readingCurcumin Side Effects- Myeloma-
“Yes, curcumin does have side effects. And many people are concerned about the side effects of high-dose of supplementation.” I’ve supplemented with curcumin/turmeric since 2006. I
Continue readingFasting- complementary Multiple Myeloma Therapy
“The findings have been replicated with fasting diets as well. Ever since researchers in the 1990s found that mice fed every other day outlived mice that fed every day, evidence has poured in that
Continue readingChemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy
Parkinson’s disease, alcohol abuse, and the absence of a blood-thinning treatment seemed to be the “strongest predictors for dementia (dem).” Myeloma treatment led to more than 16 different
Continue readingThyroid Cancer- Delay Treatment to Reduce Overtreatment
“These findings suggest that a substantial and growing part of the detected thyroid cancers are overdiagnosed and overtreated.” The argument for overdiagnosis and overtreatment of thyroid cancer
Continue readingHope for Advanced Pancreatic Cancer?
Therapies to Shrink Pancreatic Cancer and Move from Ineligible to Eligible for the Wipple Procedure- the only potentially curative therapy for PC- A diagnosis of advanced pancreatic cancer is tough. Only
Continue readingMyeloma – Anthracycline – Cardiomyopathy –
The incidence of late progressive (anthracycline-induced cardiomyopathy) cardiovascular disease in long-term survivors of cancer is established and may contribute to heart failure and death. In 2010 I
Continue readingMyeloma- Sudden Cardiac Death – Afib
“…calls for the need to “examine treatment modalities in addition to anticoagulation” to reduce sudden cardiac death (SCD) rates in patients with atrial fibrillation.” I have chronic
Continue readingMyeloma Side Effect- Xerostomia AKA Dry Mouth
“Now, a new study has shown that acupuncture can relieve the symptoms of dry mouth (known as xerostomia)… The researchers said that the subjective reporting of improvements in xerostomia was
Continue readingMyeloma- Antioxidants, Anti-inflammatory, Anti-Angiogenesis
“At present, there is no strategy to reduce the risk of recurrence of the primary tumors or of a second cancer among survivors. Patients unresponsive to standard or experimental therapies have little
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