Around 12,900 new cases of invasive cervical cancer will be diagnosed and around 4,100 women will die of cervical cancer in the next year. Furthermore, around 79 million Americans currently have human papillomavirus or HPV. With regular screening and a vaccine, both cervical cancer and HPV can be prevented.
What is cervical cancer?
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January is Cervical Health Awareness Month!
Announcing Our New CMO
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 7, 2016
Media Contact:Maureen YeeWhitney M. Young, Jr. Health Center, Inc.920 Lark Drive, Albany, NY 12207518-591-4471
WHITNEY YOUNG HEALTH NAMES NEW CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER
Whitney Young Health is pleased to announce the appointment of Marietta Angelotti, BA, MD as Chief Medical Officer, effective January…
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New Watervliet health center on track to open this winter
Do You Have the Guts?
Do You Have the Guts to be #IBDAware?
As the holiday season rolls in, it is important to remember digestive health! In 2011, Congress recognized and declared December 1-7th as Crohn’s and Colitis Awareness Week. In the United States, Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis affects a combined 1,400,000 Americans.
What is IBD, also…
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Your Donation At Work
We hope you had a Thanksgiving filled with happy times, happy memories and plenty of reasons to be thankful! We wish you good luck on catching great deals this weekend. We also hope you will take a moment to consider Whitney Young Health this coming #GivingTuesday. This December 1st, join the charities, businesses, families, and students…
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A is for Alzheimer’s Awareness
The National Institute on Aging defines Alzheimer’s disease as an “irreversible, progressive brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.” Alzheimer’s disease affects the lives of millions of aging individuals and their loved ones worldwide, so it is important to become informed about the…
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WATCH: Passing the Torch
Here’s a short film from 2006 about the founding of the Whitney M. Young, Jr. Health Center:
Save the Person, Not Just the Breasts!
Every October, the pink comes out, everywhere, from the NFL to shops and restaurants, but do you know why? October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month; here are some things you need to know to reduce your risk and to help educate others.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women in…
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