Cancer treatment needn't be an ordeal
Michael Douglas has revealed that his throat cancer is in Stage 4 and that he is undergoing chemotherapy and radiation. This combination sounds difficult, combining the fatigue of radiation and the effects of treatment on the back of the throat. Dr....
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Dealing with pain without pills
Patients in pain often turn to pills, and sometimes they get addicted. But there are ways to overcome the pain without them. In our 10:30 special segment, we take a look at the problem, and some alternative solutions.
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Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
Families, caregivers, charities and research groups across the United States are observing September as Childhood Cancer Awareness Month. In the U.S., over 12,000 children under the age of 21 are diagnosed with cancer every year, approximately 3,000 of them will not survive the disease. A diagnosis can turn the lives of a family upside down - days suddenly filled with alternating moments of ...
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Cancer missed by 11 doctors
GRAN given weeks to live 'was treated like a nuisance and fobbed off for months' by docs
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Should We Give Cancer Patients 'Magic Mushrooms'?
According to a new study, psilocybin, the active ingredient in "magic mushrooms" has a beneficial psychological impact on terminal cancer patients. Researchers in Los Angeles found that the hallucinogen reduced anxiety and depression, giving patients peace in their final days. The experiment involved 12 subjects with advanced-stage cancer between the ages of 36 and 58. While some are skeptical ...
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Helping Lebanon's very sick kids get an education
On Christmas Eve 2008 12-year-old Paul Yared started counting his days. Medical tests had revealed a vicious form of bone cancer that transformed the Lebanese boy's life in London from going to school and playing to dealing with chemotherapy and pain.
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New robotic head and neck cancer surgery preserves speech, without scarring, study shows
An incisionless robotic surgical procedure is offering patients a new option to remove certain head and neck cancer tumors without visible scarring, while preserving speech and the ability to eat. Unlike traditional surgical approaches to head and neck cancer, TORS patients can return to their normal lives a few days after surgery without significant pain and disfigurement.
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