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Breast Cancer – Stages of Cancer – Fact Sheet Part IV

By National Cancer Institute
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Wellness

Stages of cancer and how they affect the treatment plan.

Breast Cancer – Side Effects and Detail About Treatments – Fact Sheet Part V

By National Cancer Institute
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Wellness

The article describes some side effects and detail about treatments of cancer.

Breast Cancer – Support for Women and Advances In Research – Fact Sheet Part VI

By National Cancer Institute
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Wellness

Part V discusses support for women with cancer, recent advances in research, causes and preventions.

Breast Cancer – Who Is At Risk and Understanding The Process – Fact Sheet Part I

By National Cancer Institute
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Wellness

Part I explains what breast cancer is and who is at risk.

Breast Cancer – Planning Treatment – Fact Sheet Part II

By National Cancer Institute
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Wellness

Part two offers a list of detecting techniques and symptoms.

Helping Children With Autism Learn

By Dr. Bryna Siegel
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions

Imitation is a very crucial conduit through which the one- to four-year-old child normally takes in a tremendous amount of information. Dr. Siegel discusses how to apply this to an autistic child.

If I Only Knew Then – What I Know Now!

By Jacqueline Marcell
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions

The author shares the behavioral dysfunctions with her father, in getting the right diagnosis and tips to recognizing dementia..

Better Breathing Techniques for the SOB (Short of Breath)

By Noah Greenspan
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions

The author shares different exercises for patients with copd that have difficulty with shortness of breath.

Cortisol: The Stress Hormone And Depression

By Melissa C. Stöppler, M.D.
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

Dr. Stoppard describes what cortisol is and how the levels are effected by stress and it’s relationship to caregiving.

Sitting Fit For Caregivers And Those They Care For

By Susan Winter Ward
  • Aging
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Caregiver Issues
  • Caregivers: Experiences & Ideas
  • Disability - Accessability - Mobility
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Eldercare
  • Wellness

Nine 3-5 minute segments of seated stretching & deep breathing helps to maintain your strength & flexibility while relieving stress & tension from sitting too long, working non stop and worrying.

Depression Tied to Hypertension By Family History

By Aaron Levin
  • Aging
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues

A new study finds higher blood pressure is linked to depression, but only in people with a family history of hypertension.

“When Helping Hurts: Sustaining Trauma Workers.”

By Frank Ochberg, M.D.
  • Care for the Caregiver - Nurturing
  • Death and Dying
  • Diseases - Illnesses - Conditions
  • Grief and Bereavement
  • Mental Health - Emotional - Issues
  • Volunteer Service Programs

This article is about vicarious PTSD It is for trauma workers, caregivers, volunteers and others who may be vulnerable to compassion fatigue.

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