According to Team 5 Health Specialist Lee Jordan, you may not have taken enough of one vitamin. It reduces the risk of heart disease, colon cancer and even certain birth defects. And that's exactly what women can start expecting when they get their mammogram results. There is disappointing research results for an aggressive procedure often requested by women battling advanced breast cancer. For the past several years a program called Mother's Day Mammograms has helped uninsured women in Ohio get free breast screenings.
Ovarian cancer causes more deaths than any other cancer of the reproductive system.
The younger you are when you start smoking, the more likely you are to develop lung cancer later in life. Now, that beer will taste even better after reading this story. Cervical cancer causes about 5,000 deaths each year. But now many of those deaths may be prevented because of a new test just approved by the Food and Drug Administration. If you're at risk for cervical cancer, ask your doctor about the ThinPrep Pap Test.