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In Memoriam: Honoring Courage and Raising Awareness
Read more: In Memoriam: Honoring Courage and Raising AwarenessToday, we take a moment to remember and celebrate the lives of two talented actors who touched our hearts and screens, Demond Wilson and James Van Der Beek. While they may have left us too soon after their brave battles with cancer, their legacies live on, reminding us of their contributions to entertainment and the…
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World Cancer Awareness
Read more: World Cancer AwarenessYesterday was World Cancer Day, but for millions of families, the fight doesn’t stop when the calendar changes. Cancer doesn’t appear overnight. Neither do cardiovascular disease, pregnancy complications, or chronic illness. World Cancer Day an international awareness day observed each year to raise understanding about cancer, promote prevention and early detection, and encourage better care for people…
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Why More Young People Are Dying From Colorectal Cancer and Why Preventive Screenings Matter Now More Than Ever
Read more: Why More Young People Are Dying From Colorectal Cancer and Why Preventive Screenings Matter Now More Than EverFor years, colorectal cancer was considered a disease that primarily affected older adults. Screening guidelines reflected that belief, with most people told they didn’t need to worry until their 50s. But that narrative is changing and the consequences are devastating. Recent reporting published in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) highlights a troubling and urgent…
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Don’t Hit Snooze on Your Health: Why Your Cervical Screening Can’t Wait.
Read more: Don’t Hit Snooze on Your Health: Why Your Cervical Screening Can’t Wait.January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. It’s the perfect time to reset, reflect, and most importantly, schedule the appointments that tend to fall to the bottom of the to-do list. For many women, the annual trip to the OB/GYN is something we dread or delay. Life gets busy, work piles up, and we tell ourselves, “I feel…
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OLDER AMERICANS QUIT WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS IN DROVES
Read more: OLDER AMERICANS QUIT WEIGHT-LOSS DRUGS IN DROVESPaula Span January 6, 2026 Year after year, Mary Bucklew strategized with a nurse practitioner about losing weight. “We tried exercise,” like walking 35 minutes a day, she recalled. “And 39,000 different diets.” But 5 pounds would come off and then invariably reappear, said Bucklew, 75, a public transit retiree in Ocean View, Delaware. Nothing seemed…
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2026: A Year of Being Proactive About Our Health
Read more: 2026: A Year of Being Proactive About Our HealthThere’s something powerful about deciding, together, that we’re going to take better care of ourselves. Not out of fear.Not because something is “wrong.”But because we deserve to feel well now and in the future. As we move into 2026, many of us are thinking about big life moments: careers, families, healing, growth. For some women,…
