LiveLung, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group devoted to supporting lung most cancers sufferers, survivors, and their care companions, invitations the Tampa space lung most cancers neighborhood to its month-to-month academic assembly on Wednesday, November 19, at 11:00 a.m. The assembly can be held at Vacation Inn Tampa North, 3751 E Fowler Ave, Tampa, and features a complimentary lunch.
This month’s assembly will characteristic Lora Thompson, PhD, Licensed Psychologist & Director Integrative Drugs at Moffitt Most cancers Heart, presenting “Advantages of Integrative Drugs Methods for Most cancers Signs.”
Dr. Thompson is a licensed Psychologist and Affiliate Member of the Supportive Care Drugs Division at Moffitt Most cancers Heart. She gives outpatient evaluation and psychotherapy to assist people deal with the psychosocial challenges of most cancers analysis, therapy, and survivorship. As Director of Moffitt’s Integrative Drugs Service, she oversees the middle’s yoga and therapeutic massage packages and is actively concerned in analysis and schooling in psychosocial and integrative most cancers care.
“Integrative well being strategies, akin to therapeutic massage and yoga, could be supplied along side customary most cancers care to supply symptom reduction and to enhance the standard of life of people with most cancers,” mentioned Dr. Thompson. “When selecting integrative practices, the very best apply is to decide on strategies which can be thought of secure, have some scientific proof to assist their use, and are supplied by a supplier who’s appropriately skilled.”
LiveLung’s academic conferences present useful sources and alternatives for lung most cancers sufferers, survivors, and their care companions to study, community, and construct neighborhood. Every assembly options an professional visitor speaker who shares insights to empower attendees with information and assist.
Lung most cancers sufferers and their care companions are welcome to study extra and register at
About LiveLung
LiveLung is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit group that goals to enhance well being outcomes by advancing lung most cancers schooling, early detection, and compassion for lung most cancers sufferers. We do that by internet hosting a community of month-to-month academic neighborhood lung most cancers affected person teams. We additionally present useful resource baggage to dozens of most cancers facilities, the place nurse navigators give them to newly recognized lung most cancers sufferers.
