TO YOUR HEALTH FREE TESTS FOR BREAST CANCER.Byline: Daily News NEWHALL - Free breast cancer screenings will be offered Saturday in Newhall to women whose insurance does not cover the testing, thanks to a program coordinated by the Zonta Club of the Santa Clarita Valley The Santa Clarita Valley is the valley of the Santa Clara River in Southern California. It stretches through Los Angeles County and Ventura County. Its main population center is the city of Santa Clarita. The valley was part of the 48,612-acre (19,672. . The second annual Healthy Woman's Day, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 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. , will provide the screenings and follow-up services if indicated. The Zonta Club is working with the Samuel Dixon Health Center in Val Verde, which will provide nurse practitioners and a doctor to conduct the screenings and evaluations. In addition, the Mobile Mammography mammography, diagnostic procedure that uses low-dose X rays to detect abnormalities in the breasts. The early diagnosis of breast cancer made possible by the routine use of mammography for screening women increases a woman's treatment alternatives and improves her Program for women over 40 in need of mammograms will provide on-site exams and collaborate with Henry Mayo Newhall Memorial Hospital for additional imaging services. Women under 40 will be referred there for fine needle aspiration fine needle aspiration Diagnostics A method of in which a thin or “skinny”–18- to 23-gauge needle is used to suck in cells or tissue bits for diagnoses; the sites selected for FNAs are often guided by radiologists with fluoroscopy, CT, MRI testing as needed as needed prn. See prn order. . The first screening event was conducted last October, when more than 75 women received testing and follow-up treatments free of charge. 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 women in the United States will be diagnosed with breast cancer, which is the second-leading cause of cancer deaths in women today. Women participating in the screenings will also receive education in self-exams and healthy lifestyles from medical professionals. For information on Healthy Woman's Day and to register for services, call (661) 284-6135 or attend the event at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, 23233 W. Lyons Ave., Newhall. |
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