Living With Radiation
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Radiation I had a question the other day about radiation. Radiation therapy uses high energy rays, like X-rays, to destroy cancer cells and shrink tumors. Radiation damages the genetic material of cancer cells, which stops their growth. Radiation may also damage normal cells that are close to the…
Living With Scleroderma
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Scleroderma I had a question the other day about scleroderma. Scleroderma is a rare disease where a person’s immune system begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues (autoimmune disease). As a result, connective tissue of your skin, lungs, and internal organs—especially the esophagus, kidneys, and digestive tract—is replaced with…
Living With Cushing's Syndrome
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Cushing’s Syndrome I had a question the other day about Cushing’s syndrome. Cushing’s syndrome is a rare hormonal problem. It happens when there’s too much of the hormone cortisol in your body. Normally, cortisol levels increase through a chain reaction of hormones: First, the hypothalamus in the brain…
Living With Leukemia
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Leukemia I had a question the other day about leukemia. Leukemia is cancer of the blood cells. It starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside most bones. Bone marrow is where blood cells are made. When you have leukemia, the bone marrow starts to make a…
Living With Prostate Cancer
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Prostate Cancer I had a question the other day about prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the abnormal growth of cells in a man’s prostate gland. The prostate sits just below the bladder. It makes part of the fluid for semen. In young men, the prostate is about the…
Living With Breast Cancer
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Breast Cancer I had a question the other day about breast cancer. This is a topic with very personal meaning to me. I’m a breast cancer survivor, having gone through double mastectomies, chemotherapy, radiation and reconstruction. Breast cancer occurs when abnormal cells grow out of control in one…
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