Cancer
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What every patient and caregiver can do about cancer treatment effects
Knowing breast cancer, stage by stage
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A husband with a brain tumor. Two children with curious minds. How one woman navigates the rough waters of her family's life.
Giving up her Big City dream, a Midwest girl takes on the reality of caring for her mother—and discovers the relationship she might otherwise have missed.
How time spent in your car can affect your chances of getting skin cancer
News about MR spectography
Studies indicate the effect the hair-loss medicine can have on tests for prostate cancer
Beware the high price of caring for someone with cancer
Raising awareness about how to prevent colorectal cancer (“colon cancer”)—the third leading cause of cancer deaths in both men and women in the United States
Top tips for self-care
Multiple meds make for mix-up mayhem
Tips for managing skin conditions caused by cancer treatment
What You Need to Know About IBC
When it comes to detecting signs of skin cancer, teamwork counts
Learning good caregiver communication
For cancer patients and their caregivers in need of a place to stay while in treatment, there is hope—Hope Lodges.
Instead of letting their cancer get them down, these remarkable women have turned life right-side up.
When offering support to a person in need of care, remember this: It's not about you!
When a little nothing means a lot
Simple Changes for Nutritional Health
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My husband is now undergoing chemo and radiotherapy for cancer of the tonsil and I can tell you it's hell. He was never sick - even a cold...
I think many of us who have cared for a spouse whose health was failing can relate to the anxiety, frustration, confusion, sense of loneliness and isolation you are...
I've been a caregiver to my husband with state 4 prostate cancer since january 2005. I now am at home with him 24 hrs a day. At times we...
Wow, your comment is exactly what happened to me. It has been over a year now with several rehab stays and hospital runs. Its so sad to...