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What NOT to say to Cancer Patients- Less is More

“When you are not sure of what helpful words to give, the best way to show support is with a hug, or a squeeze of the hand- in short, less is more.” This three part blog post is another take

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Iron Deficiency In People With Cancer

An iron deficiency is one of the most common complications in cancer patients, affecting 30-90%, depending on the type of cancer. An iron deficiency means not enough oxygen is being carried around the

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Bladder Cancer and BCG- side effects and relapse?

“Overall, our results suggest that curcumin potentiates the antitumor effect of BCG through the inhibition of NF-kappaB and induction of TRAIL receptors in bladder cancer cells…”   According

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How to Stay Healthy During Chemotherapy

When undergoing chemotherapy, you need to stay as healthy as possible, so that you are comfortable and able to undergo the best treatment possible. What you eat, drink and do makes a huge difference to

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Physician-Assisted Suicide and the Cancer Patient, Survivor and Caregiver

 Patients, their families, and physicians have been satisfied with a “death with dignity” physician-assisted suicide program made available to terminal cancer patients at a Seattle clinic… If

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Probiotics as Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease assoc. Colorectal Cancer

“These results suggest that alteration of the gut microbiome with probiotics may become a new preventative or therapeutic strategy for patients at risk for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated

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Immunotherapy Increases Response to Chemo in Lung Cancer

Pretreatment with immune checkpoint inhibitors are associated with a higher likelihood of response to salvage chemotherapy in patients with advanced non–small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC), Advanced non-small

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How Medical Personnel Can Help Chronic Patients Rest Better

“… it can be possible to streamline the process for the facility’s longest-staying patients in order to cut down on the number of disruptions they can endure.” One of the most common

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How to Prevent Serious Infections 

Preventing serious infections is something that you should make a conscious effort to do as treating it once contracted can be hard… The goal should be to be as healthy as possible and avoid serious

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Curcumin- Bronchial Asthma

The results showed that curcumin capsules help in improving the airway obstruction (Bronchial Asthma) which was evident by significant improvement in the mean… I am a long-term cancer survivor of

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Chemosensitivity Testing Improves Treatment of Leukemia

“A paper in the peer-reviewed journal Leukemia & Lymphoma showed that overall survival improved 250+ percent in leukemia patients when doctors used a chemosensitivity test to help determine treatment.” As

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Life as a Caregiving Youth

“The American Association of Caregiving Youth aims mainly to make sure that caregiving students don’t drop out of school…” Life as a caregiving youth for me feels pretty normal.

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