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Measure your cancer defenses An excess or a deficiency of vitamins and trace mineral can lead to fatigue, reduced ability to fight many diseases including heart disease, stokes and cancer. The only reliable way to ensure you have the correct amounts of vital nutrients to flight cancer is to measure them. You will then be empowered to make informed dietary decisions including and whether to take specific supplements. The most important categories are mineral and trace element levels, vitamin levels and function and antioxidant function.

Prevent and treat chapped lips during chemotherapy. Cracked and sore lips are common during chemotherapy and afterwards. There is evidence that natural oil based creams are better than petroleum based creams. Nature-medical lip balm has been specifically design to soothe and moisturise the lips during and after chemotherapy. It only contains natural waxes including essential oils selected for their anti-inflammatory properties.

Cáncer Estilo de Vida. Una de las preguntas mas comunes y más importantes pidió por los pacientes después de una diagnosis del cáncer, es; “Qué puede nosotros hacer para ayudarse?” La respuesta, que este libro trata, está “mucho”. Este libro contiene la dirección práctica escrita en un diseño sucinto, amistoso. Consiste en dar salida a una línea puntos de bala basó solamente los hechos probados.

Look after your family after cancer - A diagnosis of cancer can cause a big strain on relationships and family harmony. With emotions running high its not a good time to be upset further by destructive arguments. This practical little book has identified the situations where arguments are most likely to happen. It contains simple tips that are easy to read, understand and will help children and adults to navigate around these argument trigger zones`

Read submitted poems A diagnosis of cancer is and emotional and stressful time not only for the patients but the friends and relatives. This emotional is often a time for reflection and sentiment which can inspire creative writing and poetry. This section displays some of the many thousand and poems kindly submitted by users of cancernet. Caution: take a tissue some of these are real emotional bombshells!

Dietary supplements and cancer There are situation where selected supplements may help especially after cancer and its treatments. Although the concept of a quick fix supplement is attractive, as we all know, life is unfortunately not that simple. Supplements can help if you are deficient in a vital nutrient but taking them if you have normal or high levels can actually increase your risk of cancer. This section explains the evidence for this and describes how to take specific supplements sensibly.

Exercise and cancer. Read about the evidence for exercise after a diagnosis of cancer in the Canceractive quarterly magazine called ICON. Written by our own editor Professor Robert Thomas it summarises the benefits in terms of well-being and prevention of relapse. This magazine addresses a wide range of holistic and lifestyle issues related to cancer. It also has a useful website www.canceractive.com.

Be better prepared. Patients and professionals, teamed up with Sue Lawley & Anton Rodgers to produce this 21 minute film which explains chemotherapy & radiotherapy while you watch real patients going through treatments, describing their experiences, side effects and methods to alleviate them. The only film which was evaluated in a randomised study and shown to reduce anxiety and improve well-being during treatments.