Uploaded April 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
“Your thoughts and feelings could impact hormones and the immune and nervous systems” was Dr. Linda Carlson’s thesis. Her goal was to confirm that mindfulness could impact and improve cancer care. “Some doctors thought that was all hocus-pocus or new-agey,” says Carlson. A well respected and rigorous researcher, Carlson says, “My approach was to conduct a disciplined scientific study that would produce evidence based therapies.”
In 2018, Carlson realized her goal and launched the Alberta Complementary Therapy and Integrative Oncology (ACTION) Centre, through the University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, the first of its kind in Canada.
Using patient-centred, evidence-based therapies, Carlson says, “We use mind and body practices along with natural products coupled with lifestyle modifications alongside conventional cancer treatments.”
We invited Dr. Linda Carlson, a 2023 Dr. Rogers Prize co-winner, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about “Mindful Cancer Care.”
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“Your thoughts and feelings could impact hormones and the immune and nervous systems” was Dr. Linda Carlson’s thesis. Her goal was to confirm that mindfulness could impact and improve cancer care. “Some doctors thought that was all hocus-pocus or new-agey,” says Carlson. A well respected and rigorous researcher, Carlson says, “My approach was to conduct a disciplined scientific study that would produce evidence based therapies.”
In 2018, Carlson realized her goal and launched the Alberta Complementary Therapy and Integrative Oncology (ACTION) Centre, through the University of Calgary and Tom Baker Cancer Centre, the first of its kind in Canada.
Using patient-centred, evidence-based therapies, Carlson says, “We use mind and body practices along with natural products coupled with lifestyle modifications alongside conventional cancer treatments.”
We invited Dr. Linda Carlson, a 2023 Dr. Rogers Prize co-winner, to join us for a Conversation That Matters about “Mindful Cancer Care.”
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The views discussed in this video are the opinions of our guests and do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Oh Boy Productions or this show. Any images in this video are for fair use only, as we are a journalism outlet that seeks to illustrate the topic or guest involved.
ctm528 #cancer #healthcare #oncology
