The importance of creating social and physical environments that support healthy behaviors is central to the updated nutrition and physical activity guidelines for cancer prevention from the American Cancer Society (ACS). The report includes updated advice for personal diet and physical activity patterns, but it emphasizes that the community in which those choices are made can either facilitate or impede healthy behaviors.
A Cedars-Sinai study found that chemicals in the skins and seeds of red grapes decreased estrogen levels slightly while increasing testosterone among premenopausal women who drank 8 ounces of red wine nightly for about a month.
The study, published online in the Journal of Women’s Health, challenges the widely held belief among doctors that all alcohol increases estrogen levels, thus nurturing the growth of cancer cells.
For cancer survivors who exercise, overall quality of life is higher and the rate of cancer recurrence is lower. Unfortunately, many patients fail to follow their doctor’s recommendations for exercise.
Now, nurses can help make planning and monitoring postcancer exercise easy for their patients. A new brochure from the University of Colorado Cancer Center, recently published in the Clinical Journal of Oncology Nursing and endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine, is now downloadable for use.
A physical therapist can significantly reduce costs and the need for intensive rehabilitation by diagnosing and treating breast cancer-related lymphedema early, according to an article published in the January issue of Physical Therapy, the scientific journal of the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA).
According to new research, annual prostate cancer screening among men in their 50s and 60s and those with underlying health conditions does not reduce deaths from the disease.
According to the American Cancer Society, women diagnosed today with breast cancer have a higher chance of survival than those diagnosed in earlier decades. However, health concerns continue to plague survivors long after their treatments end. For instance, studies show that as many as 50% of breast cancer survivors suffer from depression. But now, a meditation technique can assist breast cancer survivors with improving their emotional and physical well-being, according to University of Missouri researchers in the Sinclair School of Nursing.
When blood clots develop in cancer patients, 78% of the time they occur when a person is out of the hospital, while on chemotherapy. This remarkable fact comes from a study of nearly 18,000 cancer patients by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center (URMC).
A new program at Barnes-Jewish Hospital aims to help staff alleviate “compassion fatigue.” Developed by a leader in the field of compassion fatigue, the program is unique in the United States.
The idea developed out of concerns from nurse managers of several oncology units that nurses were continually stressed and burned out. These feelings were leading to high turnover in the units.
According to a recent issue of The American Surgeon, a new study from Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center determined that breast reconstruction after mastectomy is safe for older women.
“The removal of a breast has implications for the psychological, social and sexual well-being of the patient, establishing the need that reconstruction should be offered,” said Marissa Howard-McNatt, MD, assistant professor of surgery at Wake Forest Baptist. “However, little is known about rates of reconstruction in elderly women after breast cancer.”
The American Cancer Society (ACS) has revised its guideline development process. The new methods align with new principles from the Institutes of Medicine (IOM) by:
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