Prehabilitation Before Radiation Therapy: How to Prepare Your Body to Reduce Side Effects

Prehabilitation Before Radiation Therapy: How to Prepare Your Body to Reduce Side Effects. Learn how prehabilitation before radiation therapy—including exercise, nutrition, stress management, and sleep—may

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Chemotherapy-Induced Vascular Dysfunction: The Hidden Cardiovascular Side Effect Every Cancer Patient Should Know

Chemotherapy-Induced Vascular Dysfunction: The Hidden Cardiovascular Side Effect Every Cancer Patient Should Know Cancer survivors often know about chemotherapy-induced cardiomyopathy, neuropathy, and

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Chemotherapy-Induced Nephrotoxicity: Protecting Your Kidneys During Cancer Treatment

Chemotherapy-Induced Nephrotoxicity: Protecting Your Kidneys During Cancer Treatment. Chemotherapy saves lives. Unfortunately, some of the most effective cancer drugs can also damage the kidneys. Kidney

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Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia: Conventional and Integrative Ways to Improve Energy, Reduce Transfusions, and Support Recovery

Chemotherapy-Induced Anemia: Conventional and Integrative Ways to Improve Energy, Reduce Transfusions, and Support Recovery. Learn how chemotherapy-induced anemia is treated with blood transfusions, iron,

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The Anxiety of Cancer Treatment: What Feels Routine to Your Oncologist May Feel Life-Changing to You

The Anxiety of Cancer Treatment: What Feels Routine to Your Oncologist May Feel Life-Changing to You. After I relapsed, I began printing out questions to ask at my regular appointment with my oncologist.

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Chemotherapy-Induced Osteoporosis (Bone Loss): What Every Cancer Survivor Should Know

Chemotherapy-Induced Osteoporosis (Bone Loss): What Every Cancer Survivor Should Know. Chemotherapy can save your life—but it can also weaken your bones. For many cancer survivors, bone loss develops

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AHCC and Cancer: Can This Mushroom Extract Improve Cancer Outcomes?

AHCC and Cancer: Can This Mushroom Extract Improve Cancer Outcomes? Can AHCC help cancer patients? Learn what the research says about Active Hexose Correlated Compound (AHCC), immune function, chemotherapy

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Cold Exposure for Cancer Survivors: What We Know About the Wim Hof Method and Cryotherapy

Cold Exposure for Cancer Survivors: What We Know About the Wim Hof Method and Cryotherapy. Can exposing yourself to cold water or extremely cold temperatures improve your health after cancer?

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Red Light Therapy and Cancer: Can Light Reduce Side Effects Without Fueling Cancer?

Red Light Therapy and Cancer: Can Light Reduce Side Effects Without Fueling Cancer? Photobiomodulation (PBM), often called red light therapy or low-level laser therapy (LLLT), is becoming one of the most

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Cancer and Medical Debt: What Survivors Need to Know

Cancer and Medical Debt: What Survivors Need to Know. A cancer diagnosis changes far more than your health. It can also change your financial future. Even people with good health insurance are often surprised

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Fasting and Cancer Therapy: What Studies Show

Fasting and Cancer Therapy: What Studies Show. Can eating less actually help cancer treatment work better? For decades, cancer patients were told to “keep your strength up” by eating as much

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Cancer and Bone Health: 15 Evidence-Based Ways to Protect Your Bones

Managing cancer and bone health. While fighting the specific cancer that we are diagnosed with is the main focus of cancer patients and survivors, it is not the only health challenge we face.  What is

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