藤兒點評：乳腺癌一詞會嚇破一個女人的膽。然而，更可怕的是，即使沒有死於乳腺癌，經過手術、放療和化療之後，倖存下來的乳腺癌患者卻要進一步地承受“化療腦”的巨大痛苦折磨......
所謂的“化療腦”指的是接受化療的癌症患者會出現記憶力和其它認知功能下降等副作用，美國密蘇里大學一項新研究發現，接受化療的患者練習太極拳有助於防止“化療腦”（chemo brain）。
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來源：Vancouver Sun 2015-04-27
UBC research looks at effects of ‘chemo brain’
A current study at the BC Cancer Agency focuses on women who have breast cancer with the NExT program (Nutrition and Exercise during treatment). Marita Luk is a breast cancer survivor who participates in this program, and is facilitated by Kelcey Bland who makes sure the fitness routines are done properly.
Photograph by: Kim Stallknecht , Vancouver Sun
Partway through her treatment for breast cancer, Marita Luk noticed she was starting to forget things.
“I had to write down almost everything I was doing … things like ‘Don’t forget your pills’,” she said.
“At first I thought, maybe it’s because I’m getting old.”
But when Luk, who is in her mid-40s, spoke with other women undergoing chemotherapy, she learned that what she was experiencing is a common phenomenon nicknamed “chemo brain.”
New research out of UBC confirms that breast cancer patients who have undergone chemotherapy have more trouble focusing their minds on the tasks in front of them than healthy women do.
“You don’t even know when it’s coming on. It really feels like a fog in your head,” Luk said.
The UBC researchers, whose work was published recently in the journal Clinical Neurophysiology, used an electroencephalogram (EEG) to monitor the brain activity of breast cancer patients while they completed a series of tasks.
“A healthy brain spends some time wandering and some time engaged,” UBC psychology professor Todd Handy said in a news release. “We found that ‘chemo brain’ is a chronically wandering brain. They’re essentially stuck in a shut-out mode.”
According to Handy, healthy brains tend to engage completely with a task for a few seconds before wandering for a bit. People with chemo brain tend to stay in that state of wandering.
Even when the women who participated in the study thought they were totally focused on a task, readouts from an electroencephalogram (EEG) showed that a large part of their brains were turned off and their minds were wandering.
The research also showed that when the cancer patients were asked to relax, their brains were more active than those of healthy women.
The psychologists suggest that this research could help doctors measure the impact of chemotherapy on the brain and monitor whether patients are improving over time.
“Physicians now recognize that the effects of cancer treatment persist long after it is over and these effects can really impact a person’s life,” said co-author Kristin Campbell.
As for Luk, she has felt her mind gradually growing sharper since her treatment ended about a year ago and she is beginning to feel more confident in her job as the business development manager for BCIT’s School of Construction and the Environment.
Her experience with chemo brain has taught her the importance of memory and keeping records for the future.
“Now I tend to be the person taking photos all the time,” she said.
The UBC research received funding from the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation for BC/Yukon.
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來源: 富爸爸窮爸爸 2015-04-28
健康新聞: 27歲女孩得乳癌後自述:女性都看看
而熬夜到凌晨2點、三餐極其不規律、終年便秘——是我的常態。
醫生說怒傷肝，加上熬夜，便秘，這些都加重毒素與廢物堵塞乳腺，我的乳腺增生就是從這些事情開始的。那個時候，如果及時按摩疏通排毒+正確的選擇保健品+改變生活習慣。不會變成今天這樣。
【Elisa寫給所有姑娘的話】
其實每個女生每一天的身體中都會產生各種毒素，如果你的氣血夠足，這些毒素就會被代謝出體外；但如果你常常生氣、鬱結，或者經常吃冷飲吹空調，三餐無序，經常熬夜，就會使氣血運行受阻，毒素自然淤積在體內，女生很容易表現為乳腺和胸部淋巴系統淤堵。疏通淤堵是最重要的。
用西藥之後，仍然反覆發作的，主要是因為沒有做疏通。氣血運行靠心臟。吃藥、尤其是抗生素、荷爾蒙補充等都是首先傷害心臟的，當心臟沒有動力的時候，就導致這些淤毒無力代謝，一直殘留在乳腺管和淋巴中，你想啊，身體是一個活的機體，而這些日久只能更多產生增生和囊腫。
其實按摩疏通排毒+正確的選擇保健品+良好的生活習慣，是可以化解一般的乳腺增生和纖維囊腫的。可惜我知道的真的好晚。
所以，我想跟所有有小葉增生、纖維瘤的姑娘們說，一定要重視，不要象我一樣。我這個病就是最普通的那種乳腺增生造成，如果發現增生和纖維瘤，一定要重視。哪怕是一個不起眼的腫塊…萬一瘋長，就叫癌...
