Tag: cancer management
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World Cancer Day: Expert Shares Nutrition Advice
This World Cancer Day, we’re looking at how adequate nourishment can help the body heal in the best way it knows how. We’re paying attention to how various forms of cancer treatment often come with side effects that impact one’s ability to eat. This can include nausea and loss of appetite to mouth sores –…
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Skincare Advice for Breast Cancer Patients
Every year, an estimated 1.7 million women are diagnosed with breast cancer worldwide. When a cancer diagnosis is handed down, there are so many things to think about. As such, skincare can seem like one of the least important things to consider. However, you can be proactive in taking care of your skin right from…
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Cancer Treatments May Cause You To Age Faster
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text] New research indicates that certain anti-cancer therapies may hasten cellular aging, where changes in the DNA of patients may contribute to…
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Healthy Diet During Cancer Treatments
Cancer affects a patient’s appetite, leading to reduced food intake(1). In some cases, tumors tend to induce anorexia in cancer patients(2). Cancer treatments, like surgical procedures, chemotherapy, and interventional radiology procedures, also cause side effects that may affect a patient’s food consumption(3). Maintaining a healthy diet is a necessary step to feeling better during cancer…
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Cancer and Sugar – What is The Link?
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Living With Cancer: A Guide To Managing The Disease
[vc_row type=”in_container” full_screen_row_position=”middle” column_margin=”default” column_direction=”default” column_direction_tablet=”default” column_direction_phone=”default” scene_position=”center” text_color=”dark” text_align=”left” row_border_radius=”none” row_border_radius_applies=”bg” overlay_strength=”0.3″ gradient_direction=”left_to_right” shape_divider_position=”bottom” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column column_padding=”no-extra-padding” column_padding_tablet=”inherit” column_padding_phone=”inherit” column_padding_position=”all” background_color_opacity=”1″ background_hover_color_opacity=”1″ column_shadow=”none” column_border_radius=”none” column_link_target=”_self” gradient_direction=”left_to_right” overlay_strength=”0.3″ width=”1/1″ tablet_width_inherit=”default” tablet_text_alignment=”default” phone_text_alignment=”default” column_border_width=”none” column_border_style=”solid” bg_image_animation=”none”][vc_column_text] If you have recently been diagnosed with cancer, knowing what to expect in the near future and making plans can be…