Many people with diabetes are unaware of the complications that develop when diabetes is not well controlled. These include retinopathy, or damage to the re...
As a Texas Oncology nurse, I’m often present when a woman learns she’s been diagnosed with breast cancer. It’s a gut–wrenching conversation, because this i...
When Donald Turner was diagnosed with stage IV lung cancer in December 2007, his Texas Oncology physician was honest with him that his prognosis was not goo...
February is National Cancer Prevention Awareness Month, and, for many of us, it can also be the month we break our New Year’s resolutions to eat better, exe...
In 2010, the United States Congress declared that January is designated as National Cervical Health Awareness Month with the hope of raising awareness of th...
As part of their overall health and well–being, women should be vigilant about yearly well–woman exams. In fact, every seven minutes, a woman in the United ...
Many people may be aware of famous celebrities who have perished quickly from pancreatic cancer, like Patrick Swayze and Luciano Pavarotti, yet few people k...
The new Best Practice Statement updates the AUA’s previous guidance, which was issued in 2000. According to the AUA, early detection and risk assessment of ...
With little more than a 15 percent five–year survival rate, lung cancer is easily Texas’ most deadly cancer. The risk stretches down to Hidalgo County, wher...
Leukemia is a type of blood cancer that starts in the bone marrow, the soft tissue inside the bone where blood cells develop. Leukemia develops when abnorma...
