Archive for the 'Long Term Care' Category

Tomorrow’s health depends on today’s choices

Tuesday, August 12th, 2008

Thirty years ago, cancer was a death sentence. Today, cancer remains a formidable foe, but survivors have battled back and are pushing the statistical trend toward the other direction. In fact, the five-year survival rate for all cancers diagnosed between 1996 and 2002 is 66 percent — that’s up 51 percent from 1977.1 Thanks to [...]