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It has been largely seen that cancer brings along with it a lot of trauma and discomfort. One of them being, loss of appetite, which is highly associated with cancer.
Both cancer diagnosis and its treatments result in appetite decrease.
The desire to eat is called Appetite. A decreased appetite is when you have a reduced desire to eat. This occurs despite the body’s basic caloric (energy) needs.
Loss of appetite is a matter of great concern because to fight any disease one needs to have a strong immune system, one must have …
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Cancer and cancer treatments such as chemotherapy, both are capable of causing mild memory lapse, which includes memory impairments like problems with thinking, memory, communication skills, recalling, learning, and concentration. Among cancer patients the cognitive dysfunction related to chemotherapy is known as “chemo brain”.
There are a few symptoms of chemo brain such as memory lapse, incomprehensive thinking, inability to focus or concentrate, difficulty in placing correct information, mental cloudiness.
In order to develop appropriate intervention strategies, an individual assessment is an important first step in ruling out other conditions because cognitive …
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Kylie Ann Minogue is an Australian pop singer, songwriter, and actress. This singing diva with the voice of an angel and the body of a goddess was unfortunately diagnosed with breast cancer on 17 May 2005 by doctors in Melbourne as she prepared to begin the Australian leg of her Showgirl tour. She was caught off guard as the news came more as a shock to her because the doctors mistakenly gave her the all-clear weeks before she was diagnosed with breast cancer, she declared recently.
She was shocked indeed but …
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Hello everyone, I thought long and hard about posting in this section as I really don’t want to admit that this is where my post belongs (but it does) I met my oncologist recently and he’s given me 2 years to live (I’m 55 male) My cancer was discovered after my colon ruptured (thought I had piles and kidney stones) Junior docs at hospital misread xrays and the result was the exploding colon ..
