September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Blood cancers include leukemias, lymphomas and multiple myeloma. Together these account for approximately 180,000 new cancers each year in the United States and 1.3 million worldwide.New cases of leukemia, lymphoma and myeloma are expected to account…
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September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month September is Blood Cancer Awareness Month. Blood cancers include leukemias, lymphomas and multiple myeloma. Together these account for approximately 180,000 new cancers each year in the United States and 1.24 million worldwide. There has been dramatic improvement in the treatment and outcomes…
Continue Reading→Multiple Myeloma – Customized Exercise Programming
Customized Exercise Programming – Multiple Myeloma Tom received a referral for a client with stage III multiple myeloma (MM) and a life expectancy of 2-3 years. Tom has been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for two years, and this is his first client with MM. He asked if…
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Multiple Myeloma is a cancer that forms in a type of white blood cell called a plasma cell. Healthy plasma cells help you fight infections by making antibodies that recognize and attack germs. In multiple myeloma, cancerous plasma cells accumulate in the bone marrow and crowd out healthy…
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Customized Exercise Programming – Multiple Myeloma Tom received a referral for a client with stage III multiple myeloma (MM) and a life expectancy of 2-3 years. Tom has been a Cancer Exercise Specialist for two years, and this is his first client with MM. He asked if…
Continue Reading→Looks Can be Deceiving – I’m a Perfect Example
Looks Can be Deceiving - I'm a Perfect Example Hi Everyone! I am a 32-year thyroid cancer survivor. I am fortunate that I have enjoyed great health since my 1984 diagnosis and treatment. I have 19 first-degree relatives with many different types of cancer, my mother having thyroid…
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