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A compound in milk appears to protect appetite in chemotherapy patients.

Milk protein could help cancer patients

Researchers say lactoferrin can help maintain appetite giving patients better outcomes

By Manitoba Co-operator Staff October 9, 2018

A major problem for cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy is weight loss due to loss of appetite. There are many reasons for this, but one important one is that these types of cancer therapy destroy the delicate interplay between the senses of smell and taste that make food appealing. In a new paper published in the

Livestock, Other livestock

The equine sarcoid — treating cancer in horses

By Carol Shwetz June 16, 2012

The occurrence of cancer is relatively rare in horses. Of those cancers that do occur, the equine sarcoid accounts for a third of all the reported skin tumours. This tumour is unique to the horse and is highly variable in appearance and behaviour. It is a benign type of cancer that does not spread to

Livestock, News

Enthusiastic crowd greets Temple Grandin

By Daniel Winters June 5, 2012

Temple Grandin says her struggles with autism gave her the ability to see the world as animals do and that allowed her to create new animal-handling procedures that earned her international renown. But in a speech to a packed house of more than 700 here recently, Grandin not only demonstrated a keen understanding of how

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Farm community rallies around one of its own

By Lorraine Stevenson May 14, 2012

Manitoba’s rural community is rallying around a Ste. Rose farm family who lost their home to a fire April 28 while they were in Winnipeg receiving leukemia treatments for their critically ill toddler. Friends say Rob and Erin Brunel have been overwhelmed by outpouring of support. Brunel is well known for his activities in farm

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Proposed Food Additive Risky, NFU Says

March 11, 2010

The National Farmers Union is urging Health Canada not to allow Asparaginase, a genetically modified enzyme currently used as a chemotherapy drug to treat leukemia, to be approved as a food additive. The NFU sent a letter to Health Canada on Feb. 18, 2010 in response to a website-posted comment period on the proposed change.

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Make A Beaded Arm Band

By Dana Ramstedt June 25, 2009

Last year I fought and won my battle with breast cancer. While I was undergoing chemotherapy I made this Canadian flag arm band to hide the coil of clear tubing and clips on my upper arm through which I received the chemotherapy fluids. You may know someone who is ill and has a PICC line.

U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

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U.S. grains: Corn rebounds from contract lows on short covering, bargain buying

U.S. livestock: Cattle futures come down from highs

Entomologist tests trap crops and marigolds to repel flea beetles at an Ag in Motion

Tag Archives chemotherapy

Milk protein could help cancer patients

The equine sarcoid — treating cancer in horses

Enthusiastic crowd greets Temple Grandin

Farm community rallies around one of its own

Proposed Food Additive Risky, NFU Says

Make A Beaded Arm Band

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