October Means Halloween/Breast Cancer Awareness

 

Fall is in the air. You can feel a slight chill when walking the kids to the bus stop in the morning. The leaves are falling from the trees and are even starting to change colors. Everywhere you look, you see pumpkins, goblins and ghouls. It must be October. October brings football, lots of leaves …

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October Is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month

 

October has been designated as National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of this important month, following are some important facts and figures from the American Cancer Society regarding breast cancer in the United States: Excluding non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among women. It is estimated that about 226,870 new …

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2010 Healthcare Reform Law and Women’s Health

 

Part of the 2010 healthcare reform law took affect on Wednesday, August 1st and requires that policies provided by private health insurance companies pay for a list of women’s health preventative services.  These services include birth control pills, Pap smears and mammograms. The new policy also gives women the right to free breast-feeding support, supplies for …

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Breast Cancer and the Importance of Early Detection

 

Breast Cancer is a life-threatening disease that affects hundreds of thousands of women in the United States every year. It is one of the most serious issues affecting women’s health today. According to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention, 202, 964 women in the United States were diagnosed with Breast Cancer in 2007 (the …

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