In January, the American Cancer Society released its annual Cancer Facts & Figures, a report that compiles the most recent cancer incidence and mortality data to show how cancer is impacting the nation and each state. The data show that four screenable cancers—breast, prostate, colorectal, and cervical—are on the rise.
Are you caring for an adult relative, spouse, or loved one?
Powerful Tools for Caregivers is an evidence-based program, offering a unique approach to understanding and navigating the challenges you face as a caregiver. Learn strategies for overcoming negative self-talk and communicating needs and feelings, increase self-confidence in coping with caregiving demands, improve self-care behaviors, and learn about local resources.
This program helps caregivers improve:
The Nevada Radon Education Program hosts this two-day meeting with workshops, updates, and guest speakers discussing radon mitigation, lung cancer and other chronic diseases related to radon exposure, and initiatives throughout the West.
For more information contact Christine Kelly.
School districts in Nevada are required to have a sun safety policy, and for many of them, that includes participating in the Sun Smart Schools program. In addition to providing curriculum and classroom materials educating students in grades K-12 on sun safety, Sun Smart Schools offers school assemblies and classroom presentations to build and reinforce sun safety knowledge and skills.
We'll have Colleen the Inflatable Colon out for the Get Your Rear in Gear 5K walk for colorectal cancer awareness. The event is hosted by our friends at Colorectal Cancer Coalition to raise funds and awareness for colon cancer.
March 1 is recognized as Dress in Blue Day to bring awareness to colorectal cancer and screening for the disease. Join us in wearing blue to bring awareness to this leading cancer killer.
When you walk in the Oral Cancer Foundation Walks, you join the effort with hundreds of thousands of people to raise awareness and funds that allow the Oral Cancer Foundation (OCF) to invest in new research, create educational programs, advocate for public policy, and support oral cancer survivors.
What:
Registration: 8:15 AM
Walk start time: 9:00 AM
Registration Fees:
The treatment of head and neck cancer often involves surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy. This treatment is critical for controlling or curing head and neck cancer. Though necessary, these treatments, particularly radiation therapy, can cause fibrosis (hardening) of the tissues, neck and face. This is known as radiation fibrosis. Radiation fibrosis can be painful and result in loss of neck movement, inability to open the mouth, trouble speaking, trouble swallowing, shoulder problems, swelling (known as lymphedema), and many other issues.
University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine offers a free Rural Outreach Clinic for those who have no insurance or cannot afford care with their current insurance. Services include sports physicals, laboratory services, vaccines, Pap tests and cervical exams, breast exams and mammogram referrals, dental services and more.
For details call 775-750-2121 or email ruraloutreachclinic@gmail.com. For a dental appointment call Norma at 775-455-1700.
Last walk-in appointment is at 12 p.m.