2016 Issue 4 Fall Family Health Health & Wellness Other Uncategorized
Take Care of Your Medical Needs Before Your Deductible Resets
Have you met the deductible on your health insurance plan? By now, most people have. And that makes October-December the best time to take care of those medical needs you’ve been putting off—such as minor surgery or a colonoscopy.
By acting now, your out-of-pocket expenses will be minimal or perhaps nothing at all. But if you…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Family Health Heart Health Safety & Prevention Senior Health & Fitness Women's Health
Declines in cancer death rates continue thanks to more screenings, better technology.
At main street hospital, we’re on the front lines in the fight against cancer, providing the medical expertise and imaging technology for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of the second most common cause of death in the United States.
According to a recent report by the American Cancer Society, t…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Diagnostic Services Emergency Services Health & Wellness Safety & Prevention Surgery & Rehabilitation Uncategorized Women's Health
Important Lessons Learned as a 10-Year Breast Cancer Survivor
During a career that spans four decades as a singer/songwriter, Sheryl Crow has sold more than 50 million albums around the world. She’s performed with the world’s most famous musical artists, from the Rolling Stones and Willie Nelson to Tony Bennett and Pavarotti. But what many people don’t know is that Sheryl is a breast…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Health & Wellness Safety & Prevention Women's Health
1 in 8: Odds that you will be diagnosed with breast cancer if you are a woman.
Every 2 minutes: How often a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer.
40,450: Number of deaths caused by breast cancer in 2016.
246,660: Number of new cases of invasive breast cancer in American women in 2016.
250,000: Number of American women under 40 who have been diagnosed with breast…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Family Health Health & Wellness Safety & Prevention Senior Health & Fitness Uncategorized Women's Health
At Main Street Hospital, we’re on the front lines in the fight against cancer, providing the medical expertise and imaging technology for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of the second most common cause of death in the United States. So it’s definitely good news to know we’re doing our part and making real progress in battling this all-too-common disease.
According to a recent…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Diagnostic Services Safety & Prevention Senior Health & Fitness Technology & Equipment Women's Health
It’s called the “Silent Disease” because there are no symptoms. Then suddenly, out of nowhere, a person suffers a broken bone, often in the hip, wrist or spine. And if that person is elderly, the medical consequences can be serious, even
life-threatening.
We’re talking about osteoporosis, a disease that causes structural deterioration of the bone tissue. With osteoporosis, the bones…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Family Health Health & Wellness Safety & Prevention Women's Health
About 1 in 8 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer during their lifetime.
In fact, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer among American women except for skin cancer. Here are some of the most important risk factors you should discuss with your doctor.
Your age: The older you are, the greater your risk for breast cancer. For example, only 1 in 227 women will develop breast…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Emergency Services Safety & Prevention Technology & Equipment Women's Health
Do you really want to die from a highly curable disease like breast cancer?
The answer, unfortunately, is “yes” if you are a woman over 45 and not up to date with your annual mammogram. It’s time to get real and get over the many excuses that are used to avoid this yearly screening for a disease that will affect 1 in 8 women during their lifetime.
Excuse 1
“It’s too…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Health & Wellness Safety & Prevention Technology & Equipment Women's Health
Don’t be one of the almost 40% of women over the age of 45 who are not up to date with their mammograms.
Would you be interested in a free medical screening that could save your life and takes only 20 minutes to perform? Of course you would. And now, because of the Affordable Care Act, a mammography exam is free for all women who are over 40 years of age and have no symptoms of breast…
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2016 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Emergency Services Health & Wellness Safety & Prevention Surgery & Rehabilitation Women's Health
Important Lessons Learned as a 10-Year Breast Cancer Survivor
During a career that spans four decades as a singer/songwriter, Sheryl Crow has sold more than 50 million albums around the world. She’s performed with the world’s most famous musical artists, from the Rolling Stones and Willie Nelson to Tony Bennett and Pavarotti. But what many people don’t know is that Sheryl is a breast…
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