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Anti-Aging or Anti- Immune System Aging?
“…delaying senescence and thus age-related diseases. Rare human mutations can cause accelerated aging diseases. Environmental factors may affect aging – for example, overexposure to
Continue readingHealing My Chemo brain- Myeloma
Chemo brain is highly prevalent; these problems can be detected in up to 30% of patients prior to chemotherapy; up to 75% of patients report some form of Chemo brain during treatment… My diagnosis
Continue readingCardiotoxic, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertension
“Cardiotoxic treatment refers to the damage of heart muscles (cardiomyopathy) due to intake of chemotherapy drugs.” It isn’t the fact that many chemotherapy regimens are cardiot0xic aka
Continue readingPrevent Cognitive Decline, Enhance Brain Health, Heal Chemobrain
“If you want to manage the factors that are within your control to prevent or delay age-related cognitive decline, spend some time and energy focusing on these three things…” I want to
Continue readingAtrial Fibrillation Catheter Ablation Complications
“Catheter ablation (for afib) volumes rose 2.5-fold during the study period…The overall in-hospital complication rate increased during the study period from 3.07% to 7.04%” I developed
Continue readingXarelto Lawsuit Highlights Risks of Conventional Blood Thinners
“Given all this information, people who are on Xarelto, or those caring for those who are, may have some concerns. Experts say it’s best to take those concerns straight to the doctor or specialist
Continue readingAYA Surviving Stem Cell Transplant- Therapy Plan
“AYA (and Pediatric Survivors) who undergo hematopoietic cell transplantation (allo, auto SCT) are at significant risk for long-term and late effects in survivorship.” Boy, is that an understatement.
Continue readingGot Cancer? Chemotherapy is toxic- less is more
No matter what cancer you have, solid tumor, blood cancer, the more chemotherapy you undergo, the greater your risk of adverse events. Common side effects of chemotherapy and radiation run the gamut. From
Continue readingHospitalized? Reduce Blood Clot (VTE) Risk-
Patients with an acute medical illness such as pneumonia, stroke, or congestive heart failure are highly susceptible to the development of venous thromboembolism (VTE) during their hospital stay and up
Continue readingCurcumin in combo w/ IMiD (Revlimid) or PI (Velcade)
“The aim of this study, therefore, is to report our experience with curcumin, combined with either an IMiD or PI, in the treatment of older (>55 years) MM patients intolerant of Dexamethasone.” According
Continue readingMultiple Myeloma Diagnostics- FISH, SPEP, CBC, FLC’s and Imaging
If you have multiple myeloma your plasma cells produce unhealthy antibodies called monoclonal proteins (M proteins). The accumulation of M proteins in your body can damage organs like your kidneys and
Continue readingSecondary Cancer – Multiple Myeloma
“Pediatric and AYA cancer survivors remain at increased risk for treatment-related subsequent neoplasms, even after the age of 40, according to a new study published online ahead of print in the
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