Tag Archives: Cancer Screening West Palm Beach
Cancer concerns mount over TSA body scanners
Airport body scanners like those used in Fort Lauderdale and Orlando may pose a significant cancer threat, particularly to those over age 65 and women genetically at risk of breast cancer, some medical experts warn. Because the scanners’ lose dose … Continue reading
Road to Healthy Skin Tour offers free cancer screenings
The Skin Cancer Foundation’s Road to Healthy Skin Tour has reached South Florida. The tour, sponsored by the foundation and Aveeno, offers free skin cancer screenings by board-certified dermatologists: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today and noon to 3 p.m. … Continue reading
Shula’s Run sending message to ovarian cancer
Jennifer Shula needed help and someone to be there when things weren’t looking so bright. Back in June 2011, Shula was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, the type of cancer that forms in tissues of the ovary. The 25-year-old Sunrise resident … Continue reading
Quality of life tied to lung cancer survival
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The way lung cancer patients feel around the time they’re diagnosed may be related to how long they survive — even after taking into account objective measures of the disease, a new study suggests. Researchers … Continue reading
Connie Bobik: Be careful when taking more than one drug
Over the past decade, there has been a dramatic increase in deaths related to overdoses of prescribed medication, with an emphasis on painkillers, sedatives, stimulants and related drugs. But there’s another, growing concern: polypharmacy, or taking multiple medications simultaneously. Risk … Continue reading
