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- 7 Lifestyle Practices: Being Active in Your Cancer Treatment and Outcomes
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- Creating a Healing Environment with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS
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- Fixing vs. Helping with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
- From Rights to Needs and Commitments—Collaborating with Those We Care for
- From Surgeon to Patient: The Unseen Side of Breast Cancer
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- Integrative Cancer Care: How Far We’ve Come!
- Integrative Care for Advanced Breast Cancer: Results from the Block Center with Keith Block, MD
- Integrative Oncology Is Not Alternative Medicine
- Integrative Oncology Leaders’ Criticisms of JAMA Oncology Article on Complementary Medicine Link with Increased Risk of Death
- Intimacy Is Healing with Dean Ornish, MD
- Introducing the 7 Lifestyle Practices
- Janet Spitzer: Breast Cancer, Surgery and Femininity—Part 1: Diagnosis
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- Lindsay McDonell: Cancer and the Loss of Anticipation
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- Maturing with Time and Evidence: The Updated American Cancer Society Lifestyle Guidelines
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- Mining Google for Integrative Medicine Topics: Lower Yields
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- Moving More with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS
- Nancy Novack: Luckiest Lady in the World
- New Efforts to Make Cell Therapies Like CAR-T More Accessible for Patients
- Nourishing Your Holidays: Cranberry, Orange, and Apple Relish
- Nourishment for the Holidays
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- Nurturing the Caregiver: Managing Holiday Stress
- Offering Guidance Without Prescription with Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA
- Older People: Wisely Navigating Safe and Effective Integrative Cancer Care
- Our Options in Responding to a Cancer Diagnosis with Wayne Jonas, MD
- Palliative Care as an Approach to Life with BJ Miller, MD
- Preparing to Be Vaccinated: An Integrative Approach
- Prostate Cancer Therapies with Brian Bouch, MD
- Rachel Naomi Remen, MD: Let There Be Light
- Reducing Cancer Risks and Improving Outcomes
- Reflections on Breast Cancer
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- Remembering Ourselves through Breathing with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
- Remembering Ourselves through Breathing with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD
- Ron: A Terminal Diagnosis, an Integrated Treatment Plan, and a White Light
- Ruth Hennig: After Mastectomy Surgery: It’s the Little Things
- Ruth Hennig: Building My New Normal with the 7 Lifestyle Practices
- Ruth Hennig: Cancer, Again: Acupuncture and Guided Meditation as Part of the Surgery Experience
- Ruth Hennig: Cancer, Again: Cancer as a Compass
- Ruth Hennig: Cannabis as Part of Cancer Care from the Patient’s Perspective
- Sharing Love and Support
- Sharing Love and Support with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS
- Should Oncologists Recommend Cannabis?
- SIO & ASCO Collaborate on Clinical Practice Guidelines
- Sitting with Uncertainty
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- Sleeping Well with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS
- Sue Cohen: Poetry and Painting on the Path Forward
- Supporting Patients and Their Families through Active Listening with Thomas Smith, MD
- Suz Mondello: Connecting to Community and Spirit during My Cancer Journey
- Suz Mondello: How I Responded to My Diagnosis and Created an Integrative Approach to Care
- Suz Mondello: Managing Chronic Pain and Normalizing Life with Cancer
- Suz Mondello: What I’ve Learned from Cancer and Wish for You to Know
- The Difference between CAM and Integrative Medicine with Donald Abrams, MD
- The Evidence House: Valuing What the Physician Sees in Practice
- The Healing Power of Love with Brian Bouch, MD
- The Importance of Exercise in Cancer Care and Prevention with Donald Abrams, MD
- The Importance of Second Opinions with Mark Renneker, MD
- The Mystery of What Follows Death
- The Risks of Avoiding Conventional Cancer Therapies with Keith Block, MD
- The Role of Ritual in Healing with Janie Brown, RN, MSN, MA
- The Therapeutic Value of a Good Pain Assessment
- The Way to the Stars: How I Chose to Mark My Death
- Tips on Moving from Anxiety to Empowerment: Reflections from a Cancer Coach and Thriver
- Two Rules of Thumb for Cancer Care with Donald Abrams, MD
- Understanding Research Studies
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- What Is Medical Advocacy? with Mark Renneker, MD
- What to Do When Your Oncologist Doesn’t Support Complementary Therapies
- What Would I Ask My Functional Medicine Doctor If I Had Cancer?
- Why Eat Organic? with Donald Abrams, MD
- Why Randomized Controlled Trials Don’t Always Tell the Real-World Story
- Why Timing Matters—for Eating, Sleeping, Exercise—and Cancer Therapies
- You’ll Never Walk Alone, from CancerChoices
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