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Janice’s Journal: Reiki Relieves Stress for Mesothelioma Patients and Caregivers
I’m trying to envision myself encouraging most of my friends or any of my relatives that they should try “Reiki” to reduce stress or relieve pain. Reiki? Really? What is that − some sort of special...
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Scientists Learn Why Yoga and Meditation Reduce Stress for Mesothelioma...
In my household, we were not surprised when a recent study confirmed that practicing yoga can reduce stress for caregivers. My wife, Kelly, is the primary caregiver (in other words, mother) to our...
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Massage Reduces Many Types of Distress for Cancer Patients, Study Shows
Complementary therapy. Integrative medicine. Alternative medicine. CAM. It doesn’t matter what name you give to the world of therapies out there to help mesothelioma patients and mesothelioma...
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Janice’s Journal: Acupuncture May Help Mesothelioma Patients with Stress,...
I was not raised by parents who would have considered acupuncture as a viable treatment for pain or stress relief. “You wouldn’t catch me going to some sort of witch doctor,” I can hear my mother...
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Mesothelioma Stress May Be Relieved with Mindfulness Meditation
Neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds have published a study suggesting that people suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions that are...
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Feature Interview: Danielle Emhof – IMT Provider – San Diego, California
Integrative Manual Therapy (IMT) is a treatment that mesothelioma doctors may recommend for their patients as a complementary therapy – something that may be helpful when done together with (not...
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Cancer Center Launches Pilot Study on Soothing Effects of Music Therapy
Picture yourself in a bad mood on a cold gray day, stuck in unfriendly traffic, and then, out from the car speakers like a life preserver thrown from the radio waves comes ABBA, with “You are the...
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The Time to Be Happy is Now
Photo: Wikimedia Commons. Zachary. I recently noticed a needlepoint sign above a window in the sewing room of a friend’s home; I had looked at it before, but I hadn’t really seen it: “The time to be...
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Feature Interview: Pam Lowe – Massage Therapist in Austin, Texas
Massage Therapy is a treatment modality that mesothelioma doctors have found helps many patients as part of an integrative medicine approach for mesothelioma treatment. As a complementary therapy,...
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Coping with Mesothelioma through Faith – Regardless of Your Religion
Mesothelioma patients, like other cancer patients, often find comfort in faith. Not faith healing, mind you, but just plain faith that fills in the gaps left by the unknowable. Mesothelioma patients...
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Malignant Mesothelioma Cancer: Treat the Whole Person Not the Tumor
For patients with malignant mesothelioma cancer, integrative medicine means treating the whole person, not just a tumor. The Cancer Support Community (CSC), a nonprofit organization that provides...
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Unresolved Grief a Possible Health Problem for Mesothelioma Caregivers
If you are the primary caregiver for a loved one with mesothelioma, then on top of everything else – or more likely, underneath everything else – you’ve got grief and grieving to deal with. Nobody who...
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