Dental implants can have a huge impact – for Glenn and Debbie, they were a dream come true. Glenn was like so many people suffering through nagging discomfort and continual issues with their teeth. After years of suffering and no clear path to relief, Glenn finally met someone else with the same issues and found […]
It may seem hard to believe, but in the early- and mid-1900s, many Americans believed smoking cigarettes was just as safe as chewing gum. After all, during WWII, tobacco companies sent millions of free cigarettes to American service personnel, and tobacco companies used doctors to market their products. One company boasted that “more doctors smoke” its […]
A recent increase in dental implant marketing has prompted many to ask how one chooses the right dentist to place single-tooth implants or implant secured dentures. Experience—is certainly one of the most important factors in choosing a dentist. In the long run, experience means the professional can draw from his or her knowledge to assess […]
On Sunday, Pamela Copeland will do something that’s become quite routine every year, but is also still very near and dear to her heart. She and thousands of other Nevadans will participate in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at the Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. Copeland, a retiree […]
Global statistics show that a woman’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 1 in 8. Of all the cancers, breast cancer carries the highest mortality rate for women between ages 20 and 59. This is why it’s so important for women, beginning at age 40, to have annual mammograms. If a family history of […]
Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. It is one of the most common cancers in women. Men are not immune, as one in a 1,000 is diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. Survival directly corresponds to early detection so access to diagnostic testing and treatment is […]
By the age of 35, Anjali Chase was well aware of her risk for developing breast cancer after watching both her mother and aunt receive their own diagnoses, but when she asked her OB-GYN about beginning early mammograms, the response was not what she expected. Despite her family history and guidelines for high-risk patients, the […]
Over a six-month span of 2013 and 2014, Ira Kaganovsky Green had three female friends — ages 31, 41 and 43 — diagnosed with breast cancer. “These were healthy women and not even middle-aged,” Green said. “I wanted to know what was going on — was there something in our water? What was happening that […]
Shea Theodore will take the ice for the Golden Knights this season, but the NHL defenseman is also gearing up again for a special power play off the hockey rink that means a lot to him and his family. With the arrival of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Theodore and Comprehensive Cancer Centers teamed again for […]
In her early 40s, Shannon Steele had experienced fairly typical mammograms for three years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Because of extremely dense breast tissue, her doctor planned Steele’s mammograms more often to get a baseline reading. Since she scheduled these assessments a year in advance, she had one on the calendar for the end […]
There’s no excuse not to get a mammogram, especially since the Mammovan offers mobile mammography throughout Nevada. Operated by Nevada Health Centers (a nonprofit, federally qualified community health center dedicated to providing access to quality health care throughout Nevada since 1977), the bright pink Mammovan provides mammograms to women in geographically isolated areas, as well […]
