Maintaining proper nutrition during cancer treatment is important. When cancer patients struggle with this, a feeding tube can help. These flexible, plastic tubes placed in the stomach or small intestine can help provide the calories, protein, vitamins, minerals and fluids needed to help the body fight infection, heal and stay healthy.
Even though a feeding tube may be needed to help you maintain a healthy, active life during and...
Bone broth is a common soup base, but in recent years, it has been getting attention as a beverage.
This savory drink is usually enjoyed...
If you’re receiving chemotherapy as a part of your cancer treatment, you’ve probably already figured out ways to make it a little more manageable...
If you follow professional or collegiate sports, you’ve probably heard at least a few athletes say they needed a B12 injection to boost their energy levels.
You may have also heard claims that B vitamins can reduce anxiety, nausea, insomnia, depression, or other conditions that cancer patients commonly experience as side effects of treatment.
But how many different kinds of B vitamins are there, and how do our bodies use...
If you’re receiving chemotherapy as a part of your cancer treatment, you’ve probably already learned a few tricks to make the experience easier...
Acupressure is an ancient practice from traditional Chinese medicine. It can seem mysterious because the theory is based on pressure points...
When I was diagnosed with triple-negative inflammatory breast cancer in October 2020, it was jarring, to say the least. I was only 38 ...
One of the most common side effects of cancer treatment is nausea. It can be caused by chemotherapy, radiation therapy and even anesthesia...
Cancer runs in my family. My mom alone has lost three of her sisters to the disease. So, when I heard a doctor tell me, “You have throat cancer...
Ever since Robin Birthisel was diagnosed with a slow-growing type of multiple myeloma 10 years ago, she’s experienced unpleasant side effects...