Early Detection

Cancer screening saves lives, but knowing that screening is important doesn’t necessarily make it easy to get screened. Stigma, past experiences…

What happens when health care comes to the places where people already live, work and gather? That's the question at the heart of the latest…

Dr. Richmond Ramirez This guest post was submitted by Dr. Richmond Ramirez, board-certified family physician in Las Vegas, Nevada.…

Standard screening colonoscopies must be covered at no cost.   Follow-up colonoscopy after a positive stool test…

It’s not every day one can walk through a giant inflatable colon or snap a photo with a larger than life polyp. That’s the opportunity Nevadans will…

An increasing number of people are dying of colorectal cancer at a young age, including those as young as 20. Actor James Van Der Beek, who was…

New data was recently published in the CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, a phone survey of Americans covering a variety of health…

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer deaths, in part because early-stage disease is often missed until symptoms appear. Lung cancer…

Cervical cancer screening in the U.S. is entering a new era with the FDA’s recent approval of the Teal Wand, the first at-home self-collection…

Pink Ribbon Night at Reno Public Market was already shaping up to be an evening of music, community and support for breast cancer awareness. When…