目前我已經結束3輪化療，每天給自己做疏胸按摩，雖然只剩一邊……真的想和大家說，其實對於乳腺增生，小葉增生，按摩是最好的疏通方法，千萬不要因為癌變率只有4%，就聽之任之，但那個大獎，有可能真的會砸到你。。。
目前我最大的樂趣之一，就是潛心研究國內外各種養生、按摩、食療方法，樂此不疲地拿自己當小白鼠。這一切也許不得不一直堅持下去。
因為受傷，所以才要活的更美麗。美麗的愛心天使們只有通過我們的不斷傳播，不斷努力，讓我們行動起來，讓更多的女性重視乳腺問題，遠離乳腺癌，遠離卵巢癌，遠離宮頸癌，這是我們的責任和使命，幫助別人成就自己！
女人真的要好好關愛自己！ 無論你是那個年齡層，年輕時對身體的無知，無畏，身體發出的各種警示往往被自己淡然漠視。殊不知，在日後一旦身體的機能下降或者遭遇一些情緒壓力，往往就會遇見未知的自己了！
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來源：加拿大家園 2015-04-28
UBC大學∶化療腦確實存在 改變基因防腦腫脹
UBC∶化療腦 確實存在
UBC研究者認為，「化療腦」確實存在。(UBC Julia Kam 提供)
卑詩大學(UBC)一份最新報告指出，化療後出現「化療腦」情況的確存在，除了出現記憶力和其他認知功能衰退外，還有一項副作用是無法集中注意力。
UBC心理學教授漢迪(Dr. Todd Handy)在醫學雜搖窩linical Neurophysiology」發表的報告指出，一個正常的大腦，會花一些時間思考，一些時間參與，而「化療腦」則常常處在游離狀態，有時會突然進入「死機」狀態。
漢迪舉例稱，大多數人的腦部運動都是循環模式，一旦確立目標，下一步將集中注意力完成。而那些依賴化療戰勝癌症的人士，他們的大腦則在一個不斷反思的狀態。
研究者邀請一些乳癌患者及健康人士接受試驗，並監控她們的大腦活動。那些接受化療者，大腦完全無法持續集中注意力，即使她們自認為已經執行任務，但大腦反映出的卻是完全相反的結果。當參與實驗者被要求放鬆時，接受化療人士的腦部仍有很多活動。
研究者認為，他們的研究成果可以幫助腫瘤專家及一線的醫療人士了解化療對病人大腦產生的影響。
副教授坎貝爾(Kristin Campbell)指出，通過這一研究，醫生們可以知道，用化療對抗腫瘤，產生的負面作用持續時間可能很長，對病人生活產生很大影響。
改變基因 或可預防腦腫脹
麥維卡。(取自UBC網站)
卑詩大學(UBC)莫瓦法吉恩大腦健康中心(Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health)的科學家，與UBC及溫哥華沿岸衛生局(Vancouver Coastal Health)合作研究發現，只須改變一個基因，或許可以阻止齧齒動物出現腦腫脹。
這項研究23日在Cell醫學雜誌發表，防止因為中風、感染、頭部受傷、心搏驟停等導致腦腫脹的研究，開啟一個新的篇章。
因為受傷，產生的氯化鈉在數日內迅速蔓延神經系統，導致腦細胞死亡，威脅生命。
該研究項目共同負責人、腦部專家麥維卡(Brian MacVicaar)指出，人們都知道氯化鈉在神經元的累積，是導致腦腫脹的原因，現在找到目標，或許就能阻止腦腫脹。
研究發現，只要改變一個基因，就能阻止氯化鈉在神經細胞的聚集，讓腦細胞不至於死亡。儘管科學家們目前使用的方法，不足以在最短時間內阻止腦腫脹發生，但對這方面的藥物研究，提供了一個新方向。
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