BREAST EXAMS ARE FREE.Byline: Daily News The Zonta Club of Santa Clarita will offer free breast exams Oct. 18 as part of Healthy Woman's Day, an event created by the club to focus on women's health Women's Health Definition Women's health is the effect of gender on disease and health that encompasses a broad range of biological and psychosocial issues. issues. The program is funded through a grant from Partnered For Progress, with matching funds raised by local Zontians. The service provider for the project is the Samuel Dixon Family Health Centers. Local women, particularly women age 40 and over who have no medical insurance or who are underinsured un·der·in·sure tr.v. un·der·in·sured, un·der·in·sur·ing, un·der·in·sures To insure under a policy that provides inadequate benefits: Be certain that you are not underinsured against catastrophic illness. , will have the opportunity to receive a free breast examination and related diagnostic services diagnostic services, n.pl the imaging and laboratory capabilities available for determining the cause of an illness. such as a mammogram mammogram /mam·mo·gram/ (mam´o-gram) a radiograph of the breast. mam·mo·gram n. An x-ray image of the breast produced by mammography. if needed Oct. 18. The services will be offered at the Samuel Dixon Family Health Center, 27225 Camp Plenty Road in Canyon Country, or at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Vancouver, British Columbia, is a Catholic elementary school. The school opened in 1927, ran by the Sisters of Charity of Halifax. The school, along with the O.L.P.H. , 23233 W. Lyons Ave., Newhall. ``The American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, estimates that each year nearly 175,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer,'' said Dee Winsman, chairwoman of Zonta's Healthy Woman's Day committee. ``Breast cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women today, after lung cancer lung cancer, cancer that originates in the tissues of the lungs. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in the United States in both men and women. Like other cancers, lung cancer occurs after repeated insults to the genetic material of the cell. , and is the most common cancer among women excluding nonmelanoma skin cancers.'' According to Winsman, the incidence of breast cancer in women increases with age, rising sharply after the age of 40, and three-quarters of the invasive forms of the disease occur in women over 50. The good news is that when symptoms are diagnosed in the early stages, treatment dramatically increases the survival rate, which can be as high as 96 percent, Winsman added. During Healthy Woman's Day, women will be able to discuss breast self-examination techniques and personal findings with the health care professional that performs the breast exam. The Zonta and Partnered for Progress grant also allows for follow-up diagnostic exams such as mammograms, as well as referral assistance. There are 150 appointments available for the free breast exams. To schedule an appointment, call (661) 284-6135. |
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