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Current Highlight On:
Colon Screening Saves Lives

 MARCH IS

NATIONAL COLORECTAL CANCER AWARENES MONTH

 

 

 

 

  • 60,000 Americans will die of colorectal cancer this year.
  • Over 90% of these Americans are 50 or older.
  • Experts predict that over 30,000 Americans a year would live if they were screened.
  • Medicare will help pay for screenings.

 


CHIP Parenting Resources
Colon Screening Saves Lives
Depression & Mental Health
Diabetes Prevention
Diabetes Risk Factors
Eat Your Fruit & Veggies for Health
Exercise & Fitness Resources
Heart Disease & Women
Low Vision Awareness
Lyme Disease
MEDICARE PLAN D in Maine
MedlinePlus & Online Health Information
Mind, Body & Emotion: Classes & Support Groups
National Alcohol & Drug Addiction Recovery Month
National Hospital Week
National Men's Health Week
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
ONLINE DATABASES - HEALTH & MEDICINE
Pregnancy & Breastfeeding
PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS
Quitting Smoking
Skin Cancer Prevention
Current highlight
Local Resources:
American Cancer Society Maine
Breathe Free Plan to Quit Smoking (class!)
Cancer Nursing: An International Journal for Cancer Care (print journal)
Cancer Support Groups (class!)
Comprehensive Cancer Care
 
Curtis Memorial Library catalog search
Harvard Women's Health Watch (print journal)
Journal of Clinical Oncology (print journal)
Lifelines (AWHONN) (print journal)
Oncology Nursing Forum (print journal)
 
Parkview's Lifestyle Choices, A Program for Living Well (class!)
Parkview's Personal Wellness Profile (class!)