Facing the complications from brain surgery and their upcoming chemotherapy treatments, neurosurgeon Dr. William Loudon, suggests to Cade and Max’s parents that they try something outside the box and introduces them to CHOC hospital acupuncturist. Over the next few...
While it’s challenging to evaluate acupuncture using conventional biomedical research protocols, numerous studies suggest acupuncture can help reduce chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting, cancer-related fatigue, leucopenia, pain, neuropathy, xerostomia (dry...
Studies show that, in many parts of Asia, traditional herbal medicine is used by a large majority of breast cancer patients[1]. A study from Shanghai found that 86.7% of breast cancer patients used Chinese herbal medicine after their breast cancer diagnosis[2], while...
The September 2015 editorial of a medical journal The Lancet Oncology was titled “Cancer Risk in the Transgender Community.” Its writers describe how unique health requirements, lack of appropriate research, and systemic discrimination in health care (both...
Having a delicious dressing in the fridge makes eating healthy veggies easy, which will help you stick to your cancer prevention or other healthy eating plan! Not to brag, but I often get compliments on my salad dressings! 🙂 I use it on all veggies, not just raw, cold...
