All Entries in the "Cancer Treatment" Category
Useful Tips to Cope with Chemo
Though chemo has the potential to save lives, it is also a therapy that is troublesome in itself and which can cause side effects and very severe distress to the cancer sufferer. Dealing with nausea Nausea is a very common side effect and to combat this make dietary changes to exclude fatty, greasy foods and [...]
Common Side Effects of Chemotherapy
Chemotherapy is a word coined for the use of chemicals as therapy for various problems including cancers, autoimmune disorders such as multiple sclerosis, lupus, dermatomyositis, as well as for lowering risk of transplant rejection. Chemotherapy is one of the most commonly used to treat cancers; which are diseases that occur due to a combination of [...]
How to Protect Your Skin After Chemotherapy and Radiation Therapy?
Chemotherapy and radiation therapy can greatly change your skin’s pigmentation, color and freshness. Changes that you observe after undergoing these therapies include: Dry and itchy skin Hives or rashes Hypersensitivity to sunlight Formation of rings under your eyes Feel better about yourself: Undergoing chemotherapy and radiation therapy leads to low self-esteem. In order to feel [...]
Top 10 Cancer Fighting Foods
While undergoing medical treatment for cancer in terms of surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and drugs, there is also nutritional remedy that you can initiate yourself, which can work side by side with other treatments to help beat cancer. There are compounds and chemicals naturally occurring in a number of foods that are known to not only [...]
Alternative Medicine and Cancer – Counterview
In our earlier post, we looked at some of the reasons why a lot of mainstream medical practitioners frown on using alternative and complementary therapies for cancer. Now however let us consider all the reasons why patients, integrative medicine practitioners and even some mainstream doctors choose CAM therapies – why as many as 83% of [...]
Alternative Medicine and Cancer – View
There are many in the medical community who choose to reject alternative therapies, expressing skepticism or even scorn at their use. This is either because they have an interest in perpetuating their own brand of medicine or because of personal belief. Whatever the reason, mainstream medical practitioners do tend to belittle alternative therapies labeling them [...]
Treatments for Other Ailments Could Help Dealing with Cancer
As more and more research gets done about cancer, there is more about what can cure cancer that comes to light – either by accident or concentrated effort. It has recently been found that an arthritis drug could help to prevent skin cancer, and that the breast cancer drug tamoxifen could offer long term protection [...]
Noni Juice May Give Wonderful Protection Against Cancer
Noni juice contains various nutrients that help in protecting against cancer. It stops the growth of cancer cells like damnacanthal, anthraquinone and trace element selenium. Activation of white blood cell membranes helps you to absorb as much nutrients as you can. The juice smells like a rotten cheese and it doesn’t remain in your mouth [...]
