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Chemo during pregnancy likely to be safe – Health – Halifax Courier
Published on Sunday 19 February 2012 04:15 “Children born to women undergoing cancer drug treatment show normal results in physical and mental development tests,” The Guardian has reported. The news is based on research that examined the health of 70 … Continue reading
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Tagged 19 february, balanced coverage, brain function, breast cancer, chemotherapy, development tests
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Help & support
January 27, 2012 2:00 AM n Alcoholics anonymous: holds meetings daily throughout the Seacoast. For meeting or general information on N.H. Alcoholics Anonymous, call (800) 593-3330 or visit nhaa.net. n AL-ANON/ALATEEN: — Visit nhal-anon.org, call (877) 825 2666. For meeting … Continue reading
Retreat for those affected by cancer
Friday, 6 January 2012, 9:58 am Press Release: Peak Performance Distribution Contact: Last bookingsavailable on retreat for those affected by cancer(PRco.nz) Aunique emotional and mental cancer healing retreat for thoseaffected by cancer and their supporters will be held at ManaRetreat … Continue reading
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Tagged breast cancer, conflicts, coromandel new zealand, dietary changes
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Drawing Mental Illness: Bobby Baker’s 11-Year Visual Diary
Despite our proudest cultural and medical advances, mental illness remains largely taboo, partly because the experience of it can be so challenging to articulate. But when performance artist Bobby Baker was diagnosed with borderline personality disorder in 1996, followed by … Continue reading
Breast Cancer Survivors Could Benefit from Yoga, Study Says
A new study conducted by UCLA researchers suggests that yoga could help breast-cancer survivors overcome post-treatment fatigue that can affect as many as one-third of them. The research, which was published December 16 in the journal Cancer, discovered that after … Continue reading
Individual lives are more important than statistics
In Tuesday’s column about the new guidelines for breast screening, I related how my wife discovered her own breast cancer using self-examination and mammograms: the very tools the federal review panel that formulated the new guidelines had dismissed as being … Continue reading
Staten Island family honored at the annual Spirit of Xaverian Dinner
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Law Enforcement and FDNY, Xaverian High School administration, faculty, alumni and friends joined together to pay homage to community leaders who have dedicated their lives to service of city and country as members of the Armed … Continue reading
Paint It All Pink: The healing power of ‘metta’
In light of October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it may be fruitful to consider some wisdom that has its roots in the ancient teachings of the Buddha. If you are living with breast cancer or any other chronic illness, … Continue reading