NEWS AND EVENTS
l quick takes uab.edu/cancer Thousands Celebrate National Cancer Survivors Day JOY, HOPE, camaraderie, faith and tri- umph over adversity were on full display
when cancer survivors and their families,
friends and caregivers celebrated Survivors
Day on June 4 at Birmingham’s Pepper
Place Saturday Market.
The Celebrating Life event, part of
the National Cancer Survivors Day and
hosted by the UAB Comprehensive Cancer
Center and an all-star collaboration of can-
cer organizations, united cancer survivors,
caregivers, family members, friends and
health-care professionals to show that life
after a diagnosis can be meaningful and
productive. The event featured live music
and cooking demonstrations as well as a host
of hands-on activity centers for educational
opportunities, nutritional programs, chil-
dren’s activities and art and massage thera-
pies.
Joining this year’s celebration was
John Scalici, an internationally recog-
nized drum circle facilitator and speaker.
Scalici led Survivors Day participants in
the DrumSTRONG program, a unique,
multicultural, musical charity event that
showcases regional and national resources
that support people with cancer and those
who love them. Other performers included
Zumba with Jerri and Jen, Sing for the Cure,
Cooking with Dr. Luis Pineda and Chef
Antony Osborne, Red Mountain Theatre
Company singers, singer Sarah Ferguson and
Alex Swader with Dancers Fighting Cancer.
The Cancer-Fighting Kitchen: Nourishing, Big-Flavor Recipes for Cancer Treatment and Recovery, by Rebecca Katz, highlights 150 science-based, nutrient-rich recipes that are easy to prepare and designed to give patients the necessary boost by stimulating their appetite and addressing treatment side effects such as fatigue, nausea, dehydra- tion, mouth and throat soreness, taste changes and weight loss.
The American Cancer Society Complete Guide to Complementary & Alternative Cancer Therapies, 2nd edition, defines and evaluates the available complementary and alternative therapies, offering guidelines for their use and specific descriptions of more than 150 different types of such therapies.
Nana, What’s Cancer?, by Beverlye Hyman Fead and Tessa Mae Hamermesh of the American Cancer Society, is one of the few books available that defines and explains cancer on an elementary-school level. The book is recommended for third graders and above.
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the Patient resource Library is located on the second floor of the Kirklin clinic® and is open monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
you can contact the library at (205) 502-9956 or tkcprl@ccc.uab.edu.
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