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Alternative Medicine The AntiInflammation Diet

Alternative Medicine The Anti-Inflammation Diet Experts now believe there's a common culprit behind our most deadly diseases, including cancer, heart disease, and diabetes. The best defense is right on your dinner plate--and may be the only diet you'll ever need. By Catherine Guthrie As the CEO of a supplement company in Los Angeles, Andy Pham eats, breathes, and dreams nutritional supplements. In fact, he downs roughly 80 pills a day. Pham knows he's far from the norm....
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Anemia Drug May Hurt Cancer Treatment

Anemia Drug May Hurt Cancer Treatment Worse Survival, Cancer Control Seen With Cancer-Related Anemia Drug Reviewed By Michael Smith, MD on Saturday, October 18, 2003 WebMD Medical News Oct. 17, 2003 -- Treatments for cancer-related anemia may actually worsen cancer survival in some patients, say researchers. However, experts offer caution in interpreting these study results, which appear in the Oct. 18 issue of The Lancet. They point out several problems with...
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Antibiotics Linked to Breast Cancer

Antibiotics Linked to Breast Cancer Women Who Take Antibiotics Are at Increased Risk, But Researchers Aren't Sure Why By Salynn Boyles Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD WebMD Medical News Feb. 17, 2004 - New research links the use of antibiotics to an increase in breast cancer risk, but it is not yet clear if taking the drugs actually causes the disease. In the study, women who had more than 25 antibiotic prescriptions filled over roughly 17 years had...
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Biopsy Best for Breast Cancer Detection

Biopsy Best for Breast Cancer Detection By Kathleen Doheny HealthDay ReporterSun Sep 24, 7:02 PM ET SUNDAY, Sept. 24 (HealthDay News) -- An abnormal mammogram can cause understandable worry. But what's the best next step a woman should take? New research has found that a breast biopsy is the preferred follow-up procedure, even though several other test options exist and may be offered by physicians. A recent report by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)...
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Breast cancer chemo side effects elevated

By Lisa RichwineWed Aug 16, 8:08 AM ET Chemotherapy drugs may cause more serious side effects for breast cancer patients under age 64 than once thought, a U.S. study released on Tuesday said. Researchers mined insurance claims for 3,526 women who had intravenous chemotherapy for breast cancer and tallied problems serious enough to require emergency care or a hospital stay. Their review found more than 8 percent of women underwent treatment for a fever or infection compared with...
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Breast Cancer Diet Tips

Breast Cancer Diet Tips You may feel tired and smells may nauseate, but it's important to keep your energy up during treatment. Here are some suggestions. By Jayne Garrison Reviewed By Cynthia Haines, MD How do I maintain a healthy diet when I'm nauseated? What helps when I have mouth sores or dry mouth from chemo? Is my weight going to change a lot? What do I do about constipation? How can I regain strength in my arm? Am I ever going to get back in shape again?...
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Breast Cancer Patients Should Monitor Heart Risks

Breast Cancer Patients Should Monitor Heart Risks By Amanda Gardner HealthDay ReporterMon Aug 14, 11:45 PM ET MONDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- Heart problems remain a real but largely manageable problem for women undergoing different treatments for breast cancer. Two studies appearing online Aug. 14 in the Journal of Clinical Oncology underscore the need to carefully monitor patients taking the drug Herceptin as well as those undergoing radiation therapy. The first...
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Breast Cancer Survivors Coping with Fears of Recurrence

Breast Cancer Survivors Coping with Fears of Recurrence Living with fears of recurrence is a challenge for every woman who has finished her breast cancer treatment. By Gina Shaw Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD Fears of breast cancer recurrence are real but can be placed in the context of the rest of your life after breast cancer. "Whenever I read about anyone dying of breast cancer, I take it personally," says Jami Bernard, a New York film critic who battled...
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Breast Cancer Survivors Life After the Treatments End

Breast Cancer Survivors Life After the Treatments End The breast cancer treatments are over. Now what? Here's how to return to your "new normal." By Gina Shaw Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD Life after breast cancer means returning to some familiar things and also making some new choices. The song says "It ain't over 'til it's over," but when you've had breast cancer, you discover that it's not even over when it's over. After a marathon of breast cancer...
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Breast Cancer Survivors Preventing Lymphedema

Breast Cancer Survivors Preventing Lymphedema The swelling in your arm that may follow breast cancer treatment can be minimized - and even prevented. By Gina Shaw Reviewed By Charlotte Grayson, MD If you've had one or more lymph nodes removed during breast cancer treatment, you're at risk of swelling. Here's how to prevent and treat it. Before you had breast cancer, you'd probably never heard of lymphedema, a painful swelling in the arms or legs caused by the...
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