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Do You Know the Risk Factors for Breast Cancer?
October 13, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Kan Huang, MD, PhD Phelps Health Other than skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Approximately one in eight women in the US will be ...
5 Reasons to Get a Mammogram
October 28, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Jinna Lisenbe, AGPCNP-BC Phelps Health A mammogram is an X-ray picture of your breast. Mammograms are used as a screening tool to detect early signs of breast cancer. Except for ...
Know the Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
November 1, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Fawad Virk, MD, FACC Phelps Health Heart attacks (or myocardial infarctions) occur when there is a complete or partial blockage of blood flow to the heart muscle. The blockage can ...
Your FAQs About Diabetes Answered
November 10, 2021
Read Time: 14 Minutes Kim Richardson, BSN, RN, a diabetes care and education specialist with the Phelps Health Diabetes Self-Management Education and Support (DSMES) program, answers frequently asked questions about diabetes. What is the difference ...
Dr. Ratchford Discusses COVID-19 Vaccines and Fertility
November 19, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes Nathan Ratchford, MD, a Phelps Health gynecologist, talks about whether COVID-19 vaccines affect fertility or pregnancy. Should I get the COVID-19 vaccine if I’m planning to become pregnant? “The COVID-19 vaccine ...
What to Know: Breast Cancer Awareness and Screening Mammograms
November 23, 2021
Read Time: Seven Minutes Tiffany Henry, RN, Phelps Health Comprehensive Breast Center coordinator, discusses breast cancer awareness and the importance of getting screening mammograms. Why is breast cancer awareness important? “We've [raised awareness about breast ...
Five Questions About Lung Cancer Answered
November 23, 2021
Read Time: Three Minutes By Thomas Guerrero-Garcia, MD Phelps Health Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in both men and women, not counting skin cancer. Only prostate cancer is more common in men ...
Phelps Health Applauds 100 Years of Advancing Cancer Care by the Commission on Cancer
December 20, 2021
Read Time: Four Minutes A year-long observance will highlight contributions to cancer care and its impact on improving the quality of care for cancer patients Rolla, MO: In the coming year, the American College of ...
Phelps Health Foundation Receives $500 Grant for Breast Cancer Awareness
December 20, 2021
Read Time: Two Minutes A woman has a one in eight chance of getting breast cancer during her lifetime. In fact, except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer found in women ...
Phelps Health Foundation Philanthropy Director Discusses Year-End Giving
December 22, 2021
Read Time: 17 Minutes Paige Heitman, director of marketing at Phelps Health, talks with Marsha Wayman, CFRE, director of philanthropy at the Phelps Health Foundation, about year-end giving on the Ask the Professionals radio show ...