Mind-Body Therapy Alters Gene Expression Reducing Risk of Relapse

People who practice mind-body interventions, such as yoga, meditation and Tai Chi, produce significantly lower amounts of molecules that activate inflammation-causing genes (reducing the risk of multiple

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Cancer Stem Cell Theory and Multiple Myeloma

One of the primary difficulties of a multiple myeloma diagnosis is that almost every survivor lives his/her life from remission to relapse, from peak to valley.  As soon as we acheive remission, we

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Clinical Trial Chemo Comparison for Multiple Myeloma-A to A

Comparing research for multiple myeloma (MM) therapies is frustrating at best, dangerous at worst. The goal for any/all MM patients is to compare one chemotherapy regimen to another in a sort of apples

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Multiple Myeloma- Caregiver rights and responsibilities-

A caregiver or carer is an unpaid or paid member of a person’s social network who helps them with activities of daily living. Caregiving is most commonly used to address impairments related to old

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Myeloma – Resveratrol enhance Adiamycin Efficacy, Reduce Toxicity

“Resveratrol and quercetin, two polyphenols that have been widely studied for their health properties, may soon become the basis of an important new advance in cancer treatment, primarily by improving

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Cannabinoids as Integrative Multiple Myeloma Therapy

These results showed that Cannabinoids (CBD) by itself or in synergy (integrative) with BORT strongly inhibited growth, arrested cell cycle progression and induced Multiple Myeloma cell death… Dear

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Options for Pain Management in Myeloma

Minimizing or eliminating the pain you experience from myeloma is something all patients want. If the use of narcotics, opiates, and opioids has not benefited you, or you fear you could be developing

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Autologous Stem Cell Transplantation Myeloma- Overall Survival vs. PFS

“Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (ASCT) remains a dangerous procedure with many possible complications; it is reserved for patients with life-threatening diseases” You have been diagnosed

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Multiple Myeloma-Curing Cancer Shouldn’t Always be the Goal

Cancer Coaching-“Sometimes patients and their doctors can manage cancer (MM) so successfully that it may seem to go away. Unfortunately, it doesn’t. And it could still go rogue at any time…” Please

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Anti-Myeloma benefits of Frequent, Moderate Exercise

“The main reason why I exercise now is because I got in the habit of going to the gym. My daily trip to the gym is just that- it’s a part of my day. It’s a habit… According to the PeopleBeatingCancer

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Myeloma Clinical Trials- Misleading at Best, Dangerous at worst…

“In the multiple myeloma setting, patients tend to be older and with more comorbidities, which often prevents them from enrolling in a trial. Therefore, myeloma clinical trials are incomplete.  According

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Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy- Myeloma

“This issue of adverse effects in (MM) survivors goes beyond peripheral neuropathy. There are other effects that need to be considered while patients are making treatment decisions.” I am a

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