Living With Melanoma
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Melanoma I had a question the other day about melanoma. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer. It isn’t as common as other types of skin cancer, but it’s the most serious. You’re at higher risk for melanoma if you have fair skin, a family history of melanoma,…
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 Chemotherapy
A Natural Approach To Health Living With Chemotherapy I had a question the other day about chemotherapy. Chemotherapy (also called chemo) is a type of cancer treatment that uses drugs to destroy cancer cells. Chemotherapy works by stopping or slowing the growth of cancer cells, which grow and divide quickly. But it can also harm…
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…
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