self care Archives - CancerChoices



Remembering Ourselves through Breathing with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

CancerChoices advisor Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, demonstrates a breathing technique to help lower anxiety.

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Sleeping Well with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS

Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS, senior clinical consultant at CancerChoices, provides an overview of sleeping well, one of the 7 Lifestyle Practices.

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Managing Stress with Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS

CancerChoices senior clinical consultant Laura Pole, RN, MSN, OCNS, discusses the effects of stress on the body and how to manage stress.

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Remembering Ourselves through Breathing with Rachel Naomi Remen, MD

CancerChoices advisor Rachel Naomi Remen, MD, demonstrates a breathing technique to help lower anxiety.

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Lifestyle Medicine with Dean Ornish, MD

CancerChoices advisor Dean Ornish, MD, describes lifestyle medicine and the research behind its effectiveness in nurturing healing.

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Meet the Practitioner: Dr. Diljeet Singh

Integrative gynecologic oncologist Dr. Diljeet Singh and Christine Mineart, program director of CancerChoices, discuss health insurance challenges, cancer and exercise research, navigating integrative cancer care, and tips for finding moments of mindfulness.

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Connecting with Others Who Have Walked the Path of a Cancer Diagnosis

We all differ in the types of support that we need and in how much we wish to share with others about our experiences. But we all benefit from being held in empathy, compassion, and connection—and our bodies often show us. 

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What to Do When Your Oncologist Doesn’t Support Complementary Therapies

What might you do when your oncologist doesn’t support your desire to incorporate complementary therapies and self-care practices into your care plan?

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CancerChoices Year-end Reflections—2023

We want to help you or someone you care for to live as well as possible for as long as possible. The way we do all of this is to help you or someone you care for understand both the strengths and weaknesses of all three modalities—conventional, self-care and complementary approaches.

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Integrative Oncology Is Not Alternative Medicine

The intentional, coordinated use of complementary therapies and lifestyle practices alongside conventional cancer treatments is called integrative oncology.

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