March 20, 2011 · inspiration
When I first started toying with what to write about this week, I went down three other possible avenues before finally detouring to other websites that stopped me in my tracks so suddenly, that I knew I wouldn’t…
March 1, 2011 · Health & Wellness
As you may already know from previous mention, Moffitt Cancer Center is based out of Tampa, Fla. , and focuses on the prevention and cure of cancer. However, for those of you who haven’t heard, they are one of the…
February 15, 2011 · Health & Wellness
We are extremely excited to introduce Moffitt Cancer Center to the Know Cancer Community! Moffitt is based out of Tampa, Fla. , and focuses on the prevention and cure of cancer. It is one of the world’s…
February 15, 2011 · Alternative Therapies
The phrase “alternative medicine” comes with a lot of baggage. To some patients, it offers a pathway to healing. To others, it suggests charlatans and quacks. But to a growing number of health…
February 15, 2011 · Cancer Treatment
For more than 100 years, doctors have used extreme cold to destroy and prevent the spread of abnormal tissue growth, a method known as cryotherapy , to treat everything from unwanted freckles to stomach ulcers. Though…
February 15, 2011 · Cancer Community
So often, my life has seemed to move in fast forward. One minute I’m graduating college. The next I’m getting married and buying a house and starting a career. Now I’m quaking as I bring my first…
February 15, 2011 · Cancer Community
I have always been pretty healthy, and my hospital experience had been limited to the labor and delivery of my three kids. I’ve never even had a cavity, let alone major surgery. So when I entered the hospital…
February 15, 2011 · Health & Wellness
Everyone knows smoking can cause lung cancer . In fact, smokers are ten times more likely to be diagnosed than non-smokers, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. “ Quitting smoking at any…
February 15, 2011 · Health & Wellness
It may come as no surprise that happy people are healthy people (and vice versa). Researchers are finding that this may be especially important when it comes to cancer . Although treatments such as chemotherapy and…
February 15, 2011 · Health & Wellness
With a cure for cancer still frustratingly absent, doctors argue that the best defense is prevention. In a press release from the annual meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research in Washington, D.C., in…
February 15, 2011 · Alternative Therapies
There is no shortage of advertising and news articles about the health benefits of everything from ginger to green tea, but often claims are based on preliminary or incomplete research findings. Here are four questions…
February 15, 2011 · Alternative Therapies
Physicians are beginning to understand the relationship between stress and cancer . As a result, a growing number are advising patients to practice their downward and upward dogs as they undergo conventional cancer…