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3 Common Concerns After You Have Finished Cancer Treatment May 30, 2018 . 1 Comment
The day has come, thankfully. You’ve finished your course of active treatment and now you can finally move forward. But what, exactly, does it mean to move forward from cancer? Going ... Read More
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Coping with Cancer: How Diagnosis Affected My Mental Health February 2, 2018 . 6 Comments
In June 2017, I was diagnosed with metastatic sarcoma. I went from being a healthy, practicing therapist who worked three jobs while also caring for my two children and husband, to being ... Read More
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Managing the Fear That Your Cancer Will Return February 2, 2018 . 2 Comments
Few things are more commonly experienced among cancer survivors than fearing that one day they’ll be told the cancer has returned. As there are more than 15 million cancer survivors in ... Read More
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Opioid Overdose Deaths in 2016 Outnumber Deaths from Breast Cancer December 29, 2017 . 2 Comments
The United States is in the midst of an opioid abuse crisis. According to a newly released report from the National Center for Health Statistics, 2016 was the deadliest year yet in the ... Read More
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Opioid Commission Suggests National Emergency, and Other News August 4, 2017 . 1 Comment
The President’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis released a preliminary report Monday. The commission, chaired by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, asked President ... Read More
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Life After Cancer: The Emotional TSUNAMI of Being a Survivor July 18, 2017 . 7 Comments
Cancer is a life-changing and potentially life-threatening diagnosis. Before the news can even sink in, you buckle in for your wellness team’s treatment recommendations, which may include ... Read More
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Psychological Pain Often Drives Physician-Assisted Suicide June 7, 2017 . 3 Comments
Psychological suffering due to lost autonomy, not physical pain, may be a more likely motivator for those who seek physician-assisted suicide, according to a study published in The New ... Read More
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Violence Among Teens and Young Adults Declines, and Other News April 28, 2017 . 3 Comments
Media portrayals often depict teens and young adults as out of control or increasingly violent, but research does not support this depiction. Youth violence declined from 2002-2014, according ... Read More
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Work Stress Linked to Increased Cancer Risk in Men January 31, 2017 . 3 Comments
Men who experience chronic work-related stress may be at an increased risk of developing colon, lung, rectal, and stomach cancers, as well as non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, according to a study ... Read More
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Anxiety Increases Mortality for People with Lung Cancer January 26, 2017 . 7 Comments
People with lung cancer who also experience anxiety may die more quickly than their peers who do not experience anxiety, a study published in the Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ... Read More
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‘Magic’ Mushrooms Ease Cancer Patients’ Depression, Anxiety December 21, 2016 . 14 Comments
Psilocybin—the hallucinogenic compound in so-called “magic” mushrooms—can effectively ease cancer patients’ depression and anxiety, according to a study published in the Journal ... Read More
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Mindfulness Meditation Helps Tame Emotions, and Other News October 7, 2016 . 2 Comments
New evidence suggests the benefits of mindfulness meditation are not limited to people with a naturally mindful perspective. This finding may help to counter the notion that meditation ... Read More