Did you know: Women in this country make about 80% of healthcare decisions for their families, according to the National Institute of Health ( NIH ). Despite that overwhelming number, when it comes to a woman's own health, it often gets lost in ...

Survival rates for some blood cancers have improved over the years. Every three minutes someone in the United States is diagnosed with blood cancer and every nine minutes someone in the U.S. will die from it. While these numbers are shocking, there ...

This coming Sunday, the National Cancer Survivors Day Foundation will celebrate its 34 th annual National Cancer Survivors Day. As the Foundation has noted, worldwide, the first Sunday of June is marked “ as a day for everyone to join in solidarity ...

West Jefferson Medical Center is recognized for its radiation oncology specialty According to the latest American Cancer Society statistic, nearly 28,000 new cancer cases will be diagnosed this year in Louisiana , with many of those cases occurring ...