Today, we all know someone—a friend or a family member—who has been affected by cancer. The adverse effects of this deadly disease and its treatment are enormous. Does the job of the super-specialized doctors who get them back from the jaws of death stop when the patients are cancer-free?
We need to take it head on. Read below to know how to do that.
Bounce back from cancer
Physical exercise can help cancer patients and survivors but few doctors suggest it.
New Cancer Guidelines: Exercise During and After Treatment is Now Encouraged, Says Penn Medicine-Led Panel
- “Avoid Inactivity” to Boost Quality of Life, Strength and Fitness.
Click here to read full article on guidelines.
COMPETITIVE SPORT IMPROVES MYOCARDIAL PERFORMANCE IN BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS
Study examines the long-term impact on heart health of competitive dragon boat racing in women with breast cancer.
On 4th March 2012, I had been invited to speak at Asian Breast Cancer Conference on 'Weight Gain, Diet & Physical Activity issues in Breast Cancer Survivors'. But I wasn't planning on going there and be another yes man. It was on purpose I focused only on Physical Activity, otherwise in trying to address to many issues, I would have diluted the most important one.
I took the oncology fraternity to task.
New Guidelines Strongly Recommend Exercise for Cancer Patients, Survivors
BALTIMORE – Cancer survivors – including those currently undergoing treatment – can experience a multitude of benefits from exercise, according to a new roundtable statement from the American College of Sports Medicine. The recommendations were presented today at ACSM’s 57th Annual Meeting in Baltimore.
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