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Submitted by Barb McKown
Minnie Hamilton Health Care Center (MHHCC) and the Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program (BCCSP), hosted a Women's Health Clinic at MHHCC. The event was held Saturday, February 4. The clinic was held from 8 a.m.-noon with participants receiving free women's health exams.
The participants were able to review breast and cervical cancer models while Anna Reno of the Rural Health Education Center provided the skin analyzer. This test allowed the women to assess their personal risks of skin cancer by showing them target areas of sun damage on their face and hands.
Brenda Dickey is the winner of the door prize receiving a basket
of materials donated by MHHCC and BCCSP, including the
award-winning Breast Cancer Awareness Cookbook
Cervical Cancer Screening Saves Lives, yet ...
· 11% of United States women report that they do not have regular cervical cancer screenings.
· In the United States, About 14,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer disease each year and more than 3,900 women die in the USA each year from this disease.
· Women in developing countries account for about 85 percent of both the yearly cases of cervical cancer (estimated at 493,000 cases worldwide) and the yearly deaths from cervical cancer (estimated at 273,500 deaths worldwide).
· In the majority of developing countries, cervical cancer remains the number-one cause of cancer-related deaths among women.
· A woman who does not have cervical cancer screening on a regular basis significantly increases her chances of developing cervical cancer.
· High-Risk HPV Types are directly related to cervical cancer, yet many women are unaware of what HPV is or the relationship it has to cervical cancer disease.
For more information on breast, cervical or ovarian cancer awareness, please contact Barb McKown at 354-9244 or Harriett Dial at 422-1515.
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