insert_link Health & Wellness January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month – What it is, and What You can do about it! January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Cervical Cancer was once a leading cause of cancer death for women in the United States. Today, screening and prevention have greatly reduced the impact of this form of cancer. Still, nearly 14,500 women in the United States received a diagnosis of cervical cancer and more than 4,200 died from the disease last year, according to the National Cancer Institute. What is Cervical Cancer? Cervical […] todayJanuary 24, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness Anal Cancer Deaths Are Rising In the U.S.—Here’s How to Spot the Symptoms Cases of anal cancer are increasing in the U.S., according to new research—and more people are dying of the disease. For the study, which was published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers looked at trends in anal cancer cases over 15 years. During that time, they detected about 69,000 cases and more than 12,000 deaths. Cases of squamous cell carcinoma of the anus increased 2.7% each year, […] todayNovember 26, 2019