Eighty percent of all breast cancer occurs in women over 50, and 60% are found in women over 65. The chance that a woman will get breast cancer increases from 1-in-233 for a woman in her thirties, to a 1-in-8 chance for a woman in her eighties. When detected early, Breast cancer can be treated …
Each year, a day is set aside by the World Hospice and Palliative Care Alliance to support and celebrate Hospice and Palliative care across the globe. This year’s theme is Palliative Care: it’s “My Care, My Comfort” What are the objectives of World Hospice and Palliative Care Day? 1. To share our vision to increase the availability of …
A new report from an eight-member expert collaborative, Leaders of Aging Organizations (LAO), and the FrameWorks Institute proposes to reclaim the social narrative on what aging really means by building better perceptual connections between health care experts, advocates, and the thousands of Americans who turn 65 every day. “The ultimate goal of this project is …
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