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The girls on the Fort Defiance High School volleyball team organized and played a “pink game” against the girls from the Waynesboro High School volleyball team in October. The girls wore special pink jerseys that evening, and proceeds from the event were donated to the Augusta Health Cancer Center’s fund for breast cancer education. The…
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Augusta Health Cancer Center will conduct its annual free Skin Cancer Screening on Monday May 23 beginning at 5:30 pm. The screening will be held on the first floor of the Cancer Center and is open to anyone who has not been screened in the past two years. Please call 540.332.5961 or 540.932.5961 for an…
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The female hormone estrogen is considered to be a quasi-fuel for developing breast cancer. Now Virginia Tech College of Engineering researchers will use a $1.56 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Cancer Institute to inhibit estrogen and fight the disease that affects approximately 192,000 newly diagnosed American women, killing an estimated 40,000…
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Dominos Pizza in Bridgewater has teamed up with RMH Women’s Services to provide free meal coupons for women undergoing mastectomy and treatment for breast cancer. This generosity was the idea of Sue Nelson, manager for Bridgewater Domino’s. Nelson recently underwent a bilateral mastectomy (removal of both breasts) for breast cancer, followed by breast reconstruction. Her…
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A free seminar on colon cancer and the screening options available for early detection will be held Wednesday, March 30 from 7–8:30 p.m. at the Augusta Community Care Building on the Augusta Health campus. Panel members will include Dr. Vanessa Lee, a gastroenterologist; colon clinic Nurse Practitioner Sandy Flintom; a current patient Aggie Dodson. To…
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SWAN, the Successful Woman’s Alliance Network, is hosting its annual Moulin Rouge Fundraiser to raise money for the Valley Program for Aging Services and Virginia Breast Cancer Foundation. The event will be held at the Oasis Club located on 305 W. Main St. in Waynesboro on Saturday, Dec. 4, at 7 p.m. Tickets are $75…
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Column by Chris DeWald Submit guest columns: [email protected] It has been a while since I have written or submitted a post. I shall touch on a serious matter that might affect us all and more with those with light skin. In the past, I have had skin cancerous cells removed, and just had a…
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Column by Susan Wysocki and Susan Scanlan Columns, letters: [email protected] It’s not surprising that women are confused about the recently changed recommendations for cancer screening and prevention. New guidelines from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) – the leading medical group that provides health care for women – say women should wait…
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One simple test could end up saving thousands of women’s lives. Yet, for those without health insurance, the test comes too late. According to the American Cancer Society, this year alone an estimated 40,170 women will lose their lives to breast cancer. Meanwhile, it is estimated that 4,000 breast cancer deaths could be prevented just…
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Item by Jim Bishop Breast cancer will afflict one of every eight American women in her lifetime. A pharmacologist who is doing cutting-edge research on separating normal and cancer cells will discuss her work in this area at the second Suter Science Seminar of fall semester at Eastern Mennonite University. Jeannine Strobl, professor and pharmacology…
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