Each year, over 49,000 cases of oral cancer are detected in the U.S.; even more alarming is that one person dies from the disease every hour. But the high death rate associated with oral cancer isn’t because it’s hard to find or diagnose – it’s just usually detected late. “Many people don’t realize that an… Continue reading A Routine Oral-Cancer Exam Could Save Your Life
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How to Avoid Lyme Disease This Season
Lyme disease, communicated by an infected deer tick, is the most commonly reported “vector-borne” [i.e. passed from a non-human organism to people) illness in the country. According to the federal Centers for Disease Control (CDC), infections occur most frequently in the months of May through October. But despite the huge amount of publicity Lyme disease… Continue reading How to Avoid Lyme Disease This Season