Chesapeake Regional Healthcare hosts Lung Health Fair to aid smokers in quitting
In honor of the Great American Smokeout, Chesapeake Regional Healthcare hosted a Lung Health Resource Fair on Thursday. The ...
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What’s Going Around | November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month. WASHINGTON ( DC News Now) — According to the American Cancer Society, lung cancer is ...
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Lung Cancer: 4 Surprising Facts about Risk Factors and Screenings
Lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the United States, according to the American Cancer Society and the leading ...
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Iowans don’t have to quit smoking cold turkey, just a 30-second delay is a start
Most Iowans who smoke want to quit, according to a tobacco cessation specialist, and today is the day for them to give it try ...
Medical Minute | Lung cancer leads cause of cancer-related deaths
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States among both men and women. While people 65 and older are more at risk, those between the ages of 50-77 should consider ...
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HealthWatch: How an early diagnosis caught lung cancer in time
Marinette’s Marilyn Rupert was a lifelong smoker until she quit more than a decade ago. Now 72-years-old and with a fresh ...
'You got to want to do it': Central Georgia man's journey to quitting smoking
It aims help people start their journey to quit smoking. Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer death in the U.S., ...
I was smoking and reading the Bible when I decided to give up cigarettes — I felt blessed when I got lung cancer
Barbara Rodriguez, 53, later discovered her cancer wasn’t even caused by her smoking, but rather a gene mutation.
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'You don’t have to stop smoking in one day. Start with day one.' — Great American Smokeout encourages quitting
In the US, cigarette smoking causes about 3 of every 10 cancer deaths, and, according to the American Cancer Society, this ...
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U.S. Surgeon General: Tobacco use on the decline; some groups do not share in progress
A U.S. Surgeon General report found that despite reductions in smoking as a whole, not all population groups share in the ...
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Richmond-area residents who want to quit smoking can enroll in one-on-one program
As November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, the Virginia Department of Health (VDH) is encouraging Richmond-area residents ...
New Mexico Cancer Center and Health Specialists of New Mexico talk COPD prevention, symptoms
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, known as COPD, is a common lung disease that makes it difficult to breathe. It is ...