It’s that time again: time for your flu shot. The influenza vaccine lessens your chance of getting the flu and also helps symptoms be less severe if you do get it. Getting vaccinated is particularly important for those with cancer and chronic diseases. Another group at higher than usual risk for coming down with the […]
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September is prostate cancer awareness month, a disease that affects the lives of more than 3 million men every year across the globe. In the United States, one in nine men will learn of their diagnosis of prostate cancer in their lifetime, making this the second most common cancer in American men. Prostate cancer survival […]
Cancer remains the #2 cause of death in the United States, with more than 600,000 deaths and nearly 1.9 million new cancer diagnoses each year. This April, during National Cancer Control Month, the U.S. White House notes a renewed commitment to improving cancer prevention, promoting early detection, enhancing treatment, and supporting the needs of cancer patients, survivors, […]
Guest blog by: Marianne Shenouda, Pharm.D., Clinical Pharmacy Specialist, BioPlus Specialty Pharmacy Inflammatory bowel diseases, including Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis, are chronic inflammatory diseases of the bowel. These diseases can develop as a result of genetic or environmental factors, such as smoking, diet, or any alteration of the normal human gut flora. These factors spur […]
Black men are more likely to develop prostate cancer and twice as likely to die from the disease, as compared to White men. Prostate cancer, of all the forms of cancer, continues to have the widest racial disparity. It is not solely a matter of differences in utilization of screenings. The racial disparities appear at every stage of […]
Crohn’s disease, along with a similar condition called ulcerative colitis, together make up the disease category of inflammatory bowel disease. Approximately 1.6 million Americans have been diagnosed with inflammatory bowel diseases, with each year another 70,000 cases in the U.S. getting the news of this digestive complaint. Newly diagnosed Crohn’s disease patients – as well […]