Getting through cancer treatment is a huge accomplishment. The moment you're finished with your final session, it can feel like you're on cloud nine. You've done something incredible. Unfortunately, it may not take long for those positive feelings to waver. Cancer treatments are often intense and can cause noticeable changes to your body. While those changes are necessary to fight back against the disease, many can linger once treatment is done. That can leave you with low s...

Although your medical team will undoubtedly discuss your treatment options with you, it is important that you ask as many questions as you need to fully understand how the treatment will be administered, as well as the benefits and risks associated with it. Some courses of treatment are safer to administer during pregnancy. Surgery is generally the safest treatment, as there is typically limited risk to the fetus. Chemotherapy can also be safely administered during the second and third tr...

Skimping on sleep increases risk of cancer and infections. Increased rates of breast cancer are linked to chronic lack of sleep. For that matter, insomnia, difficulty getting to sleep and staying asleep, also leads to the very same risks. Cancer patients are often challenged and wake due to pain, hot flushes, anxiety and drug side effects. Sleeping at the wrong time confuses your immune system and puts you at risk not only of cancer, but also anxiety, depression and impaired memory. A...

This delicious, nutritious and versatile recipe can be served as a dip, a sauce or even as a side dish! Fennel is rich in fiber and potassium while low in cholesterol making it heart-health supportive.  Fennel is also loaded with phytonutrients, vitamins and minerals. Artichokes are packed with phytonutrients, antioxidants and are a good source of vitamins C and K Garlic is also one of the great cancer-fighting and heart healthy superfoods.  The fibers in garlic are known as p...

A chronic lack of sleep comes with a whole host of problems that affect our well-being decreased cognitive function and memory, a greater propensity for depression, anxiety, and stress, and increased risk for a slew of medical afflictions, including hypertension, obesity, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes. Science also shows that loss of sleep or poor sleep could adversely affect your immune system, leaving you susceptible to colds and other illnesses. Quality sleep is a natural immune b...

In recent years, we've had to let go of the notion that cancer is just a mass of malignant cells or simply a disease of aberrant genes if so, we would have long ago succeeded in eliminating or curing cancer by removing or destroying cells or targeting genetic mutations. Rather, cancers are complex 'rogue' organs, to which many other cells are recruited and can be corrupted by the transformed cells. Malignant and nonmalignant cells interact to create the tumour microenvironme...