by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 20, 2012 | Get Screened
The Wichita Kansas Eagle To increase awareness of colon cancer, the American Cancer Society this month — Colon Cancer Awareness Month — is offering free testing kits in Wichita. The take-home Fecal Occult Blood Tests are available for individuals 50 years and older or...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 19, 2012 | Screening Tests
Johnson City, NY. Binghamton Metropolitan When detected early and treated promptly, skin cancer is almost always curable. But spotting the lumps, scaly patches or a changed mole that can signal the possibility of skin cancer can be tricky. Be safe and join our...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 19, 2012 | Get Screened
Granite City, IL Gateway Regional Medical Center will offer free colon cancer screening kits on Wednesday, March 21, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at several area locations. Kits will be available at the 21st Street “drive through” on the Gateway’s Campus, 2100 Madison Ave.,...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 19, 2012 | Screening Tests
Champaign/Urbana News-Gazette Danville, IL — If you’ve been putting off that colonoscopy, Provena United Samaritans Medical Center wants to help you make up your mind to get this potentially life-saving screening for colorectal cancer. The hospital is offering a...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 15, 2012 | Prostate Cancer, Screening Tests
PSA Screening Reduces Deaths From Prostate Cancer, Study Finds BusinessWeek By Kristen Hallam on March 14, 2012 Routine tests used to detect prostate cancer reduce the risk of death from the disease, researchers said, adding more evidence to a debate over the role of...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 7, 2012 | Colorectal Cancer, Screening Tests
(CBS News) A new guidance statement from the American College of Physicians states what a lot of American adults may already know: They should get screened for colon cancer once they get older to reduce their risk of dying from the nation’s number two cancer...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 7, 2012 | Cancer Education
In honor of National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the Nurse Oncology Education Program (NOEP) has launched a free course entitled Every Nurse Makes a Difference: Preventing Colorectal Cancer at http://www.noep.org. Nurses, no matter the field of practice, can...
by Editor-in-Chief | Mar 6, 2012 | Cancer Research News, To Reduce Cancer Risk
The Yomiuri Shimbun TOKYO — The adoption of only one of five healthy lifestyle habits, such as not smoking and drinking moderately, can lower the cancer risk in males by 14 percent, according to the results of a long-term survey by the National Cancer Center in...
by Editor-in-Chief | Feb 23, 2012 | Colorectal Cancer, Get Screened, Screening Tests
American Cancer Society Colon cancer is the third leading cause of cancer death among men and women in the United States, but some colon cancers can be prevented with regular testing. March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, so there couldn’t be a better...
by Editor-in-Chief | Feb 23, 2012 | Get Screened
WEST CHESTER OHIO – West Chester Hospital is offering free prostate screenings for men aged 50 and older and other men with certain risk factors on Saturday February 25th from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Prostate cancer is the most common type of cancer found in American...
