Cancerwise features cancer patient and caregiver stories, expert insight, research breakthroughs and clinical innovations, healthy living information and the latest news and updates from MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Strength training can have a big impact on your life. Find out how to use one set of weights to make many of your daily activities easier.
What’s the link between alcohol and cancer? And how much alcohol is too much when it comes to managing your cancer risk? Physician Therese Bevers, M.D., and dietitian Victoria Lee answer these questions and more.
As the COVID-19 pandemic stretches on, experts are concerned that routine preventive health care, including the HPV vaccine, is taking a back seat. And that can have long-term health consequences.
Calories measure the energy in food. Each person has unique caloric needs based on factors like weight, height, age, sex and physical activity. Here, senior clinical dietitian Jessica Tilton shares how to determine how many calories you need each day.
Gene Jones was one of the very first people to be treated with cryosurgery, through a clinical trial at MD Anderson. The stage IV colon cancer survivor is still cancer-free today, 30 years later and counting.
Want to help a loved one who’s been diagnosed with cancer? Here’s what other patients found helpful during their treatment.
Did you know that drinking alcohol can affect your cancer risk, lead to long-term health issues and impact your microbiome, sleep and brain function? Our experts share what to know about how alcohol affects the body.
Need some simple methods to build your emotional resilience? Michael Eckenfels, a nurse in our Psychological Oncology Center, weighs in on seven common self-soothing techniques.
If you need an ostomy as a part of your cancer treatment, you probably have a lot of questions. We checked in with colorectal surgeon Matthew Tillman, M.D., and three ostomy nurses to learn who needs these procedures, how they work and what to expect once you have an ostomy.