Coping with Cancer
A wide variety of professionals share their knowledge and experience in easy-to-read, relevant articles, and patients, caregivers, and survivors share their strategies for coping with cancer.
Diagnosis: Multiple Myeloma
Plasma cell neoplasms are diseases in which the body makes too many plasma cells. Multiple myeloma is a type of plasma cell neoplasm. In multiple myeloma,...
Getting Your Groove Back
(Photo by digitalskillet/Bigstock.com). As a mental health therapist, I work with people who are trying to rediscover their sexual selves after a cancer diagnosis. Everyone I...
Should Cancer Survivors Practice Yoga?
Yoga is a mind-body therapy that typically involves three components: physical alignment poses (called asanas), breathing techniques (called pranayamas), and mindful exercise (called meditation). The...
New Year, New Me
Ilse Anderson I was on the cusp of my new life, traveling the world, growing as an artist, and exploring new avenues of spirituality. I...
How Being an Entrepreneur Helped Me in My Fight against Cancer
Jonathan Passley Cancer is not an opponent I expected to encounter at age 29. Most people my age aren’t forced to confront their mortality so...
Help Yourself
There are more than 15.5 million cancer survivors living in the United States today, and this number is expected to nearly double by 2040. Cancer...
Complementary Medicine
Aromatherapy has been shown to promote a general sense of well-being, improving quality of life and overall wellness in cancer survivors.Each passing year seems to...
Unlock the Healing Power of Forgiveness
Any cancer survivor can tell you that the challenges brought on by a cancer diagnosis aren’t just physical. For many people, the greatest challenges are...
Polycythemia Vera Explained
Polycythemia vera, or PV, is one of a group of progressive blood cancers called myeloproliferative neoplasms, or MPNs. This group also includes essential thrombocythemia and...
How to Find Gratitude and Hold on to It with Both Hands
Dara Kurtz. I’ve always been a polite person. I say “please,” “thank you,” and “you’re welcome” on a regular basis. But just because I’m courteous doesn’t...
Down the San Juan River
Claudia Foster. I have run rapids before, but never ones like these. I have breast cancer. Two months ago, a phone call changed my river’s course....
Yoga May Boost Physical and Mental Health of People with Advanced Lung Cancer, and Their Caregivers
New research, presented at the 2017 Palliative and Supportive Care in Oncology Symposium in San Diego, CA, shows that yoga offered both physical and mental...
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