Q. What is a mammogram? A. A mammogram is an x-ray picture of the breast. Mammograms can find breast cancer that is too small for you, your doctor, or nurse to feel. Finding breast cancer when it is small means that you...
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Q. What check-ups and tests do i need and how often should I get them?
Test Frequency Blood pressure measurements every 1-2 years Breast Exams monthly SELF-exams; annual physician Mammography after age 40, every 1-2 years; check with your doctor for your personal risk needs Cholesterol...
Q. What check-ups and tests do i need and how often should I get them?
Test Frequency Blood pressure measurements every 1-2 years Breast Exams monthly SELF exams; annual physician Mammography after age 40, every 1-2 years; check with your doctor for your personal risk needs Cholesterol...
Electroacupuncture Trial is NCCAM’s First Intramural Study
June 12, 2002 The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) has launched a clinical trial of electroacupuncture to determine if it reduces the delayed nausea experienced by cancer patients...
Consumer Information About Viagra
Brand Name: Viagra Active Ingredient(s): sildenafil citrate Strength(s): 25mg, 50mg & 100mg Dosage Form(s): Oral tablet Company Name: Pfizer Inc. Availability: Prescription only Date Approved by FDA: March 27, 1998...
HHS Approves Nine State Plans to Extend Medicaid Coverage to Women with Breast, Cervical Cancer
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson today approved nine new states’ requests to extend Medicaid benefits to uninsured women who are diagnosed with breast or cervical cancer through a federal screening program...
Monthly Breast Self-Examinations
The American Cancer Society suggests all women over the age of 20 should examine their breasts once a month. The best way for women to discover a lump early is to take the time to know her own breasts and to examine...
Four Types of Prostatitis
Prostatitis may account for up to 25 percent of all office visits by young and middle-age men for complaints involving the genital and urinary systems. The term prostatitis actually encompasses four disorders: Acute...
Study confirms breast cancer risk in continuous combined hormone therapy
Risk begins to return to normal after women stop taking hormones Researchers confirmed that a daily, combined dose of estrogen and progestin increases breast cancer risk in post menopausal women, but added that this...
AHRQ Report Finds Little or Inconclusive Evidence of Health Benefits of Garlic
Dietary use of garlic may lower some types of cholesterol in the short term, but it does not appear to offer long-term protection against cardiovascular disease, says a new evidence report released today by the Agency...
