Nervines: Plant-Based Essential Oils that Can Help You Beat Stress

Plants and flowers that have a proven track record of balancing the nervous system are called “nervines,” and essential oils made from them can be your real friend when you need to destress, unwind or just “take...

Chemo May Spread Breast Cancer and Trigger More Aggressive Tumors

I have written about the dangers of chemotherapy before. A study published last year in Breast Cancer Research confirmed that, in addition to suppressing immunity during cancer treatment, chemotherapy can actually cause long-term...

BC-036 Debbie Melamed Interviews Missie Mellen on the use of Reiki, Thermal Therapy and Essential Oils as Part of Pain Management and Complementary Therapies

Missie began her career as an RN. While working in the operating room she pulled the ligaments on her right side. Unable to find relief through medication she began researching other ways to manage her pain....

BC-035 Debbie Melamed Interviews Prudence Sinclair Stage 4 Malignant Melanoma Survivor

BeatCancer's Debbie Melamed interviews Prudence Sinclair, a 28-year cancer survivor of malignant melanoma, who walked away from traditional medicine after several surgeries and the option of chemotherapy to research alternative options.

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My Story as a Three-Time Cancer Survivor

I’ve had several bouts with cancer – all seemingly around holidays -- and it’s finally time for my permanent holiday from cancer. When Susan heard my story, she invited me to share it with her BeatCancer.org...

BC-034 Dr. Susan Silberstein Interviews Psychologist Susan Barbara Apollon on Grief, Love and Cancer Healing

Susan Barbara Apollon is a Pennsylvania psychologist in private practice for 30 years specializing in oncology, grief and trauma. Coming from a family of physicians and herself a 20+ year survivor of breast cancer, she is a...

BC-033 Debbie Melamed Interviews Bruce Lipton on Epigenetics and Cancer

Bruce Lipton, Ph.D began his scientific career as a stem cell biologist.  He received his Ph.D. Degree from the University of Virginia at Charlottesville before joining the Department of Anatomy at the University of Wisconsin’s School...

Stefanie Joho’s Story: Immunotherapy Offers Amazing Promise for Cancer Patients with Certain Genetic Defects

Last week, the Washington Post ran a feature story on a patient given a death sentence who is now cancer-free. Here’s her story: 

Shortly after graduating from New York University at 22, Stefanie Joho learned that she had Lynch...