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Magnesium- Dementia

“In a study of more than 9,500 men and women, the highest or lowest levels of magnesium appeared to increase the chances for dementia by as much as 30 percent” It’s easy for researchers

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Auto Stem Cell Transplant Second Thoughts

Hi David- I am supposed to be starting my autologous stem cell transplant (ASCT) tomorrow.  I am having outpatient chemo and being admitted the next day to the hospital for two weeks. I am a bit

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MGUS- Tingling?

Hi David- I was recently diagnosed with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS). It was found by labs done because of pins and needles in my arms and legs after a Covid vaccine.  Several

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MGUS Dx- Cure vs. Control?

MGUS patients are more likely to develop more severe PN during treatment with certain drugs used to treat MM (e.g. bortezomib and thalidomide) Hi David- I was diagnosed with Monoclonal Gammopathy

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Myeloma-PFS- Progression-Free Survival vs. OS-Overall Survival

“…all attempts to replace HDM-ASCT with novel-agent-based, non-transplant strategies have failed to demonstrate their efficacy, at least in terms of progression-free survival.” “At

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Misdiagnosis, Dr. James Berenson, Stage 1 Multiple Myeloma

The single most difficult aspect of multiple myeloma is that it is difficult to diagnose. This is why 95% of all newly diagnosed MM (NDMM) patients are stage II,III. Fortunately, the NDMM patient below

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Living w/ Myeloma Since 2002- Long-term Survivor Story-

Gloria was 65 years old when she was diagnosed with Kappa Light Chain Multiple Myeloma in August 2002. She initially began to experience low back pain in April 2002 which gradually worsened over the next

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Maintain Mental Health Through Exercise

Be it for physical health or mental health, or both, exercise, in my experience anyway, is the single most effective therapy there is. I say that as a long-term cancer survivor who has struggled with his

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Are Therapies such as N.A.D., Legit?

“In studies of yeast, worms, flies and mice, “that replenishing  (N.A.D.) rapidly reverses some aspects of aging,” First things first. I think the term “anti-aging” is misleading.

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Healing Chemo, Radiation-induced Nerve Damage

Both Radiation-induced Lumbo-Sacral Plexopathy (RILP) and Chemotherapy-induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN) are painful and debilitating long-term and late stage side effects caused by conventional oncological

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Resveratrol = Slow Myeloma, Slow disease?

a phase II study evaluating resveratrol (RES) in patients with Alzheimer disease showed that resveratrol can delay cognitive decline in the ability to perform daily tasks119 Can Resveratrol (RES) slow

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Cardiac Rehab – Curcumin, CVD, Heart Failure

The p300-HAT inhibitory effects of curcumin have been demonstrated to ameliorate the development of cardiac hypertrophy and heart failure in animal models. I developed a deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during

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