Cancer

5 Tips for Starting a Breast Cancer Support Group

5 Tips for Starting a Breast Cancer Support Group

Written by on January 14, 2013 in Breast Cancer, Cancer, Support Groups with 2 Comments

These tips for starting a support group for breast cancer survivors will help you balance hope and faith with the reality of living with breast cancer. “I just had deep faith and a positive attitude and said, ‘It’s small, they found [the breast cancer] early, I’m going to be fine,’” said Ruthanne Francis, a facilitator at [...]

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Coping With Cancer? 4 Ways to Readjust Your Life Priorities

Coping With Cancer? 4 Ways to Readjust Your Life Priorities

Written by on January 6, 2013 in Cancer, Emotional Health with 0 Comments

Many cancer survivors say their diagnosis led to a new, better outlook on life. These stories of readjusting life priorities after cancer or chemotherapy treatments may help you cope with a diagnosis…or at least give you the strength to keep putting one foot ahead of the other. When an orthopedic surgeon told Becky Roth, a [...]

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Diabetes Research and Resources

Diabetes Research and Resources

Written by on June 8, 2012 in Cancer, Diabetes, Disease Prevention, Research with 0 Comments

This summary of recent diabetes research includes a brief description of the study and a link to the source. Also, a list of resources for diabetics. This is an ongoing work in progress – if you know of any diabetes research studies that should be listed here, please let me know. Diabetes Research Type 2 [...]

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5 Reasons to Stay Positive When You Have Breast Cancer

5 Reasons to Stay Positive When You Have Breast Cancer

The best way to stay positive about breast cancer is to look at the bright side – especially when the worst is all you can see. Believe it or not, some breast cancer survivors say they’re glad they got (and beat!) breast cancer. These five reasons that breast cancer can actually improve your life will [...]

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