Cancer and its treatment may affect a person’s ability to conceive a child in the future. In these two “Moving Forward” videos from American Society of Clinical Oncology and the LIVESTRONG, get perspectives on fertility and cancer from oncology experts and young adult survivors. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CB9WoXbXtr0 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_uwfwIRMUA&feature=player_embedded#t=0s Cancer and cancer treatments can cause infertility in [...]
First Descents!
First Descents offers young adult cancer fighters and survivors (ages 18 to 39) a free outdoor adventure experience designed to empower them to climb, paddle and surf beyond their diagnosis, defy their cancer, reclaim their lives and connect with others doing the same. Please visit their website – http://www.firstdescents.org/
Cancer: The Complete Recovery Guide.
I am the author of a number of cancer books that I believe provide the most comprehensive discussion of all the options cancer patients need to consider and I would like to discuss with you how best to get this information to your members and readers of your magazines. I have recently updated and substantially [...]
Cancer Practices that must stop!
Five Cancer Practices That Must Stop! Zosia Chustecka April 5, 2012 — Five common cancer procedures and tests have been identified that are not supported by evidence and should no longer be used, according to the American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO). Oncologists should stop the unnecessary use of chemotherapy [...]
How Doctors choose to Die
Doctors http://www.guardian.co.uk/ How doctors choose to die When faced with a terminal illness, medical professionals, who know the limits of modern medicine, often opt out of life-prolonging treatment. An American doctor explains why the best death can be the least medicated – and the art of dying peacefully, at home guardian.co.uk, Wednesday 8 February 2012 [...]
Dagga, Hubbly could cause cancer
Dagga, hubbly could give you cancer 25.01.2012 Smoking tobacco, using a hubbly bubbly pipe and smoking dagga (marijuana), puts young people at high risk of developing oral- and oro-pharyngeal cancers. This message was highlighted by the South African Dental Association (SADA) at a press briefing in Cape Town this week. In the past, these types [...]
Smoking after Cancer Diagnosis
Many still smoke after cancer diagnosis 23.01.2012 A substantial number of lung and colorectal cancer patients continue to smoke after being diagnosed with cancer, according to a new report published in CANCER. The study provides valuable information on which cancer patients may need help to quit smoking. According the study continuing smoking after a cancer [...]
Imerman Angels
Imerman Angels is a not-for-profit organization that connects a person fighting cancer today (cancer fighter) with someone who has beaten the same type of cancer (cancer survivor). The one-on-one relationship provides the cancer fighter the opportunate to ask personal questions and receive encouragement from someone who is uniquely familiar with the situation, and it allows the cancer [...]
Fatigue from Chemotherapy may worsen
Women treating breast cancer with chemotherapy may experience exhaustion for a years following treatment, a new study confirms. The study was published in the American Cancer Society’s current issue of CANCER by researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center. Please read it at http://www.medicaldaily.com/news/20111206/8114/breast-cancer-chemotherapy-study-fatigue-women-treatment-cancer.htm
Breast Cancer and Yoga
Tari Prinster, a yoga instructor at the OM Yoga Center on Broadway, is targeting her classes to a very specific clientel: breast cancer survivors. // <![CDATA[ $(document).ready(function() { if (!(window.history.pushState === undefined)) { link = $(' '); $('.minipicturebox').prepend(link); } }); // ]]> Seventeen years ago, Prinster, now 66, first started practicing yoga because she wanted [...]
Tips for a Healthy Holiday!
’Healthy for the Holidays’– 10 tips for cancer survivors. Surviving the holidays with one’s waistline, bank account and sanity intact can be challenging for everyone, but the season affords specific pitfalls – and opportunities – for cancer survivors who are mindful of staying healthy throughout the season and beyond. One in 20 adults in the [...]
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