Benefits of Breastfeeding Program Extend Beyond Babies and Moms
You may know that breastfeeding is best for the health of baby and mom. But did you know breastfeeding also reduces health care costs, decreases absenteeism and increases...
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Three-time Breast Cancer Survivor
photo courtesy of Bell Photography Vira Brooks had three sons in high school. And she had newly-diagnosed breast cancer. "I remember hearing the words, ‘You have cancer,'" she...
3-D Mammogram Catches Breast Cancer Early
When Carmen Campisi called to schedule her mammogram, she hadn't heard of the new 3-D technology, or tomosynthesis, at CHI Health Lakeside Hospital. A spur-of-the-moment decision to try...
Beating Breast Cancer
“I think about it every day” Susan McArdle feels like she dodged a bullet. The 40-year-old mother of two young sons hadn't had an annual physical for five...