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All things cancer
How to handle chemotherapy related hearing loss. By Tina Withrow The great news is that far more people are surviving cancer now than at any other point in history. We know now that the monumental […]
Oncology
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Dealing with a Cancer Diagnosis
By Tina Withrow for LIVING WELL Magazine I met Jimmy during his second cancer crisis. The first was lymphoma, which he conquered in his early 30s. The second was sarcoma of his hand in his […]
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The Serendipitous Blessings of Cancer
By Jessica Scott Turner as told to Tina Withrow If a cancer survivor had told me how “blessed” they were in spite of having cancer when I received my cancer diagnosis, I might have rolled […]
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It Takes a Village to Fight Cancer
By Tina Withrow Cancer can make our breath stop, our heart skip a beat and in some cases drop us to our knees. Once you are over the “shock” of you or a loved one […]
Health & Fitness
Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine welcomes Dr. Patrick Sniezek
Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine is pleased to welcome Dr. Patrick Sniezek at Mohs Surgery and Skin Cancer Center at the Colorado Springs Dermatology Clinic to the publication […]
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Detect Lung Cancer with a Spiral Lung CT
Detect Lung Cancer with a Spiral Lung CT
Courtesy MercyCare Community Physicians, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer for both woman and men – behind breast and prostate cancer, respectively – but is the most deadly form of cancer for both genders. […]
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Detect Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography
Detect Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography
Courtesy MercyCare Physicians, Linn County LIVING WELL Magazine
Lung cancer is the second most diagnosed cancer for both woman and men – behind breast and prostate cancer, respectively – but is the most deadly form of cancer for both genders. Each year, lung cancer claims more lives than breast, prostate, colon and ovarian cancers combined. […]
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What do you know about esophageal cancer?
What do you know about esophageal cancer?
By Chris Valentine, Penrose-St. Francis Health Services, Colorado Springs LIVING WELL Magazine
Some cancers receive a lot of attention. Think about all of the pink ribbons you have seen related to breast cancer awareness. But there is one cancer that is common but we don’t hear much about – esophageal cancer. […]
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Partners in cancer care excellence: Joint program assures the best in cancer care
PARTNERS IN CANCER CARE EXCELLENCE
Joint Program Assures the Best in Cancer Care
Courtesy Mary Bird Perkins, Northshore LIVING WELL Magazine
St. Tammany Parish Hospital’s long partnership with Mary Bird Perkins Cancer Center, begun in 1998, delivers the full range of treatment modalities to cancer patients on the Northshore. […]
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What you should know about the rising risk of esophageal cancer – Dr. Robert Sewell, LIVING WELL Magazine
Is it Really Just a Little Heartburn?
What you should know about the rising risk of Esophageal Cancer
By Robert Sewell, MD. FACS, LIVING WELL Magazine
In 1977, as a young surgical resident, I was given an assignment to deliver a formal presentation to our entire faculty and all my fellow residents. […]