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I don’t want to talk about cancer
I don’t want to talk about cancer. I want to talk about my grandmother, a white-haired dynamo who didn’t walk so much as bustle, washed and reused tinfoil and once pooh-poohed an elderly gent at the...
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Doctors Care About You!
This week I had the privilege to attend a very informal and transparent, meeting with some of our surgical oncologists. It was one I had mixed feelings about because it could have turned into a “bash...
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Survive and Thrive blog launches
The Survive and Thrive blog is a forum for cancer survivors and those who care for them to exchange ideas and learn about surviving and thriving with a cancer diagnosis. We will talk about problems and...
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Exercise benefits cancer patients during and after treatment
We hear a lot about exercise being good for you. Is it really true? Is there evidence to support the benefits of exercise for cancer survivors? The answer is, yes. Recent studies have shown that...
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The power of green tea
Does green tea really protect a cancer survivor against cancer? The answer is, maybe. In contrast to other types of tea, green tea is prepared from unfermented tea leaves. The steam heat process to...
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Why is my doctor prescribing meditation?
I am a cancer survivor and the doctor is prescribing meditation? Am I crazy? The answer is, no. Not crazy, but maybe stressed. In more and more medical centers, meditation is being prescribed by...
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Motivational interviewing and changing health habits
Many cancer survivors need help from their doctor to start exercising, eat healthy, lose weight or to quit smoking. The stakes are high because these changes can decrease the risk that a previous...
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Fatigue is the problem; Exercise is the answer
Fatigue is a significant problem for many people both during and after cancer treatment. There can be many causes for fatigue in cancer survivors, including the cancer itself and the treatment for the...
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What is acupuncture?
Acupuncture is a mind-body medicine practice that has been used in China for thousands of years. It is now making its way into mainstream medicine and cancer care in the United States. Acupuncture...
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Writing out cancer
Journaling is one of the tools that can be the greatest help when we face difficult situations because writing helps us process our experiences. It helps us know who we are, work through our...
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Is garlic the new anti-cancer drug?
Garlic has been used as a food additive and as a medicine for about 5,000 years. It is a vegetable (Allium sativum) in the allium class of bulb plants that includes onions, chives, leeks and scallions....
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Screening for prostate cancer is personal
Prostate cancer doesn’t affect just men. It affects the friends and families of the men who are diagnosed. This is most evident when one looks around any room where men are sitting, noting that for...
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Ginseng to treat cancer-related fatigue
Cancer-related fatigue is more than just tiredness, which everyone experiences. Cancer-related fatigue is a daily lack of energy that is experienced as extreme weakness, feeling worn out, having low...
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What impact do antioxidants have on your health?
Antioxidants are chemicals that promote chemical reactions in the cells of our bodies. They reduce the harmful oxidative effects of a group of naturally occurring chemicals called free radicals....
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Exercise key to combating fatigue
I had an extraordinary experience recently at the Human Performance Lab, located at the Center for Integrative Oncology and Survivorship within the GHS Cancer Institute. I put on my exercise clothing...
View ArticleNeuropathy Pain (Part 1 of 2)
Cancer survivors sometimes have to cope with injury to nerves in the body that run from the brain to the tips of their fingers and toes. This kind of nerve damage is called peripheral neuropathy. It...
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Neuropathy pain can be a difficult problem after surgery, chemotherapy or radiation therapy. Part one of this blog post covered medicines that are frequently prescribed for neuropathy pain. Part two...
View ArticleSugar and cancer
Cancer cells love sugar, right? This question comes up frequently when cancer survivors start investigating how to alter their diet to better fight cancer. The logic behind the question says that sugar...
View ArticleSay nuts to cancer
What’s the best food to reduce the risk of cancer? It’s hard to pick just one from all the fruits and vegetables, but a strong candidate for being the best might be nuts. They’re convenient, tasty and...
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Help make music therapy program a reality
The GHS Cancer Institute hopes to establish a Jeffrey Frank Wacks Music Therapy Program in Greenville. To make this dream a reality, we applied for funding from the LIVESTRONG Foundation and are now...
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