2016 Issue 3 Summer Diagnostic Services Emergency Services Health & Wellness Men's Health Safety & Prevention Technology & Equipment
Total Joint Replacement Surgery at Main Street Hospital
Remember the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man? Steve Austin, an astronaut who was almost killed in an accident, has his body literally rebuilt using technology, becoming the first bionic man.
Today, “going bionic” is a commonplace event for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have joint replacement surgery every…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Family Health Health & Wellness Men's Health Safety & Prevention
Age
Prostate Cancer is rare in young men. At age 50, your chances for having the disease start to rise quickly. About six in 10 cases of prostate cancer occur in men age 65 and older.
Race
African-American Men are more likely to have prostate cancer than Hispanic or white men. In fact, African-American men are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than any other ethnic group.
Family…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Men's Health Safety & Prevention Surgery & Rehabilitation
Arnold Palmer won 62 PGA tournaments, 10 Senior PGA tournaments and seven major championships during a professional golfing career that spanned five decades. But with all those victories, Palmer considers his win against prostate cancer to be one of his biggest. Even at age 86, Palmer devotes much of his time and energy to raising awareness about prostate-cancer prevention and detection in men…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Health & Wellness Men's Health Safety & Prevention
14 Percentage of men who will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime.
66 Average age when a man is diagnosed with prostate cancer.
71 Number of American men who die each day of prostate cancer.
180,890 Estimated number of new cases of prostate cancer in 2016.
2.9 Million—Number of American men who have already been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
Source: American Cancer…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Diagnostic Services Emergency Services Health & Wellness Men's Health Safety & Prevention Technology & Equipment
Total Joint Replacement Surgery at Main Street Hospital
Remember the 1970s TV show The Six Million Dollar Man? Steve Austin, an astronaut who was almost killed in an accident, has his body literally rebuilt using technology, becoming the first bionic man.
Today, “going bionic” is a commonplace event for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who have joint replacement surgery every year,…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Family Health Health & Wellness Men's Health Safety & Prevention
Age
Prostate Cancer is rare in young men. At age 50, your chances for having the disease start to rise dramatically. About six in 10 cases of prostate cancer occur in men age 65 and older.
Race
African-American Men are more likely to have prostate cancer than Hispanic or white men. In fact, African-American men are twice as likely to die of prostate cancer than any other ethnic…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Men's Health Safety & Prevention Technology & Equipment
Prostate cancer is one of the most common forms of cancer in men. One out of every six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer, and more than 35,000 die from the disease every year. In fact, a man is 33 percent more likely to have prostate cancer than a woman is to have breast cancer!
While there is no sure way to prevent prostate cancer, here’s how you can possibly lower your…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Men's Health Safety & Prevention Technology & Equipment
About 2.9 million American men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer.
It’s THE most common form of cancer in men, and the second most deadly (next to lung cancer). Yet too many men have never talked to their personal physician about prostate cancer. Some men just don’t want to know if they have the disease.
After all, about 2.9 million American men have been diagnosed with prostat…
2016 Issue 3 Summer Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Family Health Men's Health Safety & Prevention Surgery & Rehabilitation
The legendary golfer is raising awareness about the importance of early detection of prostate cancer.
Arnold Palmer won 62 PGA tournaments, 10 Senior PGA tournaments and seven major championships during a professional golfing career that spanned five decades. But with all those victories, Palmer considers his win against prostate cancer to be one of his biggest. Even at age 86, Palmer devotes…
2014 Issue 4 Fall Cancer Care Diagnostic Services Men's Health Safety & Prevention Uncategorized
Even though this issue of HealthPoint is primarily dedicated to women’s health, let’s not forget the men, especially with November almost here. Or as some people call it—Movember.
Movember is an annual event that asks men to grow a mustache during the month of November to help raise awareness about men’s health issues, especially prostate cancer, and to support related charities. T…