I have always said that in my long history of working with cancer patients, I have found that most cancer patients do not die from cancer. I believe it is from chemotherapy side effects, pneumonia that doctors do not pick up on soon enough or malnutrition. According to an article submitted by Amanda Froelich, those […]
How to Mend a Strained Relationship with Your Dad in 5 Steps
June 14, 2019If you are reading this blog post, commend yourself for your strength, courageousness, and the abundance of love in your heart. Being right here on this very page means you are one step closer to repairing your relationship with your father. Yet a question you might still ask yourself is — Why Should I Make […]
An article highlighting healthy people having way more cancer-causing mutations that were originally thought, was composed by Yasemin Saplakoglu, Staff Writer for Live Science. These mutations are caused by changes in our bodies and cells from aging. These changes could be a lot greater than what was previously thought. There are more mutant cells in […]
My mother was an active lady among the neighborhood women and her garden club. It seemed as if she had many friends. However, once she was diagnosed with gastric cancer, her friends started disappearing one by one. I did not understand it at the time but as the years have passed, I understand a little […]
Cancer Cells Turned to Harmless Fat
June 12, 2019Rachel Rettner, Senior Writer for Live Science has offered information that studies have found cancer cells can be transformed into harmless fat in mouse studies. Just think what it would do for our future if aggressive cancer cells could be turned into harmless fat. Well, I do not want cancer cells but I also do […]
Can Our Emotions Impact Tumor Growth?
June 11, 2019Maria Cohut answered this question in an article that was fact checked by Jasmin Collier. Can we tell our brain to actually boost the body’s immune response against cancer tumors? According to researchers they do believe the answer to this is “yes,” by manipulating the activity of the brain’s reward system. It has been demonstrated […]
The Pfizer Medical Team published an article listing the 10 health benefits of music. We have all had that special song that brings back a certain memory or seems to make you feel happy or calm. We are born with the ability to tell the difference between music and noise. The brain has different pathways […]
Baker’s Yeast Good for Leukemia?
June 9, 2019I read an interesting article by Honor Whiteman about the effect baker’s yeast enzyme has in helping to treat leukemia. The most common form of childhood leukemia is acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL), accounting for around 3 in 4 cases in the United States. The researchers have found in a new study that a compound isolated […]
We each have our own personal “bubble” that follows us with particles in every step we take. Yasemin Saplakoglu, a staff writer with Live Science explains exactly what this means. There are microbes, chemicals, fungi, microscopic animals and other biological pieces that constantly move around us and form what is called an exposome. This is […]
As written in an article by Bethany Cadman that was reviewed by Christina Chun, MPH, osteosarcoma is a type of bone cancer. Symptoms that include pain and swelling accompany this condition. It is not known why some people develop osteosarcoma, but the outlook is more favorable when the tumor has not spread. This is a […]
