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Arm Lymphedema Wt Lifting

Arm lymphedema can be reduced and possibly prevented by doing some light weight lifting. New research on arm lymphedema and exercise is dealing a blow to previous guidelines for lymphedema risk. Learn more about how weight lifting can lower your risk for arm lymphedema. (Source: About.com Breast Cancer) read more..

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Health Tip: Is That Bump a Bunion?

(HealthDay News) -- When you walk, the joint at the base of the big toe supports a lot of the body's weight. So when bunion forms at that joint and forces the big toe to curve toward the others, it can be quite painful. read more..

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Exercise may boost breast cancer patients' quality of life

SATURDAY, April 14 (HealthDay News) -- Exercise can help improve breast cancer patients' quality of life while they undergo treatment, a new study indicates. University of Miami researchers ... read more..

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Lymphedema: Separating Fact From Fiction

Given the abundance of breast cancer data, this review will focus on breast cancer–related lymphedema. However, the principles and controversies discussed are relevant regardless of the type of malignancy to which the lymphedema is attributed. (Source: Cancer Network) read more..

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News From The Journal Of Clinical Investigation: March 12, 2012

ONCOLOGY New Determinant of Human Breast Cancer Metastasis Discovered Researchers at the University of Kentucky's Markey Cancer Center in Lexington, KY have provided new insight as to why the most severe subtype of breast cancer in humans frequently metastasizes... read more..

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Iranian scientist creates gas-filled aspirin to fight cancer

An Iranian scientist has developed a gas-filled aspirin that can boost the cancer-fighting ability of the drug, the Iranian Students News agency (ISNA) reported. read more..

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Breast Cancer Survivors-Series Of Commercials-Benefits Of Exercise-Misleading Term

Researchers recommend exercise for breast cancer survivors, lymphedema patients

Lymphedema, a chronic swelling condition common in breast cancer survivors, affects three million people in the US. In the past, most people believed that exercise might induce or worsen lymphedema. After reviewing the literature, researchers say the benefits of exercise outweigh the risks for breast cancer survivors and patients with lymphedema. read more..

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Still NED and Doing Fine: 'Cancer Free' Is a Misleading Phrase

A heart-warming series of commercials currently running on television shows factory workers wishing they could meet the cancer survivors whose lives have been saved by the technology they build.  My favorite part of these commercials is the survivor who says that she now has "no evidence of disease."  She does not utter the over-used and misleading term "cancer-free."  The problem with the term "cancer-free" is that generally... read more..

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