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July 17, 2008

Living with Cancer

Scientific American has an insightful and tremendously useful article online about living with cancer. Eight topics are covered in detail:

1.You Have Cancer: Now What?
2. Questions to Ask
3. Your Odds of Beating Cancer
4. Getting Support: Tips, Tools and Tenderness
5. Medical Resources
6. The 411 on Health Insurance
7. How to Stay Healthy
8. Looking Ahead: Start a Family?

Each point is explored in easy to follow language, and plenty of useful links are included. This article is a great resource for people with cancer and their families.

One of the tips under "You Have Cancer: Now What" recommends massage therapy:

Focus on lifestyle changes: “The only thing that you can control is what you eat, what you drink and how you move,” Carr says. She recommends exploring healthy diets, exercise and alternative therapies such as massage, yoga and meditation to boost and maintain your physical and emotional well-being.

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Posted by linda at July 17, 2008 8:01 AM