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  • Healthy Skin: Not forsaking the most common cancer

    Healthy Skin: Not forsaking the most common cancer

    CAN YOU NAME the most common form of cancer? For your health (and information!), the answer is, by far, skin cancer. The American Cancer Society maintains that of the main types of skin cancer, 3.5 million basal and squamous cells skin cancers will be diagnosed and over 73,000 cases of the more deadly melanoma will…

  • Healthy Smiles: Cautions for the smoker on the increased use of e-cigarettes

    Healthy Smiles: Cautions for the smoker on the increased use of e-cigarettes

    ACCORDING TO RECENT studies, oral cancer rates among women and young people have increased! Although a variety of factors are to blame, the increasing use of e-cigarette products could be associated with the rise in cases.

  • The Heart of the Matter: New study gives women one more good reason to get their mammograms

    The Heart of the Matter: New study gives women one more good reason to get their mammograms

    AS A CARDIOLOGIST who sees many female patients, I encourage all of them to receive regular mammograms in order to take preventive action and precautions against breast cancer. However, a recent study has reported that the breast arterial calcification (BAC) score — which is used in standard digital mammography to measure the number of blood…

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