The Importance of Supporting Your Friend During the Cancer Journey
While it may be difficult to assess what you can say to your friend with cancer, it’s important you make an effort to be there for them.
While it may be difficult to assess what you can say to your friend with cancer, it’s important you make an effort to be there for them.
We have all heard about the importance of sun protection, but it is hard to appreciate how critical it is until you hear stories from people with melanoma.
Melanoma is often referred to as ‘Australia national cancer’, and is the third most common cancer in men and women.
Celesta Wijaya of Oneness Being Inc. has partnered with Luna Palace Cinemas to highlight the importance of integrative cancer care to the Leederville community at a movie night on Thursday, March 18.
Solaris Cancer Care is pleased to announce that Hon Michael Mischin MLC addressed the importance of integrative cancer care at the completion of Solaris’s charity ride, The Red Sky Ride.
Often dubbed “the silent killer”, ovarian cancer has the lowest survival rate of any women’s cancer, taking an average of 32 weeks to diagnose.
It is difficult to detect ovarian cancer early because the symptoms can be vague or are similar to other illness, but it can be done if you pay attention to your body and take actions like these women did.
Movies seem to bring a kind of magic to the living room, but studies show they may be particularly beneficial for cancer patients. In particular, it is suggested that Disney movies can improve the quality of life for patients of gynaecological cancers – such as ovarian cancer – when undergoing chemotherapy.
Sleep plays a greater effect in preventing cancer than we would expect. But, how do we resolve sleeping difficulties without necessarily touching a sleeping pill?
A cancer diagnosis can leave you feeling in shock but the power of perspective can help you process the journey in a healthy manner.
What are the warning signs of ovarian cancer? There are some that would not alarm you in the first instance, but are symptoms.
While there is insufficient evidence to conclude that chronic stress causes cancer, there are suggestions that being in a constant state of stress is a risk factor for cancer and its progression.
Instead of drastically changing your lifestyle in the hope of reaching the chosen goal – with the consequence of feeling too overwhelmed and losing interest – there are small lifestyle choices that can be made on a daily basis that won’t leave you feeling deprived. Denying yourself foods you love will only cause you to dislike healthy nutritious food. Instead, give yourself the freedom to enjoy any and all foods in moderation.