October 31st, 2008
About eighty percent of men who reach the age of 80 have prostate cancer. If you have prostate cancer, are concerned about getting it or if you’re looking out for the health of someone you love, this article may help. Many men with prostate cancer, especially those later in life, have made the decision with […]
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October 31st, 2008
I learned the power of will during my cancer journey through a very unusual process: I called it “Shower Sequencing”. Since the cancer was in my neck and tonsil it was important to keep the lymph moving there. I discovered that a method of creating movement in the lymph was to first run hot water […]
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October 28th, 2008
If you decide to do an alternative program either concurrently with your conventional program or solely by itself, I would take a few steps before discussing it with your oncologist.
In the last five years oncologists are becoming more open to this multi-dimensional approach. Both my chemo and radiation oncologists were very open and knew I […]
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October 28th, 2008
This October, like every other since 1985, will see a larger than usual display of pink ribbons, thousands of once-a-year fun runners, and a countless number of free or discounted mammograms on the third Friday of the month. This display of passionate involvement to raise awareness and funding for breast cancer is, without a doubt, […]
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October 28th, 2008
What is the breast?
The breast is a collection of glands and fatty tissue that lies between the skin and the chest wall. The glands inside the breast produce milk after a woman has a baby. Each gland is also called a lobule, and many lobules make up a lobe. There are 15 to 20 lobes […]
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October 28th, 2008
Everyone needs to cleanse their lymph system of all the wastes that have built up over a lifetime. Cleansing the lymph helps the body to cleanse every organ and system you have. The waste from each cell must be removed or the body will die in its own waste.
The lymph system transports lymphatic fluids but […]
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October 28th, 2008
In the not-too-distant future, women having a dental check-up or their teeth cleaned may be offered a simple “swish and spit” test that could accurately reveal whether they have breast cancer – at an early and most curable stage.
That’s the news from researchers at The University of Texas (UT) Health Science Center at Houston who […]
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October 25th, 2008
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today announced an updated recommendation from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that calls for screening mammography, with or without clinical breast examination, every one to two years for women ages 40 and over. This recommendation affirms HHS’ existing position on the value of mammography.
“The federal government makes a […]
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October 25th, 2008
Letting It Out, Living Longer
A diagnosis of breast cancer is a great shock. Women report that they fear breast cancer more than heart disease, even though they have a better chance of surviving breast cancer, and dying of stroke or heart failure. Breast cancer has been with us since the early Egyptians, and fear of […]
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October 24th, 2008
Melatonin is nature’s sleeping pill. It is secreted by the light sensitive pineal gland which regulates our biological clock and synchronizes our hormonal-immune network. Our level of melatonin rises with darkness and falls with light. According to Dr. Uzzi Reiss, in his book Natural Hormone Balance, a healthy pineal gland produces 2.5 milligrams of melatonin […]
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