Category Archives: Handling Side Effects
Cancer Survivors find out information for themselves – and where they find this
As UK has poor cancer survival rate compared with Europe
Madonna says she doesn’t need much sleep
Are Eight Hours too much?
Madonna says she doesn’t need much sleep, and Margaret Thatcher is famously said to have only slept for 4 – 5 hours a night as Prime Minister.
Leonardo da Vinci slept little, as did Napoleon, Edison, Jefferson, etc.
We often worry about lying awake in the middle of the night, frightened we aren’t getting enough sleep.
But has anyone thought why we think eight hours could be the norm? Maybe less could be good for you?
A growing body of evidence from both science and history suggests that the eight-hour sleep may be unnatural for some people. Continue reading
Massage is good for cancer patients – and part of treatment in European cancer centres
You get massage around the world
during cancer treatment –
why not UK?
Most European and American cancer centres automatically offer massage to patients – NOT ‘Swedish’ or’Sports massage , but gentler forms such as aromatherapy, with a light touch. Continue reading