As if it weren’t tough enough to face cancer, many patients who receive chemotherapy experience severe nausea and vomiting afterward, particularly on the first day of a treatment cycle. And even when antivomiting drugs are used, nausea often continues. Good news from a recent study: For three days before and after their chemotherapy cycles, cancer… Continue reading Ginger Eases Nausea for Cancer Patients
Category: Cancer
A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You — Or Is It?
Sitting down with a nice cup of hot tea feels positively virtuous these days. Every time we glance up at the evening news, there’s been another scientist telling us how good tea is for our health — it’s those antioxidants! But now here comes another study with a decidedly different take — tea can be… Continue reading A Cup of Hot Tea Is Good for You — Or Is It?
Breast Cancer Update: Radiation or Not?
Many women with breast cancer want to do anything and everything to fight the disease as aggressively as possible — in fact, more and more are choosing preventive mastectomies even when their cancer is the noninvasive kind that hasn’t spread. But sometimes less treatment may be the healthiest decision — for instance, new research pinpoints… Continue reading Breast Cancer Update: Radiation or Not?
The Anticancer Diet
David Servan-Schreiber, MD, PhD University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine At any given time, the average person might have thousands of cancer cells in his/her body. Individually, these abnormal cells are harmless, but any one of them could potentially proliferate and form a mass of cells (a tumor) that damages normal tissues and can spread… Continue reading The Anticancer Diet
Financial Aid for Cancer Patients
What’s scarier — dying of cancer or paying for cancer treatment? It sounds like the punch line to an unfunny joke, but in fact, Americans are divided about half and half when asked to answer that question, according to a recent survey commissioned by the Community Oncology Alliance (COA). Even if you have what you… Continue reading Financial Aid for Cancer Patients