Women's Health


Here’s Why COPD is Deadlier for Women

While fewer Americans are dying from the disease in recent years, a lack of public awareness may explain, in part, why COPD has remained the...

December 15, 2016 / 3 min read


Questions to Ask Your Doctor Before Surgery

While many of us are engrossed in the hustle and bustle of holiday celebrations and gift buying, some people are getting ready to have an...

December 7, 2016 / 1 min read


Screenings Aim to Reduce HIV, Hep-C Infection...

To meet the community’s needs, and based on revised recommendations issued by the CDC, Homestead Hospital started a routine HIV, Hep C screening program earlier...

December 1, 2016 / 3 min read


3D Printing Helps Improve Patients’ Cardiac and...

When Mel Dick, age 80, had a minimally invasive procedure to treat an aneurysm in his left leg earlier this year, he never thought he’d...

November 28, 2016 / 2 min read


Palliative Care: Expanding Efforts to Comfort Seriously...

The team approach is critical to making the greatest impact in the lives of patients and their families.

November 22, 2016 / 3 min read


Small Cell Lung Cancer: Early Detection Still...

Usually lacking early-stage symptoms, small cell lung cancer often develops the most aggressive lung tumors.

November 14, 2016 / 2 min read


Breast Cancer Survivorship: Providing Support Well Into...

Breast cancer survivorship has made great strides over the years. Death rates from the disease have been dropping since about 1989. Currently, there are nearly 3...

November 9, 2016 / 2 min read


More Breast Cancer Patients Opting for Genetic...

If you carried a genetic mutation that increased your risk of developing breast cancer, would you want to know? Increasing numbers of people are answering...

November 2, 2016 / 5 min read


Roundup: More Breastfeeding Guidance Needed, Says U.S....

Medical care professionals should discuss breastfeeding with women when they are pregnant and provide more guidance than currently exists, a U.S. panel of experts has...

October 28, 2016 / 3 min read


Link Between Alcohol, Lifestyle Factors and Breast...

Lifestyle factors, including body weight, smoking, exercise frequency and alcohol consumption play an important role in reducing breast cancer risks.

October 26, 2016 / 3 min read