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This week we'll discuss healthy sexual relationships between a cancer patient and their spouse. It's important to maintain an intimate relationship during treatment, but it has to be done in a healthy way for both partners. Can cancer be "caught" through intercourse? Can chemotherapy be transferred through sexual relations? We'll find out from my guest

Your host is Joni Aldrich. "Stress causes nothing, but aggravates everything." What happens when extreme stress is compounded on top of other stresses (a.k.a. for a caregiver!)? Join us as we discuss the Social Readjustment Rating Scale which was developed at the University of Washington School of Medicine. The scale was based on

Ladies, Paget's disease is a rare form of breast cancer which presents itself with red scaly patches of skin on the nipple and sometimes with a dark area of skin, or crusting, bleeding, or ulceration with a discharge from the nipple. It is often confused with other skin conditions, such as eczema, dermatitis or psoriasis.

In 1998, Lori Lober found a lump in her breast. A doctor said it was non-cancerous fibrocystic. Two years later, Lori went to another doctor, only to learn that it was stage IV breast cancer that had metastasized to her liver. The odds she would live five years were less than 3%. She created her own integrative

CANCER S.O.S., Special Show Friday, Dec. 16th, 1:00 p.m. EST www.W4WN.com Dr. Rick Boulay is not your typical Gynecologic Oncologist. He is also a great musical talent with two C.D.'s called HOPE and PEACE describing cancer survivorship in music. Proceeds go to the Catherine Boulay Foundation (in honor

Toni Kay Mangskau is the Clinical Trials Referral Coordinator for the Mayo Clinic where she works to supply clinical trial information and resources to patients, family members and referring healthcare providers. On this show, we're going to discuss the facts about clinical trials, why patients may or may not be eligible for one, and questions

Toni Kay Mangskau is the Clinical Trials Referral Coordinator for the Mayo Clinic where she works to supply clinical trial information and resources to patients, family members and referring healthcare providers. On this show, we're going to discuss the facts about clinical trials, why patients may or may not be eligible for one, and questions

One of the hardest decisions that any family has to face is the choice to put a loved on in an extended care facility. Then they have to decide what facility to use for the best care, especially if the patient has a brain illness. My guest is Carina Cedrechi, owner of the Elderly Care

My guest is Theresa Gratton, whose work includes limiting the risk of infection for inpatient and outpatient healthcare populations at a major hospital in Missouri. She is an instructor with Chasing4Life, a national disaster preparedness organization. We're going to talk about protecting a cancer patient with a compromised immune system--especially through the germ-filled holidays

My inspirational lady this week is my friend Nancy Ferrari, author, inspirational speaker, and radio personality, who developed her signature personal development and vision coaching practice entitled “Discover the Essence of You”, which is now available. "Now is the time to live the life you deserve and make the connection with the most important person