Cancer - Management

Coping When Your Child Has Cancer

The news that your child has cancer can be overwhelming. Here's where to start.

Cancer Remission and Recurrence

The goal of cancer treatment is to put the disease in remission. But cancer can recur in several different ways.

Palliative Cancer Care versus Hospice Cancer Care

You may be familiar with hospice, which supports people with life-limiting illnesses. However, you may not be as familiar with palliative care, a related concept that is invaluable to people with cancer or other serious illnesses.

New Camera Technology Improves Colonoscopy Screening Results

A new type of camera is making it possible for doctors to get a better look at colorectal polyps and other lesions that may be missed with the current colonoscope alone.

Reiki Healing: Benefits for Cancer Treatment

There is considerable anecdotal support of the value of Reiki for cancer patients. Scientific support for Reiki as an adjunct therapy for cancer and other serious diseases is also accumulating.

Social Life's Impact on Cancer

New research shows an active, engaging social life may benefit people with cancer in specific ways.

6 Tests All Men Need

Most men are more likely to get a tune-up for their car than they are a checkup for themselves. Don't let health take a backseat. Here, six health tests every man should have.

How Much Tanning is Too Much?

Despite all the warnings about the link between the sun and skin cancer, many people still try to keep tanned. So that prompts us to ask the question: how much tanning is too much?

Can a Urine Test Detect Colon Cancer?

That's the question a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina are trying to answer. If it proves accurate, it may provide a cheaper, less invasive alternative to the colonoscopy.

The Benefits of Yoga for Cancer Survivors

Yoga shows great promise for providing relief, which is great news for the millions of cancer survivors in the U.S.

I am a breast cancer survivor and have found life after treatment to be extremely challenging. Are there any resources available specifically for breast cancer survivors, like myself?

Dr. Buzaglo answers a reader's question about finding resources and emotional support specifically for breast cancer survivors.

5 Ways your TV is Slowly Killing You

Research suggests that your TV-viewing habit can be a deadly pastime.

Celebrities Who Battled Cancer and Won

Cancer is an equal-opportunity disease. It strikes Olympic athletes, celebrities, and people who hold some of the highest positions in government. Happily, many famous cancer victims are also long-time cancer survivors.

Aspirin and Breast Cancer Survival

An easy way to help prevent breast cancer and increase survival in breast cancer patients may be as close as your medicine cabinet. Two new studies add to the growing body of evidence that aspirin could possibly play a role inhibiting the development and recurrence of breast cancer.

Breast Cancer and Depression: Two Habits That Help

Unfortunately, there is a link between breast cancer and depression. In fact, about 25 percent of women with breast cancer suffer from significant depression.

Marijuana for Pain Relief

Recent study confirms pain relief benefits of marijuana.

Massage Therapy for Cancer Patients

Massages are a great way to relax, rejuvenate, and pamper yourself. However, did you know massage also has therapeutic benefits for cancer patients?

How to Control Cancer Pain

Pain management is an integral part of cancer treatment, so it's important to tell your doctor if you're in pain or if your discomfort changes.

Milk Thistle for Chemotherapy-Induced Liver Damage

Researchers have found that milk thistle may prevent or reduce chemotherapy-induced liver damage.

Alcohol Linked to Breast Cancer Recurrence

Women who have survived breast cancer are understandably concerned that they will develop a second breast cancer. However, recent research shows that by limiting their alcohol consumption, breast cancer survivors significantly reduce their risk recurrence.

Diabetes and Cigarettes: A Troublesome Twosome

If you don t want to watch your health go up in smoke, resolve to quit today.

Share Your Story. Become a Health Hero.

Have you or a loved one survived a life-threatening disease? Are you currently struggling with depression, chronic pain, heart disease, or other health-related condition? Have you gone to extraordinary lengths to help someone in a health crisis? If so, we want to hear from you!

Life During Chemotherapy

Now that the cancer diagnosis has set in, it s time for you to begin treatment. If your doctor has prescribed chemotherapy, here s a brief look at what you can expect.

5 Most Shocking Health Predictions

The coming years promise to bring a great many things to the health realm. Here, some of the most startling forecasts.

Coping With Prostate Cancer

If you're diagnosed with prostate cancer, there is a lot you'll need to consider. Read on for tips on how to cope with the most common complications.

Sex after Breast Cancer

Emotions run high after recovering from breast cancer and rightfully so. Here, a guide to coping with changes in body image and treatment-related sexual problems.

Importance of Smoking Cessation Support Groups

Find out if getting some support is the boost you need to kick the habit.

Patrick Swayze Succumbs to Pancreatic Cancer

As fans mourn the passing of Patrick Swayze from pancreatic cancer, learn about this deadly disease and how to reduce your risk.

Sex after Testicular Cancer

If you suspect, or have been diagnosed with, testicular cancer, you re probably concerned about how the disease may affect your sexual desire and performance. Fortunately, most of the news is encouraging.

Breast Cancer and Antidepressants

Numerous studies over the past seven years have produced conflicting results as to whether certain antidepressants reduce the effectiveness of tamoxifen, a drug women with breast cancer often take.
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