U.S. to WellPoint: Stop dropping breast cancer patients
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius has called on health insurer WellPoint to stop dropping coverage for patients recently diagnosed with breast cancer, calling the practice “deplorable.”
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Every year in the U.S, over 21,000 women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer and around 15,000 women die of the disease. Those are staggering statistics and yet the numbers seem to be rising from year to year, sadly, because women are not properly educated on how to diagnose ovarian cancer warning signs.
The rest of this article is taken from a post I wrote recently for my blog. I received positive feedback on the content because the facts are taken primarily from Mayo Clinic and a study done by the American Cancer Society – both of which are very credible sources of information. So I decided I wanted to share it with the EzineArticles readers.
» Read more: When Ovarian Cancer Warning Signs Mimic Common Medical Conditions
Avon Hockey Coach A Cancer Survivor
A von coach Karl Sundquist found out he had testicular cancer on Jan. 23, 2009 — right in the middle of the high school hockey season.
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