Cancer

Adapting to life with a disability is never easy, but there are ways to help yourself cope with limitations, overcome challenges, and build a rewarding life. Making the adjustment Adjusting to life with a disability can be a difficult transition. We all tend to take our health for granted—until it’s …

How Stress Management Helps Fight Disease Skeptics have long believed that meditation and other stress reduction techniques are nice but ineffectual practices that do little for you. Nothing could be further from the truth—and now we have the science to prove it. The effects of chronic stress on the body …

Learn how to use the power of your senses to relieve stress on the spot and stay calm, productive, and focused—no matter what life throws at you. What is the fastest way to relieve stress? There are countless techniques for managing stress. Yoga, mindfulness meditation, and exercise are just a …

Ready to stop smoking? These tips will help you kick the cigarette habit for good. Why is quitting so hard? We all know the health risks of smoking, but that doesn’t make it any easier to kick the habit. Whether you’re an occasional teen smoker or a lifetime pack-a-day smoker, …

A diagnosis of cancer, heart disease, or other serious illness can be devastating. But there are ways to cope with the emotional distress and preserve your quality of life. The emotional effects of a serious illness or injury A serious health problem can disrupt all aspects of your life, whether …

A healthy diet can help you prevent or fight cancer. Here’s how to lower your risk with cancer-fighting foods. What’s the link between cancer and diet? Some cancer risk factors, such as genetics and environment, are out of your control, but research suggest that about 70% of your lifetime risk …

Radiation, chemotherapy, and other medications used to treat cancer can cause a wide range of side effects. These include taste and smell changes, sore throat, swallowing difficulties, nausea, fatigue, poor appetite, and more. These tips, from the experts at Saint John’s Cancer Institute, can help you manage them. Taste and …