Told she had an average of two to three years to live, Sam Aulton has turned her life around and hopes to help others in the same way.Diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in February, the cancer had spread to her spine and possibly her lungs, and doctors had little hope for her survival.Determined not to give up, the Cessnock woman decided to make some changes in her lifestyle, and hopes to beat the odds.“Averages don’t have to relate to everyone and the law of averages does not mean that everyone will be condemned to that outcome…but this gave me the impetus that I needed to change my habits and change my potential outcome,” Sam said.With plenty to live for, including daughters Maggie (six) and Ruby (three), Sam has turned to alternative therapies, with promising results.One of these therapies is Qi Gong (pronounced chi gung), the Chinese exercise form that uses breathing and meditation to improve and treat disease.“I’m doing a few different things, but this one (Qi Gong) feels really good, and I want to share it with people,” Sam said.

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Antioxidants found in green tea may help repair DNA damage caused by sun exposure, according to a recent study in mice. Exposure to ultraviolet UV radiation can damage DNA and, in turn, trigger suppression of the immune system—a risk factor for developing skin cancer. The study, funded in part by NCCAM and published in the journal Cancer Prevention Research, examined the effects of polyphenols from the leaves of the green tea plant, which are thought to fight free radicals highly unstable molecules that can damage cells and have anticarcinogenic activity.

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