Debunking Breast Cancer Myths: How to Minimize Risk
October 30, 2024
“Below are five common misunderstandings about risk factors, symptoms and screening that I believe can result in delayed diagnoses and inadequate care.”
Breast Cancer Awareness Month
It’s Ta-Ta Time Again
October 14, 2020
I was trying to choose a topic for the October column. Should it concern the centennial anniversary of women’s rights, Halloween, or Covid-19, a nightmare in itself? Then it clicked. October. Pink. Ta-ta month!
Why mammograms matter: Eastside Medical Center offers state of the art healthcare for Breast Disease
October 30, 2017
Snellville – While mammograms cannot prevent breast cancer, they do help todetect breast cancer in the earliest stages. Detecting breast cancer early means it will be easier for physicians to treat.
Raising Awareness about Common Breast Cancer Myths
October 9, 2017
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer remains the most common cancer in American women, (except for skin cancer).
Gwinnett Breast Cancer Awareness month kicks off in style
October 20, 2016
Lawrenceville – Saturday, Oct. 1 dawned sunny and a little cool, a perfect day for a walk. At least, that’s what more than 800 men, women and children thought as families and friends flocked to Coolray Field for Gwinnett County’s first annual “Paint Gwinnett Pink” 5K Run and Walk for Breast Cancer. Gwinnett Medical Center partnered with Paint Georgia Pink, Inc. to present this day of fellowship, exercise, celebration and honoring (and of course, some fundraising).
Real men wear pink
October 6, 2016
October is Breast Cancer Month and several concerned men in Gwinnett are looking “pretty in pink” to show their support. They are doing it by joining efforts with Real Men Wear Pink to raise awareness and funds for the 2016 American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer (MSABC).
Gwinnett Medical’s Women’s Advisory Council second annual Women’s Health Expo
April 21, 2016
Saturday, April 30, 2016, 10 a.m. – 1 p.m., Lawrenceville First Baptist, Fellowship Hall, 165 South Clayton Street, Lawrenceville
Aug. 16 is Chef Appreciation Day in Snellville
August 13, 2014
Mayor Kelly Kautz has declared Aug. 16 as Chef Appreciation Day in the City of Snellville.
