A well performed push-up is the most efficient way to strengthen all of the major muscle groups in the upper body. The push-up strengthens muscles in the chest (pectorals), back (latissimus dorsi), the shoulders (deltoids) and triceps (back of the upper arm). Because a push-up requires an exerciser to stabilize the body, important core muscles [...]
Last night, President Obama addressed Congress and the American public about his plans for health care reform. Obama debunked myths about his proposed reform package in an effort to calm fears about a government takeover of health care. But the president also addressed the importance of access to important preventative screening tests, including the colonoscopy. [...]
After a weekend honoring the work of the late Senator Edward Kennedy, Congress is back at work debating key health care reform issues. Media coverage of Republican opposition has been extensive. So, in an effort to clarify misconceptions about his planned approach, President Obama used his weekly address to “debunk” the most pervasive myths about [...]
Amidst heated discussions about health care reform, the idea of “death panels” has surfaced, scaring many Americans into believing that if President Obama’s health care reform is passed that mandatory panels will make end of life decisions for seniors and other Americans with life threatening conditions. As WCCO-TV reporter Pat Kessler explains, the idea of [...]
News broadcasts are full of stories showing Americans yelling and screaming about health care. Town hall meetings have become a forum for chaos rather than the community discussion that they were meant to be. But the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network has developed a way for your voice to be heard. In an email [...]
Watch as Dick Woodruff, ACS CAN’s lead advocate in Washington, talks about his meetings with the White House and Congress as he negotiates for lower health care costs and to prevent people from being denied coverage because they survived cancer. Tell five friends to to stand with the American Cancer Society for better health care [...]
With the health care reform debate heating up, it is critical that cancer survivors make our voices heard. Too many Americans who think they have good health insurance find out the hard way, when cancer strikes, that their coverage is inadequate. Survivors have delayed care, gone deeply into debt, drained lifelong savings or find they [...]
Post updated March 17, 2011 Computed tomography, also known as a CT or CAT scan, is one of the most common forms of diagnostic imaging. The scans are used to diagnose or monitor a wide range of medical illnesses including cancer and many heart conditions. It is not uncommon that cancer survivors get CT scans [...]
The American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network is rallying this week to gather support for health care reform. President Obama has asked for a reform bill to be on his desk by October. The first bill was recently introduced for congressional debate and the next several months may determine the future of health care in [...]
As Minnesotans wait to hear if Governor Tim Pawlenty’s unallotment process will affect the Colorectal Cancer Screening Act, colon cancer advocates in Vermont are celebrating news that they have become the 27th state to mandate insurance coverage for the full range of colorectal cancer screenings. Governor Jim Douglas signed the legislation on May 29th, 2009. [...]
