Tag: integrative medicine

Dietary Supplements: Risks, Benefits and Other Information

Surviving a cancer diagnosis can mean a continuous battle to maintain health and to prevent recurrence. Surveys show that majority of survivors resort to dietary supplements with the hopes of cure and improving quality of life. Whereas some supplements offer health benefits, others have unintended adverse effects.  Therefore, it is important for patients to address…

A Cancer Survivor Shares: Kim’s Story

March 14, 1992 – at the ripe old age of 35, I was marrying the love of my life. Three years later I was on the surgery room table having a malignant tumor removed. Not exactly what a girl’s expectations are for celebrating an anniversary. My ‘cancer walk’ began on Thursday March 9 when I…