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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="64158" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] June is recognized annually as National Cancer Survivor Month. During the month of June, we celebrate the nearly 17 million Americans who have bravely and successfully battled cancer to earn the designation SURVIVOR. Whether someone is still undergoing treatment or has...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="27426" img_size="full" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]If anyone met Andrea Andrade today, they would be introduced to a beauty pageant queen, motivational speaker, philanthropist, and cancer advocate. She’s volunteered and donated to cancer centers in her hometown of Fresno, California, and buys wigs for women going through...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="27246" img_size="full" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Despite all of the advancements in cancer research and cures, there is one major aspect of the disease that is as under-discussed as it is controversial: patient cost. While the road to recovery is anything but easy, the road to post-cancer...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="26930" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]Cancer drugs are effective at prolonging life and its quality, cures for some forms of the disease that had previously been bearers of certain death, and preventive vaccines that all but eliminate risks of other forms—these have been the fruits...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] [caption id="attachment_26746" align="aligncenter" width="1050"] Melinda Bachini (second to left) with her husband and 6 children.[/caption] On December 1, 2009 at age 41, I was diagnosed with Intrahepatic Cholangiocarcinoma, aka Bile Duct Cancer—a very rare, aggressive and difficult to treat type of cancer. Just 20 days...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="21290" img_size="full" alignment="center" css=""][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""]  National Cancer Survivors Day is observed each year on the first Sunday in June. In honor of National Cancer Survivors Day, people far and near will be coming together to celebrate life, inspire and support those battling cancer, provide guidance for...

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=""] Feel-good movement integrates the mind, body and spirit. It stimulates our awareness, tames our thoughts, frees our bodies and enlivens our spirits. In doing so, it allows us to have a more unified conscious experience that is oriented around self-directed pleasing sensation.   Stress, Trauma,...