Giving care and support during this time can be a challenge. Many caregivers put their own needs and feelings aside to focus on the person with cancer. This can be hard to maintain for a long time, and it’s not good for your health. If you don’t take care of yourself, you won’t be able to take care of others. It’s important for everyone that you give care to you.
Nestled in a creamy filling and crumbly graham cracker crust, strawberries—one of spring’s sweetest, brightest flavors—shine in this delectable tart.
Reiki and Reflexology are soothing complements to traditional treatment “This is the first time in a long time I haven’t been in pain.” The woman who spoke those words had
St. Luke’s Nassif Radiation Center makes high quality advanced cancer treatment more convenient, at a lower-cost. Lee Overton admits he might not have agreed to radiation treatment for his prostate cancer if it weren’t for the new St. Luke’s Nassif Radiation Center. But once he began treatment shortly after the center opened, Overton says,“I actually looked forward to going every day!”
Oncology nurses diagnosed with cancer share bond with their patients – Cancer knows no barriers. It can strike male and female, young and old, all races and occupations. That point was driven home for the Community Cancer Center family in 2015 when three oncology nurses affiliated with the center were diagnosed with cancer.
Free Screenings in April This year, an estimated 60,000 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with head and neck cancer. The survival rate is 80 percent when detected early.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes of Health, has called this a “remarkable moment” in cancer research. Scientists are more knowledgeable than ever about how cancer starts, how it spreads and how to combat it.
Ryan Dempewolf, MD, is a board-certified otolaryngologist with Physicians’ Clinic of Iowa Ear, Nose & Throat. He provides medical and surgical treatment for disorders of the ear, nose and throat including thyroid and head and neck cancers.
Outreach program targets rising melanoma rates – Melanoma, the most deadly form of skin cancer, is also one of the fastest-growing cancers in Iowa. In fact, the American Cancer Society reports the number of new melanoma cases in the state is up 284 percent since the 1970s. And among young people age 15 to 29, melanoma is now the second most common form of cancer.
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