Expert Advice Archives - Page 5 of 6 - Alberta Cancer Foundation

Ask the Expert: The Benefits of Core Exercises and Practising Yoga During Treatment

Fitness pros address practising yoga with tingling fingers, being cautious when stretching and the importance of breathing.

Ask the Expert: Hiring Cancer Workers

Leap spoke to Dr. Peter Craighead, the Tom Baker Cancer Centre’s medical director and the department head of oncology for Calgary, about what makes the best cancer centre staffers.

Ask the Expert: Vacation preparation and making a diet change

What does the five year survival rate really mean? Plus. the right way to go vegan and trip preparation

Ask the Expert: Lympedema and weight loss during treatment

We took your questions on lymphedema and weight loss during cancer treatment to health and nutritional experts

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We polled the pros on sun burns and the link between birth control pills and breast cancer

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We put your questions to the health professionals about eating healthy on the run, mammograms, and the efficacy of flu shots

Your health questions answered by the experts

We put your questions to the experts about how the seasons can affect mental health, the link between treatment and bone density, and cancer-curbing foods

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What happens when your immune system turns on itself, your platelet count is low, or you’re exposed to radon

Ask the Expert: Cancer and relationships

PLUS! Colon cancer question

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We found some experts and came up with some thoughtful responses to tough questions about liver health, maternal smoking and the role of protien in recovery