Oncology Massage for Cancer Patients

Oncology Massage for Cancer Patients

Cancer treatments can take a toll on a patient, often time leaving them with a sense of restlessness, fatigue, anxiety, or pain. To help combat some of these symptoms, Woman’s Center for Wellness is providing free hand and foot massages to those patients of the Breast & GYN Cancer Pavilion undergoing chemotherapy. While the research […]

Monitoring Hearing during Cancer Treatments

Monitoring Hearing during Cancer Treatments

Did you know that chemotherapy and radiation can affect hearing?  These treatments can often be ototoxic –meaning poisonous to the inner ear. Hearing problems caused by ototoxic medications can be temporary or permanent. You may be wondering, “If a medication is known to cause permanent hearing loss, why is it used?” The realization is, sometimes […]