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kmakm
7 years agoMember
Stress and Breast Cancer - new study
Absolutely fascinating. When I was diagnosed I asked my breast surgeon if stress had played a part. He said that the medical community believed that it did but that it hadn't been proven yet. In th...
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Afraser
7 years agoMember
Interesting that beta blockers may reduce the risk of cancer spread. I'm on them for an arrythmia, not high blood pressure. At my yearly check today, my oncologist noted that my pulse was good, normal rate with only a slight blip. In fact he thought it could no longer be described as an arrythmia, almost a regular irregularity. That may of course may be a today thing, but certainly I have been tachycardia free for ages. So all hail the little beta blocker if it's doing that job and perhaps warding off the spread of any cancer cells too!
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