In the early 1960s, a child with acute lymphoblastic leukemia, the most common childhood cancer, had less than a 10% chance of surviving five years.
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Access to healthcare is more than a recruiting or retention tool. It’s one of the largest employer investments and a critical factor in workforce stability. Employers are facing a difficult equation: healthcare costs continue to rise while employees expect the same convenience and personalization they experience in nearly every other part of their lives.
When Grace Addison Hirsch walked across the stage at her high school graduation this May, she was closing two chapters at once.
From her kitchen table, Annette Logan-Parker founded Cure 4 The Kids Foundation (C4K), built on a powerful philosophy: “Health care should be delivered with clinical excellence, genuinely compassionate care, and every person who walks through the door should be welcomed.”
The significance of early detection and self-advocacy cannot be overstated, as breast cancer survivor Jenny Flores can attest. At the age of 37, Jenny received the devastating news of her breast cancer diagnosis. Before this, she had noticed an unfamiliar lump during one of her routine self-examinations. Recognizing the potential implications of this discovery, she […]
As one matures, all areas of the body age, including muscles, joints and organs. Welcome to the regenerative age. Suffering and aging generations can enjoy an increased quality of life. Stem cell therapy is not just limited to professional sports athletes and is not out of range of general society’s means. Try using stem cell therapy […]
Imagine being a pitcher on a major league baseball team and incurring a high-grade tear ulnar collateral ligament. This tear occurs with overuse on the ligaments in the elbow and is a common injury of baseball pitchers who perform frequent overarm movements. This is what happened to Los Angeles Angels pitcher Garrett Richards in 2016. […]
Longevity medicine, also known as regenerative medicine, is advanced preventive medicine and is a fast-emerging field. Dynamic Stem Cell Therapy encompasses the rapidly evolving areas of preventive and functional medicine. Stem cells are the future of longevity/regenerative medicine and for a good reason. They are individual cells that have the potential to develop into many […]
No matter your age, physical activity or stage in life, an injury or medical condition will profoundly affect your way of life. There can be plenty of fear and worry that goes along with these sorts of thing, still you want to feel good. Dynamic Stem Cell Therapy is a Nevada Regenerative Medicine clinic that […]
Statistics rarely tell the whole story on any topic—case in point: colorectal cancer. The numbers tell us that the disease is the fourth-most common cancer diagnosed in the United States and the second leading cause of cancer deaths. They also tell us that the rates of new cases and deaths from colorectal cancer have fallen dramatically […]
On Sunday, Pamela Copeland will do something that’s become quite routine every year, but is also still very near and dear to her heart. She and thousands of other Nevadans will participate in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk at the Red Rock Resort, 11011 W. Charleston Blvd. Copeland, a retiree […]
Global statistics show that a woman’s lifetime risk of developing breast cancer is 1 in 8. Of all the cancers, breast cancer carries the highest mortality rate for women between ages 20 and 59. This is why it’s so important for women, beginning at age 40, to have annual mammograms. If a family history of […]
Every two minutes a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer in the United States. It is one of the most common cancers in women. Men are not immune, as one in a 1,000 is diagnosed with the disease in their lifetime. Survival directly corresponds to early detection so access to diagnostic testing and treatment is […]
In her early 40s, Shannon Steele had experienced fairly typical mammograms for three years before the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Because of extremely dense breast tissue, her doctor planned Steele’s mammograms more often to get a baseline reading. Since she scheduled these assessments a year in advance, she had one on the calendar for the end […]
There’s no excuse not to get a mammogram, especially since the Mammovan offers mobile mammography throughout Nevada. Operated by Nevada Health Centers (a nonprofit, federally qualified community health center dedicated to providing access to quality health care throughout Nevada since 1977), the bright pink Mammovan provides mammograms to women in geographically isolated areas, as well […]
