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Can Coping With Anxiety, Depression and Stress Increase Remission and Survival? What Every Cancer Patient Needs to Know

Nov 13, 2012 Lynda (Lyn) Freeman, Ph.D.

In this blog, you will learn:  (1) about the experience of anxiety, depression and stress among cancer patients and survivors; (2) how cancer patients describe those emotions in response to diagnosis, treatment, or long-term care;  (3) how these ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Spirituality and Social Support

Stress and Cancer 101: Why Stress Reduction Is Essential

Apr 15, 2012 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

One of the key pillars of  integrative oncology is stress reduction.   The majority of us intuitively recognize the link between stress and the immune system. How many times in your life have you come down with a cold or other viral infection ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction, Manage Side Effects Without Drugs, Supplements and Botanicals

Post-traumatic stress disorder in cancer survivors

May 6, 2010 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

In a study (published in May 2010, in Pediatrics) investigators found that in a population of over 6,500 adults, who were survivors of childhood cancers, there was high percentage who reported signs and symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction

Severe stress causes genetic changes that lead to a weakened immune system

May 4, 2010 Brian D. Lawenda, M.D.

In a study (published in May 2010, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences) investigators have discovered that individuals who have been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have 6-7 times as many changes to genes that ...
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Topics Covered: Defy Cancer with Stress Reduction

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