Posts Tagged ‘chemotherapy’

How Supplements Could Battle Cancer, Part 2

Friday, May 27th, 2011

In part two of the series on supplements fighting cancer, I hone in on fatigue. It is a big problem for cancer patients on a number of fronts. Two herbal remedies, L-carnitine and mistletoe, may be of some help.In part two of the series on supplements fighting cancer, I’m honing in on fatigue. It is a big problem for cancer patients on a number of fronts. Two herbal remedies, L-carnitine and mistletoe, may be of some help.

Up to 60% of cancer patients complain of fatigue, often accompanied by insomnia, depression or pain. Fatigue could be the result of cancer or due to side effect of … Read More

How Supplements Could Battle Cancer

Thursday, May 26th, 2011

This is the first in an important series for Doctors Health Press. What is to follow is my special overall look at supplements and their possibilities with cancer. Let's get the bad news out of the way first.This is the first in an important series for Doctors Health Press. What is to follow is my special overall look at supplements and their possibilities with cancer. Let’s get the bad news out of the way first.

Cancer is second only to heart disease as the most common cause of death in the United States. Over 1.5 million new cases of cancer will be diagnosed in the coming … Read More

Battle Chemotherapy-caused Weight Loss with This

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

For many, many people, chemotherapy is a necessary evil. It is what they and their doctors decide is the best chance for survival, the best method to eradicate the tumor. Well, if a new study has anything to say about it, maybe doctors' advice going forward will include taking fish oil to offset some of chemotherapy's effects. A new study has found that supplementing the diet with fish oil may prevent the muscle and weight loss that commonly occurs in cancer patients who undergo chemotherapy.For many, many people, chemotherapy is a necessary evil. It is what they and their doctors decide is the best chance for survival, the best method to eradicate the tumor. Well, if a new study has anything to say about it, maybe doctors’ advice going forward will include taking fish oil to offset some of chemotherapy’s effects.

One of the most powerful alternative remedies is fish oil, very high in … Read More

These Beans Could Be a Natural Painkiller

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

Soy fights pain by exerting an anti- inflammatory effect. Soy contains genistein, which is an isoflavone known for its anti-cancer properties. Patients  undergoing chemotherapy report less pain and diarrhea  when supplemented with genistein. How to incorporate soy  into your diet.How can soybeans act as painkillers, you may be wondering? Soy contains a very special ingredient called “genistein.” Genistein has received a lot of press over the past number of years for its anti-cancer properties. But now researchers have discovered that genistein has strong anti-inflammatory powers that could fight pain in much the same way that painkillers do.

A research team investigated the ability of genistein to provide pain … Read More

Incredible New Alternative to Chemotherapy

Thursday, December 2nd, 2010

U.S. researchers have unveiled a new way to target and destroy all of our biggest enemies: cancer cells. The new method: sweat them out with “hyperthermia” (heightened body temperature). The research was presented at the annual meeting of the American Physical Society last week.

The cancer treatment uses hyperthermia to elevate the temperature of tumor cells, while keeping the surrounding healthy tissue at a lower degree of body heat. This … Read More