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The survival rate of lung cancer among Americans has increased from 20.8% to 23.7% over the past five years. If there is one thing awareness about lung cancer — and every other type of cancer — tells us, it’s the fact that most cancers wouldn’t be detected until it had spread to an advanced stage. […]

What is Breast Cancer Screening?   As you age, getting routine medical screenings can be both life-changing and life-saving. While they may seem a bit intimidating at first, body scans and screenings are some of the easiest medical procedures you’ll experience, and they’ll give you answers to questions you didn’t even know you had. Today,

What Is Carotid Artery Disease?  Carotid artery disease—also referred to as carotid stenosis—specifically affects the main blood vessels in the neck known as carotid arteries. These arteries are significant since they are responsible for sending blood to the brain and the face. Given the important function of these arteries, the narrowing of the arteries due

It’s much harder to get in front of a problem once it’s in full swing. Certainly, the coronavirus pandemic is no exception. If anything, we have learned that prevention is key to our health and safety. One might say that we have witnessed that same lesson with the recent debilitating winter storms in Oklahoma and

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of death among all cancers, a total greater than the next three cancers combined. Did you know that the American Cancer Society estimates 236,740 new lung cancer cases and 130,180 deaths in 2022? How many of these deaths can a regular lung scan prevent? When does it make sense