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Complementary And Alternative Medicine

Integrative care options help pain management

Helen H. Miller, LCSW, ACSW May 29, 2012

The variety of options available to help patients manage their pain can improve quality of life during and after cancer treatment.

Benefits of using probiotics

Lisa A. Thompson, PharmD, BCOP May 22, 2012

What are the benefits of probiotics? Does any particular kind offer more benefits than the others?

Stress management boosts immune system in breast cancer

Delicia Honen Yard April 23, 2012

A stress-management program for women with breast cancer can alter tumor-promoting processes at the molecular level, according to researchers.

Meditation techniques for cancer patients

April 04, 2012

The many benefits of meditation include reduce anxiety, ease pain, increase flexibility, and improve overall health. Although medication is not a cure, it may improve quality of life for patients with cancer.

Asian breast cancer patients unaware of "chemobrain"

Delicia Honen Yard April 04, 2012

The cognitive effects of chemotherapy are unfamiliar to Asian breast cancer patients even though these disturbances have affected their daily lives.

Integrative care options

April 02, 2012

Various activities can help patients cope with cancer and its treatments. These techniques should not replace medical care, but they can enhance patients' quality of life.

Exploring holistic medicine: Using acupuncture to relieve cancer-related fatigue

Bette Weinstein Kaplan December 19, 2011

The ancient Eastern medicinal art can relieve one of the most distressing effects of cancer and cancer treatment: fatigue.

Incentive spirometer inspires a video game that encourages  recovery in pediatric patients

Bette Weinstein Kaplan December 19, 2011

An incentive spirometer was the inspiration for a video game to help young cancer patients rebuild lung function.

Caffeine: The new sunblock?

Delicia Honen Yard September 02, 2011

Applying caffeine directly to the skin may eventually prove to help prevent sunlight-induced skin cancer, suggest the findings from a recent mouse study.

High folate intake decreases, not increases, colorectal cancer risk

Delicia Honen Yard July 18, 2011

Dietary fortification or supplementation with folate does not increase the risk of colorectal cancer and may well reduce a person's chance of developing the disease.

Clinical data on Hawaiian noni fruit

Lisa A. Thompson, PharmD, BCOP May 20, 2011

What data are there to support the use of noni in oncology patients? Can it be incorporated safely with chemotherapy?

Fish oil may intensify effects of tamoxifen

Delicia Honen Yard April 25, 2011

Omega-3 fatty acids could be a safe booster for tamoxifen, helping to produce a greater expression of genes that indicate lower cancer severity than seen with corn oil in an animal model.

Patient Advisor: New health Web site for consumers

April 01, 2011

Patient Advisor (www.MPRPatientAdvisor.com) is a collaboration of Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR, published by Haymarket Media) and AnswersMedia, LLC.

Fish oil may help chemotherapy patients maintain muscle mass

Delicia Honen Yard March 11, 2011

A small study indicates that supplementing a cancer patient's diet with omega-3 fatty acids found in fish oil may stave off malnutrition that can result from chemotherapy.

Nutrition guidelines for cancer patients need to be better developed

Delicia Honen Yard March 04, 2011

Dietitians are calling for research to fill in gaps left by current nutrition recommendations for preventing cancer recurrence and managing chronic conditions prevalent in cancer survivors.