{"id":8968,"date":"2021-01-19T03:33:59","date_gmt":"2021-01-19T02:33:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/nature-in-oncology-non-pharmacological-therapy\/"},"modified":"2024-01-26T01:58:35","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T00:58:35","slug":"nature-in-oncology-non-pharmacological-therapy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alamarlife.com\/en\/nature-in-oncology-non-pharmacological-therapy\/","title":{"rendered":"NATURE IN ONCOLOGY – NON-PHARMACOLOGICAL THERAPY"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“There is scientific evidence of Nature’s positive influence not only on the mental well-being of the sick, but also on the success of the therapeutic process”.<\/h4>\n

Dr Vibe-Petersen, head of internal medicine at the Center for Cancer and Health in Copenhagen.[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”8249″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text]From the window of her hospital room Nora Bertolotti saw a tree. It was nothing special: ‘a few stunted branches beside the ring road’.<\/p>\n

Yet when you are immobile in a bed, anything that takes your mind elsewhere helps. ”<\/p>\n

I used to spend my time looking at it. Then they moved me to another ward. Outside, only scaffolding, it was like being in prison. I had been fighting the disease for weeks, but I never felt as bad as I did at that moment”.<\/p>\n

From “GUARIRO’ IN UN GIARDINO” by Laura Traldi, for D di Repubblica, 23 February 2013.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n

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A positive mental attitude can help the patient fight and overcome cancer.<\/h5>\n

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Oscar Carl Simonton, one of the pioneers of psycho-neuroimmunology, doubles the average survival expectancy of patients with his approach, according to American statistics. His is a psycho-oncological method that teaches how to experience illness and treatments in a more constructive way, increasing their effectiveness through better management of stress and emotions. The use of combined relaxation and visualisation techniques reduces side effects and enables positive emotional pain processing<\/strong>, significantly improving quality of life.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]American researchers Kathy Hathorn and Upali Nanda came to the conclusion that in hospital, patients feel better at the sight of paintings representing Nature, compared to abstract paintings.<\/strong> In fact, if you are feeling stressed and in a bad mood, an abstract painting forces you to make an extra effort to interpret it; moreover, as it does not represent any precise meaning, it can also arouse feelings of negative interpretation.<\/p>\n

Setting a context with natural images, accompanied by sounds in the background, can significantly reduce the perception of pain and relieve anxiety.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_single_image image=”8660″ img_size=”full”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]”There are many studies proving that exposure to green increases the level of serotonin in the human body: it means an extra boost of energy and an antidote to depression<\/strong>.” Dr Roberta Dehman Hershon, founder of the American association Hope in Bloom.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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