Awareness matters! Vaccinating for HPV can prevent cervical cancer.
There’s good news on the healthcare front—over the past 40 years rates of cervical cancer have dropped dramatically due to widespread access to regular cervical screenings (pap tests). The other good news comes in [...]
Screening Can Save Your Life
Colorectal cancer screening may not be your favorite topic, in fact, it is probably not even on your mind--but it should be. Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United [...]
June Is Men’s Health Month—Get Involved
Did you know there was a month entirely dedicated to raising awareness for issues impacting the health and wellness of men and boys? June will honor the 23rd annual Men’s Health Month. The month also [...]
Cancer and Me
By Pauline Sager How did it start? It was in the late 1990’s. I had always been good at going for my annual PAP test with my doctor, an internist. But this time, she [...]
Help “Someone You Love” Prevent Cancer
Each year, about 17,000 women and 9,000 men are affected by Human Papillomavirus (HPV). In fact, 80% of people under the age of 50 will contract the virus at some point in their life. Though [...]
Turning the Tide of American Indian Healthcare
From 2001-2009, death rates from cancer decreased for white men and women. But for American Indians and Alaska Natives, the rate went up. In addition, a study by Department of Health and Human Services in [...]
Breast Cancer Awareness: Why Pink?
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month October brings with it many great things: the start of autumn, beautiful foliage, football games, candy corn, pumpkin lattes… and a lot of pink. In October, we see pink ribbons, [...]
National Women’s Health Week 2016
As National Women’s Health Week comes to a close, we want to leave you with a little food for thought toward living longer, healthier lives. One in three women will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime. [...]
Surviving The Sorrow: Losing your spouse to colon cancer
I stepped out of the shower and there he was, like it was any other regular day. Staring at me with those enormous sapphire blue eyes I had fallen in love with 10 plus years [...]