Resolutions

Each year we make resolution for the New Year. For cancer patients, those resolutions focus on getting through treatments and making it through the next year.

Crohn’s Disease and Colorectal Cancer

Those with Crohn’s Disease face an increased risk of colorectal cancers, but there are ways to reduce the risk.

Intake of fish and marine n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and risk of breast cancer: meta-analysis of data from 21 independent prospective cohort studies

A recent meta-analysis synthesizing the results of 21 prior studies found a reduced risk of breast cancer among people who consumed certain polyunsaturated fatty acids, often associated with fish consumption.

The Happiness Choice

Happiness in the course of a cancer battle is not merely a random feeling but a conscious choice to be made, and one that often requires effort. Act happy to be happy. It’s worth the effort.

Black Bean Brownies

Let’s face it, we all crave comfort foods when we are feeling down or discouraged.  As much as we strive to stay “up” during everything that cancer and its treatment brings, I don’t know anyone who is completely immune to the occasional blues.  So, every now and then, it’s ok to treat yourself and, in […]