Cancer screening guidelines bring disagreements
Category: Health Written by Ashley N. Johnson
According to the National Breast Cancer Foundation website, www.nationalbreastcancer.org, it is estimated that more than 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year and more than 40,000 will die. Out of those 40,000 women, most are likely to be African-American women.
The National Women’s Health Information Center of the United States Department of Health and Human Services Office on Women’s Health website, www.womenshealth.gov, says African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer because tumors are found later and in more advanced stages, so there are fewer treatment options.
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| HELPING THE FIGHT— Participants from the 2009 Susan G. Komen Pittsburgh Race for the Cure. The race raises funds to fight breast cancer.
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With information like this, it is easy to see why some find the suggested breast cancer guideline recommendations released by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a little alarming.
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Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:19
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Grant to help children with asthma in the Hill
Category: Health Written by Courier Newsroom
Responding to studies showing that one out of every 13 children in school has asthma, McAuley Ministries, the grantmaking arm of the Pittsburgh Mercy Health System, has announced a $150,000 grant over three years to Healthy Home Resources to improve the health of low-income asthmatic children.
The amount is part of nine grants totaling $1,192,540 awarded to address the health and wellness, community development, educational achievement and capacity needs of non-profits in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, Uptown and West Oakland neighborhoods.
Last Updated on Monday, 03 December 2012 19:19
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Help, support for newly diagnosed diabetics
Category: Health Written by Courier Newsroom
by Nicole Berry
For New Pittsburgh Courier
For New Pittsburgh Courier
You went to see your doctor and what you thought was a normal visit turned into receiving a diagnosis of diabetes. Your doctor tells you that your body is not producing enough insulin which is required to convert food into energy. As a result, you have to change your eating habits by eliminating some of your favorite dishes. Exercise should now become a part of your daily routine. You feel alone and unsure of what this all means! As you leave your doctor’s office with pamphlets explaining your condition and advice on how to manage your diabetes, you wonder how you are going to get through this new illness that has seemingly interrupted your life.
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Pittsburgh among worst heart healthy in country
Category: Health Written by Courier Newsroom
Heart attacks, strokes, and other cardiovascular diseases claim the lives of more than 450,000 women each year in the country. Sixty-five women a day die of heart disease or stroke in Pennsylvania alone. The greatest health threat to women of all ethnic backgrounds are heart disease or stroke and 21 percent of the women are not even aware of these statistics.
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| BREAKFAST SPEAKERS—Dr. Jeannette South-Paul, Angela Ford and Linda Cawthon Griffon at the AHA Go Red For Women Executive Breakfast.
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Reid eyes payroll tax hike on wealthy
Category: Health Written by Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP)—Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said recently.
These officials said one of the options Reid has had under review would raise the payroll tax that goes to Medicare, but only on incomes above $250,000 a year. Current law sets the tax at 1.45 percent of income, an amount matched by employers.
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