Every day in the United States, over fifty families hear the words, “your child has cancer” and are left wondering which way to turn and what to do next. Each week, over a dozen families bury their children from childhood cancer. Every year in the United States more than sixteen-thousand children and young adults are…
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Take a Loved One to the Doctor Day is recognized each September on the third Tuesday of the month. Beginning in 2002, this day was created to help others help their loved ones get the medical care and treatment that they deserve and desperately need. This day was made for those populations of people who…
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Each September brings Thyroid Cancer Awareness Month which is a worldwide recognition and educational awareness campaign designed to raise the knowledge about this type of cancer and funds to help find a cure. Beginning in 2000 by the Thyroid Cancer Survivor’s Association during one week of the month, it has now expanded to the entire…
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All women are at risk for gynecologic cancers. Each September, many medical fields and organizations recognize Gynecologic Cancer Awareness month. The Foundation for Women’s Cancer created this awareness month in 1999 to help to bring attention, awareness and education to the forefront of women’s gynecologic cancers. It is estimated that this year 100,000 women will…
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Did you know that one in seventy-eight women will develop ovarian cancer in her lifetime? Or that your regular Pap smear test does not catch ovarian cancer? Or did you know that this cancer, when caught early, also has over a ninety-percent survival rate? Ovarian cancer does not only affect women, in that everyone is…
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How often do you stop and think about the very breath you are taking? If you are like most, probably not very often! As humans, we rarely think about the act of being able to breathe, unless it becomes hard to do. This is why the entire month of October is designated to Healthy Lung…
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Leukemia and Lymphoma are cancers that affect the blood or bone marrow in the body. This type of cancer most often starts in the tissue that forms the blood. Along with leukemia and lymphoma, there are also similar conditions that the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society has been funding for research since 1949. Myeloma, Myelodysplastic syndromes…
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National Women’s Health week rolls around every year in May, and educates, encourages and empowers women to take steps to reclaim and improve their overall health. 2024 brings the twenty-fourth celebration and awareness event. This week of recognition and education is sponsored and backed by many organizations, including The United States Department of Health and…
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