March is Colon Cancer Awareness Month, which is the 2nd leading cause of cancer for men and women. Alabama News Network’s Ellis Eskew is one of 18 women from various industries who is taking part in the “Women in Blue” campaign. She’ll be wearing blue all month long to raise awareness of colon cancer and raise funds for the Cancer…
Fewer Americans are dying from Melanoma than cancers of the prostate, breast, or lungs. That’s according to researchers at N.Y.U. and Harvard who found treatments that directly target melanoma cells, as well as advances in immunotherapy, are helping reduce death rates. New data from the CDC highlights some major changes in drug overdose deaths. Overall, deaths involving heroin and prescription…
The word we all pray no doctor says to our loved ones or ourselves: cancer. Unfortunately, it is a word my family is familiar with. When I was in high school, my precious, spunky 6-year-old cousin went to the doctor. Expecting to walk out with nothing more than an ear infection, she and my family walked out with a lot…
