Scientists Learn Why Yoga and Meditation Reduce Stress for Mesothelioma...
In my household, we were not surprised when a recent study confirmed that practicing yoga can reduce stress for caregivers. My wife, Kelly, is the primary caregiver (in other words, mother) to our...
View ArticleMassage Reduces Many Types of Distress for Cancer Patients, Study Shows
Complementary therapy. Integrative medicine. Alternative medicine. CAM. It doesn’t matter what name you give to the world of therapies out there to help mesothelioma patients and mesothelioma...
View ArticleMesothelioma Stress May Be Relieved with Mindfulness Meditation
Neuroscientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Center for Investigating Healthy Minds have published a study suggesting that people suffering from chronic inflammatory conditions that are...
View ArticleCoping with Mesothelioma through Faith – Regardless of Your Religion
Mesothelioma patients, like other cancer patients, often find comfort in faith. Not faith healing, mind you, but just plain faith that fills in the gaps left by the unknowable. Mesothelioma patients...
View ArticleMindfulness May Relieve Mesothelioma Pain, Anxiety and Depression
During treatment for mesothelioma, “mindfulness” therapies may help with stress and depression – for patients and caregivers alike. If you’re in the midst of treatment for mesothelioma and you’re like...
View ArticleFor Veterans with Mesothelioma, Meditation May Relieve Pain and Stress
For patients with mesothelioma, meditation is one path for relieving stress and pain. Photo Source: Quinn Dombrowski For some, meditation can be a religious affirmation of faith; for others, not so...
View ArticleCentering and Mindfulness for Mesothelioma Patients and Caregivers
Mesothelioma doctors recommend many different complementary therapies to help their patients reduce stress and enjoy a better quality of life. You have to find the ones that work for you. You might...
View ArticleMesothelioma Quality of Life
Mesothelioma and empowerment – does one preclude the other? That’s what I was discussing last week with a friend’s husband, a psychiatrist in Colorado. We were talking about the way in which...
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