* Besides skin cancer, prostate cancer is most common among men
* African American men have a nearly 60% greater chance of prostate cancer than caucasian men.
* The 5 year survival rate for men with prostate cancer found in early stages is nearly 100%
* According to the National Breast Cancer Coalition a woman dies of breast cancer every 13 minutes
* African American women, regardless of age, have the highest mortality rate from breast cancer
* Breast cancer ranks 2nd in cancer deaths behind lung cancer
* In 2008, almost 2000 males have been diagnosed with breast cancer
* More than 1,000,000 new cases of skin cancer (non melanoma) were diagnosed in 2008, and less than 1,000 deaths
* Melanoma accounts for about 4% of all skin cancer diagnosis, but represent about 75% of skin cancer deaths
* No matter how much emphasis is put on how damaging UV rays are to skin, nearly 70% of American adults do not wear sunscreen
* More people die from lung cancer than any other cancer
* Leukemia causes more deaths than any other cancer in children and young adults
* New Jersey has the highest cancer rate in the United States
* Children who live in the northeast United States have the highest cancer rate of the country
* Cuba has the highest survival rates for people with breast cancer
* Oregon has one of the highest rates of skin cancer
* Riverbanks and coastlines have the highest cancer rates
* The best survival rate for cancer in the U.S. is in Hawaii
Thinking about moving to a new town? So how do you find
doctors in your area? You can go the old fashioned route (the phone book), or
you can Google the doctors in your new town. To find doctors in your area is
just the beginning. Now you need to make a choice. And how to you make that
choice if you haven’t met them?
Some sites like WebMD offer details information on doctors in
your area. If you are searching for a pediatrician then you can enter a city
and state to locate doctors in your area. If you live in Mineral Bluff, Georgia
- then all you need to do is enter the information and a list of doctors in
your area will sow up on the page. You can click on a specific doctor to find
more information about that physician. You can find out what medical school doctors
in your area attended and what hospitals they are affiliated with. You can even
find out the sex and age of that physician.
The search for doctors in your area can lead you to another helpful
website: DoctorDirectory.com. This site begins with a list of all specialties
in alphabetical order. Just click on the specialty you desire and a list of
states will show up. Click on the correct state for doctors in your area. Then
a list of cities will show up. Just click on the city to find doctors in your
area. A list of physicians will show up and you are on your way. Simply click
on the name of the physician. You can acquire the physician’s business address
and phone number, as well as whether that doctor is accepting new patients. There's
even a link where you can calculate your own life expectancy.
If you are interested in finding doctors in your area who
are trained to perform less evasive surgical procedures, you can fins out this
information while surfing the web. I came across a site called Zimmer. This is
a sight with a list of doctors in your area who use Zimmer products-thus
allowing for minimally evasive surgical procedures. Here you can find a list of
treatments as well as patient stories.
Still not sure which doctor to choose? While finding a doctor
in your area may not be easy, there’s a doctor review site you can visit to
read actual doctor reviews. You can visit RateMD’s .com and browse rated
doctors in your area. After you click on the correct state and city, a list of
providers will show up. They can be rated as good, average, or poor. You can
see how doctors in your area rate according to a happy face, a plain face, or a
sad face. Once you click on that provider, you can read reviews written by
patients who visited doctors in your area. I think this is a great site and can
help in the decision making process. If you navigate to the left hand side
column, you’ll see other helpful links. You can visit a chat room and there are
forums you can visit as well. Moving is stressful enough, so why make choosing
a doctor in your area any more stressful?