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Category: Cancer/Oncology


Breast Cancer Awareness
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Pharmacy Solutions is committed to empowering patients with knowledge and support to prioritize their health.


Sunscreen Even in the Fall
The days become shorter, colder, and cloudier as we transition into the colder months of Fall and Winter. This means for many of us that we begin to spend more time indoors than we do during the summer months under the sun. However, even though we may begin to hibernate,


Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month Every year, Pharmacy Solutions dedicates the month of October to educate patients about Breast Cancer. Whether you have been affected by Breast Cancer, know someone battling Breast Cancer, or want to learn more about early detection, October is the time for us to come


Oncology Hope
TOGETHER, WE CAN REDEFINE PHARMACEUTICALS… WITH HEART Mebendazole: Cancer Treatment A drug that is in the benzimidazole family may offer new hope to patients suffering from cancer when other treatments have failed. It has been shown in multiple studies to have anti-cancer activity by interrupting how cancer cells divide and


Vitamin K2 and Cancer
Vitamin K2 is an essential lipid soluble vitamin that has three different types: K1, K2 and K3. Albeit Vitamin K is commonly associated with clotting factors or bone health when paired with Vitamin D, it has been reported as potentially useful approach for prevention and clinical treatment of cancer. Vitamin


Ganoderma Lucidum
Greater than 50% of anti-cancer medications approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are extracted from plants, indicating that herbal medicines are vital and very relevant in the development of anticancer drugs (Kim, 2002). Eastern medicine has widely popularized items such as edible mushrooms like Ganoderma lucidum or lingzhi for


Therapeutic Benefits of Curcumin
Therapeutic benefits of curcumin have been discovered in multiple chronic diseases such as inflammation, obesity, liver disease and numerous cancers. Laboratory and animal research suggests that curcumin may prevent cancer, slow the spread of cancer, make chemotherapy more effective and protect healthy cells from damage by radiation therapy. Between the


Calcium & Cancer
Calcium is the most abundant mineral in the body, responsible for many functions including cell signaling, hormonal secretion, muscular, vascular and nervous system firing. Studies suggest a relationship between calcium levels and colorectal, breast and ovarian cancer. Flood et al. investigated the association of colorectal cancer and intake of calcium


Melatonin … Not Just for Sleep
Melatonin is well known to affect circadian rhythm and sleep but laboratory studies show a wide spectrum of biological effects including a powerful antioxidant and stimulant for the immune system. Circadian rhythm disruption has been associated with disorders such as depression, heart disease and cancer development and progression (Sahar, 2009). A