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		dhughes on July 11, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cancer Patient Effectively Donates A Life-Saving O... People tend to overlook the 'vascular' part. I've read some pretty disturbing examples of how some people have their bowels rot due to the blood flow in the artery (arteries?) becoming restricted or even blocked from supplying the bowels the same way arteries in the heart are but it's not as apparent as it is for the heart.

killerswan on July 11, 2011 [–]

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I've also heard things about how, for example, simply walking regularly for exercise can sometimes be more effective than chemotherapy.

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