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"I enjoyed learning about this [mindfulness] meditation technique. I also liked how it was integrated and how it complemented with the yoga and other activities we did this week. I have found it helpful to control my emotions. To be aware of when my emotions are stressed, and by labeling it able to control or stop the release."

— A.M.

Melatonin with Chemotherapy

Summary: 

When given with the chemotherapy drug Doxorubicin, which can damage heart muscle, melatonin protects heart cells from damage by raising glutathione levels and stimulating catalase activity. (Catalase is an enzyme that converts hydrogen peroxide to water and oxygen.)

  • Melatonin stimulates the activity of protective antioxidative enzymes in myocardial cells of rats in the course of doxorubicin intoxication.