Cancer
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Advances in Breast Imaging
While mammograms have long been credited as an important tool in the early discovery of breast cancers, digital mammography makes early detection more likely.
Preventing Skin Cancer
With summer around the corner, visions of lounging by the pool or on the beach may be distracting you at the office. But also top of mind should be protecting your skin from sun damage.
Maintaining Healthy Skin
You’ve probably heard a lot about protecting your skin from the sun, which is extremely important, but it’s just one of many ways to keep your skin looking and feeling its best.
From Fear to Faith
The opposite of fear is faith. And when we are talking about faith, keep in mind this isn’t a particular religious belief. We’re talking about faith in terms of spirituality and love.
World No Tobacco Day
The use of tobacco is the leading preventable cause of death. With all we know about tobacco and its ill effects on our health, why are so many people still smoking?
Prostate Cancer: Prevention and Screening
Prostate cancer is the leading cancer in men in the United States. Approximately one out of six men will develop prostate cancer in their lifetime.
All You Need to Know About Skin Cancer
Smoke-Free Mecklenburg: It's Time to Clear the Air
While our local leaders are meeting in Raleigh for the 2007 legislative session, Smoke-Free Mecklenburg is hard at work at home in Mecklenburg County and continues to urge our lawmakers to support smoke-free air.
Colon Cancer Prevention: A Personal Mission
Colon cancer is the most preventable but least prevented cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, 60 percent of Americans over the age of 50 have never been screened! Why does the topic of colon cancer keep surfacing in the media? Why is it so important?
Advances in Breast Imaging
Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer deaths in women—killing almost 40,000 in this country each year. Translated into odds, that means every American woman has a one in eight chance of developing breast cancer during her lifetime. Not a very pretty picture, is it? But consider this—more than two million breast cancer survivors are alive in the United States today, and research has proven that early detection is a key to their successful treatment and survival.
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