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June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month
Jun 10, 2016
In Australia, June is Bowel Cancer Awareness Month – an annual campaign that aims to raise awareness of the disease. Every week, 77 Australians die from the cancer, which is the third most common type of newly diagnosed cancer – according to Bowel...Meditation reduces breast cancer biopsy pain
Mar 16, 2016
Experts have known for some time that meditation helps keep patients calm and relaxed in the lead up to surgery. And now new research has found that meditation could reduce pain during breast cancer biopsies. The Duke Cancer Institute study, published...Foods That Have Anti-Cancerous Properties
Feb 09, 2015
Research into cancer inhibiting foods is on the increase. These studies suggest that foods that contain antioxidants, protease inhibitors and omega fatty acids contain properties that eliminate free radicals as well as slow down the division of unhealthy...Acupuncture for Cancer Recovery
Feb 26, 2014
A new UK study has found that acupuncture may help ease fatigue, anxiety and depression in women with breast cancer. The research, which appeared in the Journal of Clinical Oncology, also found that the modality may help enhance quality of life for...Natural Therapies for Palliative Care
Sep 06, 2013
A progressive disease that cannot be cured should not mirror hopelessness and grief. Anyone suffering from an incurable disease deserves to receive palliative care to ease their symptoms and relish the beauty of life despite the ominous prognosis of...Study Finds Vitamin D May Help Prevent Cancer
Mar 23, 2011
Getting a daily dose of sunshine may do more than lift your mood, a new study has shown. Vitamin D, which our bodies mainly get from sunshine, may have a role to play in preventing certain types of cancer. About the Study A new study recently out of...Oncology Massage: Supporting Living Well
Jan 09, 2011
It is a sad truth that even the loved ones of cancer patients often feel afraid of hurting their sick loved one with a simple hug or other forms of contact. A hug then means a whole lot more than it used to, and so loved ones refrain, leaving the cancer...What is Bowel Cancer?
May 21, 2009
The bowel is that part of your digestive system where waste matter is deposited after going through the complex digestive process in your stomach and small intestine. Due to still unknown reasons, abnormal cells may proliferate in the bowel, causing...High GI Foods & Cancer: What's the Connection?
Oct 19, 2008
You've heard of the health benefits of following a low GI diet but now new research shows that a low GI diet could be more important than ever before. What is the GI? The GI is the Glycaemic Index of food, and it is a score that is applied to different...
