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October is breast cancer awareness month, and this year, there is some good news to report. According to the American Cancer Society, breast cancer deaths were down 39% between 1989 and 2015. This is attributed to improvements in screening as well as treatment. Successfully treating breast cancer means that more women, 3.5 million in the U.S., are now living with and beyond their breast cancer diagnosis. This is, indeed, good news! Still, 1-in-8 American women [...]

by Karen Oslund Knowing your body is one of the best ways to spot an early warning sign for cancer, but what does that mean? If you, like me, are middle aged, you might be more accepting of aches and pains than you once were, resigned to the fact that as we age, more things are going to bother us. But paying attention to a new pain, growth, discoloration, hoarseness, swallowing change, or weight loss, [...]