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Acupressure — self-care at home

You can use your own fingertips or special tools (which are rounded) to provide a few minutes of comfortable pressure to certain points. The stimulation is not as strong as if the point were needled (acupuncture), but it can be very therapeutic, nonetheless.
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A intravenous PICC line is placed in a person's arm
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What is a PICC line?

If you recently learned that your cancer treatment requires the placement of a PICC line, you may be scared because you don’t know what to expect.
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When cancer takes your hair

It's not uncommon to feel apprehension, sadness or a loss of privacy before, during and after chemotherapy-related alopecia. In fact, for both men and women, hair loss is often the most common and distressing adverse effect of chemotherapy.
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