Adriamycin, doxorubicin, or “the Red Devil,” is a common chemotherapy medication used to treat various types of cancers and other issues. It is commonly used in early-stage breast cancers, along with cancers of the bladder, kidneys, ovaries, thyroid, stomach, lungs, nerve tissues, bone, joints, and other soft tissues. It is also regularly used to treat…
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Your cancer treatment is a time for you to focus on staying strong and working through and minimizing the side affects you are experiencing. Healthy eating is also a key in supplying your body with the nutrients it needs to stay as strong and well as possible. Not everyone that goes through cancer treatment will…
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For those hearing their cancer diagnosis for the first time, it can be a devastating and utterly life changing moment. Not only is your body damage and full of this potential killer, but your psyche is also instantly altered. In today’s day and age, cancer is no longer simply the “c” word, and awareness and…
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The side effects of cancer treatment are traumatic for any patient, and most all those patients who undergo chemotherapy treatment report that “chemo brain” is a very prevalent and annoying side effect they deal with. Other issues those patients on chemotherapy face are decreased neurocognitive function, fatigue, and social issues. Because chemotherapy is toxic to…
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Androgen Deprivation Therapy, or ADT, is a therapy used to treat prostate cancer. Prostate cancer cannot thrive or grow without androgens, which include testosterone, follicle-stimulating hormones, and luteinizing hormones. This hormone therapy works to decrease the number of androgens within a male’s body, which thusly slows the growth of the cancer, and in some cases,…
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The first question many people ask when beginning their cancer treatment is, “can I still have sex with my partner during this treatment?” The answer, unless you have a physical limitation, should always be YES! Most all specialists advise their patients to find intimacy and try to have the most “regular” routines now, just as…
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Through the years of our research for the launch of Empowering Intimacy, we stumbled across many organizations and advocacy groups that work tirelessly to bring information, empowerment and facts to cancer patients and people worldwide; just as our own mission directs. One of those organizations that we have learned much about is the Annie Appleseed…
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The first question many people ask when beginning their cancer treatment is, “Can I still have sex with my partner during this treatment?” The answer, unless you have a physical limitation, should always be YES! Most all specialists report advising their patients to find intimacy and try to have the most “regular” routines now, just…
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