Health Care Observance for October
This month’s health care focus is the prevention, care and cure of Breast Cancer. This disease is no longer the mysterious life threatening disorder that it once was. It is still a threat to health but the tools for prevention, detection and treatment have changed dramatically in the past 50 years. It is important to remember three things about breast cancer: it can occur quite early and create serious disease; it is not strictly a disease of women and can threaten men as well; and, you are never too old to develop it. There are a great many resources for learning about this health problem. The American Cancer Society is a leader in the field (www.cancer.org) Let us work hard this October to encourage screening of men and women who may have early symptoms of this disease. Get a mammogram, consult a doctor and remember you are the key to your own cure.
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