Research | Integrative Cancer Review

Cancer and Cortisol Rhythms: A Key to Health?

"Not every patient we saw with elevated nighttime cortisol had cancer, but every patient with breast cancer that we saw over 30 years had an elevated nighttime cortisol level. For everyone who was able to get that nighttime cortisol...

By Marianne Cirone|April 1st, 2019|Fatigue & Energy, Featured, For Yoga Teachers, Immune System, Research, Stress & Cancer, The Cancer Journey|

Coping with the Financial Realities of Cancer Treatment

The emotional challenges facing cancer treatment are often compounded by the high costs of health care, according to a new report by Commonwealth Fund, The New York Times, and Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health...

By Daniel R. Verdon|January 1st, 2019|Research|

Education and Research: Foundational to Traditional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer Care

Researchers at the University Hospital at Udine, Italy concluded that informative sessions about complementary and alternative medicines could impact patients’ perceptions and opinions...

By Daniel R. Verdon|November 25th, 2018|Research|

Can Exercise Help Some Survivors Outrun Breast Cancer?

In October, the National Institutes of Health awarded a $4 million grant to further investigate exercise’s role in the development of breast cancer and its recurrence...

By Daniel R. Verdon|November 20th, 2018|Exercise & Movement, Research|

Developing a Clinical Practice in Integrative Oncology with Mark Rosenburg, M.D.

My own experience with integrative cancer therapies began on a very personal level. After attending medical school at Georgetown University, and doing my residency at the University of Pennsylvania, I started my career as an ER doctor, becoming the Director of a local ER department. Shortly afterward, my mother was admitted to my emergency room with pain and weakness. Sadly, I diagnosed my own mother with metastatic non-small cell lung cancer...

By Mark Rosenburg, MD|May 31st, 2018|Cancer & Treatments, Featured, Integrative Care, Research, What is Integrative Care|

Keys to Healthy Skin for the Oncology Patient and an Interview with Gregory Maguire, Ph.D., Founder of NeoGenesis™

Q and A with the founder of NeoGenesis, Dr. Gregory Maguire, with a look at what goes into the development of a potentially game-changing skin care product for oncology patients...

By Marianne Cirone|May 11th, 2017|Featured, Oncology Skin Care, Research|

Integrative Cancer Therapies: The Burgeoning Research on Yoga and Cancer

Can yoga cure cancer? Can it provide a greater quality of life--or even extend life? Questions like these are at the heart of the proliferation of studies on yoga for people diagnosed with cancer. Yoga is only one of many...

By Marianne Cirone|October 25th, 2015|Featured, Research, Yoga & Meditation|

Research on Integrative and Complementary Therapies and Cancer

But Can You Prove It? One of the first recorded medical experiments took place in in 605 BC when Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar compared two groups of youths: one that ate and drank only red meat and wine...

By Marianne Cirone|July 2nd, 2015|Featured, Research|