Tag Archives: "cancer treatments"
Safe Skin Care Revolution Tour-Stop #1: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Side effects from cancer treatments can be extremely difficult to deal with. Aside from the expected hair loss and thinning eyelashes, patients can suffer from hand and foot syndrome, redness and burns, rashes, and embarrassing dryness and flaking. Cancer centers recommend products, but many of them are full of petroleum-based ingredients, carcinogens, hormone disruptors and […]
Radiation Burns Hurt-How to Top the Pain and Start the Healing
When I wrote my book When Cancer Hits, I talked to a number of survivors about side effects.
Brighter Days and Dr. Richey On a Mission: Free Program Helps Cancer Patients Deal with Side Effects on the Skin
I was so excited to see my friend, Dr. Donald Richey, featured in the news recently. For those of you who don’t know, Dr. Richey is the founder of the “Brighter Days” foundation, and is also on the Cinco Vidas Medical Advisory Panel. I have personally attended one of Dr. Richey’s much-needed workshops and was […]
Life Interrupted-a New Documentary About Surviving Breast Cancer
During a recent workshop I presented with my friends at Women’s Voices for the Earth, I had the pleasure of meeting Paula Mozen. Paula is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and a two-time breast cancer survivor, and she’s working on a new project that’s really exciting. If you or someone you love has been diagnosed with […]