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October Highlights Breast Cancer Awareness
Increase Your Awareness, Reduce Your Risk

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.  According to the CDC, "Aside from non-melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common form of cancer in women. Breast cancer is the number one cause of cancer death in Hispanic women. It is the second most common cause of cancer death in white, black, Asian/Pacific Islander, and American Indian/Alaska Native women."

Get the information you need to help prevent and fight breast cancer in these NetWellness features:

- Breast Cancer
- Breast Lumps
- Breast Pain
- Breast Self-Exams Detect Potential Cancer Masses
- Inherited Breast Cancer
- Mammograms
- Rare-But Aggressive-Form of Breast Cancer Undetectable By Mammogram
- The Fight Continues: Study Demonstrates Effectiveness of New Drug in Fighting Breast Cancer

For more information:
- National Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Centers for Disease Control – Breast Cancer Statistics
- National Cancer Institute – Breast Cancer

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Article of the Month: What Parents Need to Know About Prescription and OTC Drug Abuse. Article by (Peter D. Rogers, MD, MPH):
Dangerous Drugs in Your Medicine Cabinet
Some of the most commonly abused drugs by teens and young adults today are probably sitting in your medicine cabinet. Prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs are found in the medicine cabinets of almost every household. But what too many parents do not know is that abuse of these drugs is a major problem.

In fact, teens are abusing prescription and OTC drugs in alarming numbers. A study by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America found that among teens:
- Roughly 1 in 5 has abused Vicodin
- Roughly 1 in 10 has abused OxyContin
- Roughly 1 in 10 has tried Ritalin and/or
- Adderall without a prescription
- Roughly 1 in 11 has abused OTC cough medicines
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Focus on Faculty -
In addition to running the Sarcoidosis Clinic at Ohio State University, Elliott D. Crouser, MD is the Section Chief for the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care at University Hospital East (an affiliate of The Ohio State University Medical Center in Columbus, OH) and an Editor for Critical Care Medicine (the top-ranked journal specializing in critical care). More...


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