Health in the LGBTQ Community
“And that visibility which makes us most vulnerable is that which also is the source of our greatest strength.” Audre Lorde […]
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 [...]
Celebrate National Reading AND Women’s History Month With These Great Reads
It's National Reading Month and Women's History Month! If you are interested in public health, consider checking out some of these books - all written by awesome ladies. Silent Spring, by Rachel Carson Silent Spring [...]
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 [...]
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, [...]
World Breastfeeding Week is Coming to Bozeman!
Every year during the first week of August, the global community celebrates breastfeeding families with World Breastfeeding Week and in Bozeman, Montana we celebrate too! World Breastfeeding Week was first observed in 1992 by the [...]
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. [...]
The not-so-sexy topic…sexually transmitted diseases.
Nationally, sexually transmitted diseases (STD’s) are on the rise at an alarming rate. There are approximately 1.4 million reported cases of chlamydia which is the highest number of annual cases of any condition ever reported [...]
Seasonal Flu Clinics Advancing the Delivery of Colorectal Cancer Screening
The Flu vaccine is recommended for adults every year. Colorectal cancer screening by High-Sensitivity Fecal Occult Blood Test (FOBT) or Fecal Immunochemical Test (FIT) is recommended for adults over 50 years of age every year. [...]