January is designated as Cervical Health Awareness Month with more than 13,000 women in the United States diagnosed with cervical cancer every year. Cervical cancer is the fourth most common type of cancer in women worldwide, with more than 4,000 women dying from the disease each year. Cervical cancer is …
It’s that time of year when the flu, or seasonal flu, is rearing its ugly head to infect people of all ages with the influenza virus. The flu virus is highly contagious and spreads easily from person to person usually from a cough, a sneeze or from touching contaminated surfaces …
November is National Diabetes Month, a good time to remind people how to prevent this disease and the complications that go with it. There are more than 30 million people in the United States living with diabetes, that’s 1 in 10 people, with an additional 84 million adults at a …
MRI is the term which describes magnetic resonance imaging, a method used to obtain detailed images of a person’s bones, body structure, soft tissues and organs. By using a magnetic field with radio waves and computer generation, three-dimensional cross sections can be obtained to evaluate medical conditions in an individual’s …
September is prostate cancer awareness month and a good time to remind the men in our lives to know their risk factors and get tested. Each year, approximately 29,430 men will die of prostate cancer making it the second leading cause of cancer deaths in American men, and the most …
July is UV Safety month and we all need reminders on how to stay safe in the sun to protect our skin from UV radiation. UV radiation is proven to cause cancer, both basal cell and squamous cell cancers which are quite common but also very treatable. Melanoma is less …
