49% of pregnancies are unintended, birth control methods
Unintended pregnancies occur when a reported pregnancy is unwanted or occurred earlier than desired. This usually occurs if a couple doesn’t use birth control, or, uses birth control incorrectly. “In this day...
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Age 40? Fight breast cancer, schedule a 3D mammogram
Breast cancer. The most common cancer among women in the United States. “Breast tissue has the tendency to be denser in young women. This is why mammograms are recommended for women over...
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Basketball star’s ACL journey
Born athlete and a junior at Jamestown High School, Katie Osborne has played basketball since she can remember. During the off-season, Katie is usually shooting hoops with friends or on the green...
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Breast surgery: 4 ways to keep your care local
Pink. Ribbons. October. These are things a woman might associate with breast cancer. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death among women, exceed only by lung cancer. Detection of...
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Cancer found during difficult colonoscopy
After surgery to remove cancer, one 73-year-old woman is feeling better than she has in decades. Sally Peterson, of Adrian, N.D., was diagnosed with a twisted colon and several polyps in 2003...
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