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Alcohol usage’s cancer risk, diagnosis and treatment impact

Your immune system is your body’s defense. Its cells provide protection from ailments like colds and flu, chicken pox and tonsillitis — even cancer. But the protection isn’t perfect. Different types of cancers can “outsmart” the immune system, making it challenging to fight their dangerous cells. In these cases, the immune system needs a little […]

October gets all the buzz. There are fundraisers, national campaigns and pink is everywhere you look. But that one month in the fall isn’t the only time to think about your breast health. “We understand that life gets busy and sometimes breast imaging can cause people to feel nervous,” said Amy Soetaert, D.O., a breast […]

Radiation therapy is a cancer treatment using radiation to stop cancer cells from growing and spreading. You may be familiar with other uses of radiation such as X-rays or CT scans. Sunlight also exposes us to electromagnetic radiation through ultraviolet rays and infrared rays. A person can also experience environmental exposures to radiation — some […]

Sanford Health will host a community open house Saturday, Oct. 7, for Ava’s House in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, one of only four locations in the nation to offer inpatient pediatric hospice services. The state-of-the-art facility at 1320 W. 17th St., which will also serve adults, will be open to the community from 10 a.m. […]

Nurses and child life specialists visit classrooms to share stories and calm fears

Tears came to my eyes as I thought of the brokenness of the many I visit with as a chaplain — as well as my own. The following are hard, yet strangely compelling words, thoughts, realities and invitations from Ann Voskamp in her book, “The Broken Way: A Daring Path into the Abundant Life.” These […]

This recipe feels like “comfort food" during cancer treatment side effects