The best forms of healing don't always come in a bottle, a pill or
any kind of external medicine. Sometimes, internal healing works best
to promote overall health, and, for some people, it can be achieved
through the practice of tai chi.
An ancient Chinese
martial art, tai chi was first used as a form of self-defense, but
research has shown that this practice of meditation can actually be an
effective form of medication for cancer...
People with higher levels of folate in their red blood cells were more likely to have two cancer-preventing genes shut down by methylation...
On our first visit to MD Anderson, Tom stayed busy signing what seemed like an endless number of consent forms. There was one for pharmacy...
A growing incidence of myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS), mostly in
older adults, has sent researchers and clinicians scrambling for
answers to the biology and treatment of this group of serious blood
disorders.
Below, Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D.,
answers questions about MDS.
What is MDS?
It's a
very complex group of hematological disorders characterized by
progressive peripheral blood...
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