Manage Your Emotions When Cancer Treatment Is Done
You’ve come through diagnosis and treatment, and now you’re ready to move forward with a fresh start. But as you begin to put your life back in gear, you may need to learn how to manage mental health challenges that could be part of your “new normal” as a cancer survivor. Jency Emo of Fort Myers, FL, has some firsthand experience. More...
Breast Cancer Treatment: Emotions After It’s Over
After months or years of constant treatments, tests, and oncologist checkups, your time as a breast cancer patient is over! You’re free to start your post-cancer life, and your friends and family are thrilled. More...
How Can Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Help With Weight Management?
Can your thoughts and feelings be linked to your weight? Experts say yes. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a popular form of talk therapy that focuses on how your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are More...
How My Father Learned to Live With AMD
By Jennifer Kathleen Gibbons, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson My father, Richard, had wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD). As his caregiver, I saw him struggle with vision loss more and more over time. It More...
One Woman’s Story of Acceptance
By Jill Adelman, RN, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson I was diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration (AMD) in November 2014, when I was 57. I’m now 66 years old. When I found out I had AMD, my initial More...
Running Long Distances Might Not Hurt Your Joints After All
March 22, 2023 — Long-distance runners are often warned that they are wearing out their joints. But running distance, frequency, and speed are not associated with an increased risk of osteoarthritis, More...
Teens Heal Differently Than Adults After Concussion
March 22, 2023 — Layla Blitzer, a 17-year-old high school junior in New York City, was playing field hockey for her school last October and was hit hard by the ball, right above her eye. She sustained More...
Similar Processes Could Link MS With Heart Disease
By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter WEDNESDAY, March 22, 2023 (HealthDay News) — Multiple sclerosis (MS) and atherosclerosis both involve an abnormal hardening of body tissue, and recent research suggests More...
Seniors With Few Years Left Often Advised to Get Colonoscopy
March 21, 2023 – Most of the time, when a polyp is found during an older adult’s colonoscopy, it is unlikely that a concerning polyp or colon cancer will be found during a future surveillance scan. Yet More...
After Breast Cancer: Fitness and Nutrition Tips
When you finish treatment for breast cancer, you might have a mix of feelings. Going through treatment is physically and mentally exhausting, with many side effects from chemotherapy, radiation, surgery, and More...
