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Muriel Sommers

Early Detection Saves Lives

“Early detection saves lives” is the mantra that you will hear throughout the month of October. So what exactly does that mean for you and...

October 1, 2013 / 2 min read

Can an Aspirin a Day Prevent Cancer?

We’ve heard for years that aspirin has health benefits for your heart. Aspirin has been proven to reduce the risk of a heart attack or...

September 26, 2013 / 2 min read

Kids Beating Cancer

Childhood cancer survivorship is rising and that’s good news. “In 1965, if a child was diagnosed with cancer, there wasn’t anything a parent could do...

September 9, 2013 / 2 min read

Five-a-Day, the Baptist Health Way

img class=”alignleft size-medium wp-image-3345″ alt=”Five-A-Day, the Baptist Way” src=”http://showcase.republicahavas.com/websites/baptist-health-news/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Five-A-Day-the-Baptist-Way-300×300.jpg” width=”300″ height=”300″ align=”left” />Now that the first week of school has passed, how did you do...

August 22, 2013 / 2 min read

HPV Vaccines – Cancer Prevention for Girls...

We all want to protect our children from harm. One way to do that is to vaccinate them against diseases – particularly any disease that...

August 12, 2013 / 2 min read

CT Lung Cancer Screening Approved

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among both men and women, according to the American Cancer Society. It is estimated that in...

August 1, 2013 / 2 min read

Cancer Genes and BRCA Testing – What...

Many of you may have heard about the BRCA gene more than ever lately. Angelina Jolie  and all the media have definitely put the gene...

July 30, 2013 / 2 min read

Train to Run Safely

Each of us could put a little more activity into our life, and it’s important to find the sport that’s right for us. Some people...

July 14, 2013 / 2 min read

Could You Have Frozen Shoulder?

Everybody hurts one of their body parts once in a while, and your shoulders are no exception. If you play tennis or golf, you might...

June 25, 2013 / 2 min read

Tips for Accurate Mammograms

Several weeks have passed since Angelina Jolie’s eye-opening op-ed article in the New York Times about her double mastectomy and the subsequent flood of attention...

June 19, 2013 / 3 min read