March — National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

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March — National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month
Through our Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA), CADCA observes National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month — a health observance dedicated by

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Addressing Rural Cancer Health Disparities – A Geographic Health Equity Alliance Publication
On Thursday, November 16, 2017, CADCA’s Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) posted a blog entitled Rural Caregiving in the United

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Cuidado rural en los Estados Unidos
Nearly 40 million individuals are providing informal (unpaid) care for an adult family member or friend in the United States.

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No puede salir de una epidemia con tratamiento... pero ¿puede vacunarla?
Routine vaccinations have reduced or even eradicated many deadly diseases; in the 1950s, polio was a public health crisis claiming

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Prevention Starts with Awareness
As a parent of three teenagers, I know it’s hard to consider the possibility that your child could be

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Tabaquismo y cirugía: lo que necesita saber
Tobacco use kills approximately five million people annually around the globe. Here in the United States, tobacco use kills 480,000

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Colorectal Cancer: Why Screening Matters
Nearly 50,000 people lose their lives to colorectal cancer each year. It is the fourth most common cancer in the

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Virus del papiloma humano relacionado con el cáncer de cabeza y cuello
In 2007, the International Agency for Research on Cancer affirmed that there was sufficient evidence to conclude that the human

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Cancer Survivors Encouraged to Receive HPV Vaccine
There are many different types of the human papillomavirus (HPV). This virus is associated with a risk for developing cervical,

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What You Need to Know about the HPV Vaccine
What is HPV? Human papilloma virus or HPV is a virus that causes the most common sexually transmitted infection in