Women, Cancer, Stress, Sexual Violence | A Deadly Connection

Stress and Depression are linked to Cancer. Nearly one in five women surveyed by the CDC said they had been raped or had experienced an attempted rape at some point, and one in four reported having been beaten by an intimate partner. The impact is not only psychological but physiological. Her health declines. Her risk for cancer and other diseases goes up.

Meditation for Cancer Patients (and the rest of us)

Stress of all types damages our immune system and makes us more vulnerable to infections and cancer. By resting in tranquility and equipose, even for five or ten minutes, we begin to repattern our nervous system and our stress response. In doing so our Natural Killer cells, the cells in our immune system that fight cancer and infections increase.

Cancer, Healing and Revelation

Three weeks ago one of my dearest and most cherished lifelong friends was diagnosed with advanced and terminal cancer, given at most six months to live. Her oncologist, with whom I have shared patients for over 30 years, called me to say, Nalini, I have nothing to offer her. Please start to look around in your alternative and integrative cancer network for something outside the box.

Acupuncture Relieves Anxiety Before Surgery

Who is calm and relaxed before surgery? I don’t know too many patients who are not anxious before surgery. Patients participating in a study in China who received acupuncture prior to surgery reported a greater than 50% decrease in their anxiety.

A Single Mother With A Brain Tumor Speaks

From a brain tumor patient: Let me express my profound gratitude for your generous and game-changing truth talking. The conversation we had may have changed my life more than any other. It was a wake up call, a call to action, and truly was such a heartfelt and stabilizing picture of reality

Acupuncture Relieves Fatigue in Cancer Patients

A large study involving over 13,000 patients experiencing chemotherapy related fatigue showed a 31.3% improvement after receiving acupuncture treatment.
Cancer patients looking for alternative cancer treatments to relieve the side effects of chemotherapy can turn to acupuncture for relief of fatigue.

Acupuncture and Cancer

Acupuncture is effective in helping cancer patients deal with pain, sleep, hot flashes, menopausal symptoms, nausea and vomiting, fatigue, immune support, bone marrow supprssion, anemia, digestion, diarrhea and constipaton and a broad range of quality of life issues including depression and anxiety and sense of well being. Acupuncture treatment for cancer patients and cancer survivors is becoming widely accepted at cancer treatment centers worldwide.