'Cancer' Category
Mind and Body in Fatigue and Cancer
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A Little Exercise can Decrease Fatigue
Sedentary people who regularly complain of fatigue can increase their energy and decrease their fatigue engaging in regular, low intensity exercise, according to a new University of Georgia study published in the February issue of the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.
Tim Puetz the lead author of […]Cancer and Talking to Patients.
“effective communication is truly essential to good cancer care and deserves more research”
This is the message from a report in the US by their National Cancer Institute and the University of Rochester.
As one of the co-authors, Ronald M. Epstein, says
“You can have the best treatment in the world but if […]Fighting Cancer with Fruit and Vegetables #2
A common component of fruit and vegetables (pectin) has been shown to kill prostate cancer cells.
The study was published in the academic journal Glycobiology, the August issue, and was conducted by Debra Mohnen at the University of Georgia UGA Cancer Center where the study is also reported.
So far this is only a laboratory experiment - […]Fighting Cancer with Fruit and Vegetables
More evidence of the importance of anti-oxidants.
The results are only preliminary (test tubes and rats) but they are remarkable. The growth of cancer cells can be slowed and in some cases the cancer cells are killed.
The anti-oxidants involved are those which give fruit and vegetables a purple, blue or red colour. The star […]Powerlines and Cancer Risk
A few years ago there was some publicity about the health risks of living close to large electro-magnetic fields (emf’s), such as power stations, high voltage electrical cables and so on. Then it seemed to die down - those who lived close to them didn’t seem to be in any worse health than anyone else […]
