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Newsletter for March, 2017: Breast Center, 504K, Save Your Vision, Dillard, Cervical Cancer, Heart & Vascular Support

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    Newsletter for March, 2017: Breast Center, 504K, Save Your Vision, Dillard, Cervical Cancer, Heart & Vascular Support

    By stthomaschc | Monthly Newsletters | Comments are Closed | 10 March, 2017 | 0

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    Did You Know: Our Breast Center Staff is Bilingual?

    Nearly 12 percent of all women get breast cancer in their lifetime.

    Scheduling regular mammograms is the first step in detecting breast cancer. Diagnosing breast cancer as early as possible grants patients and their physicians more treatment options and increases the likelihood of successful treatment.

    Our Breast Center has specialists on staff fluent in both Spanish and English to ensure access to healthcare for all. We accept Medicaid, Medicare, and most private insurance plans. We also offer eligible individuals a sliding scale based on household income. 

    There’s still time to run for a cause!

    Good news! You can burn off all the king cake from Carnival season and help empower unnamed (8) youth across New Orleans at Youth Run NOLA’s 504k on March 18th.

    This year’s race and festivities will take place at Crescent Park for the first time and the post-race festival will feature live entertainment by Big Freedia, snacks and health resources for families.
    The nonprofit’s largest annual fundraiser is a run for all of New Orleans. St. Thomas Community Health Center is proud to be this year’s presenting sponsor. 

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    National Save Your Vision Month

    The American Optometric Association designates the month of March to promote eye health.
    This year, the American Optometric Association is promoting awareness around digital eyestrain and the importance of receiving regular, comprehensive eye exams from a doctor of optometry.

    At St. Thomas, optometrists see patients in need of corrective lenses, those suffering from disease affecting the eyes, and those needing ocular surgery. If you have noticed problems with your vision, eye irritation, changes in your vision or eye appearance, or need corrective lenses, visiting an optometrist will help.

    The Latest: In the News & Around The Community

    Dillard Students Pledged to Stay HIV Negative

    February 7th was National Black HIV/AIDS Awarness Day and our initiative We PrEP Together partnered with Dillard University’s Public Health Club to host “I Pledge to PrEP.”

    Students competed in a condom contest, took photos with their individual pledges to stay HIV neagative, and learned more about HIV prevention strategies like PrEP from a St. Thomas Community Health Center infectious disease specialist. Click here to see more photos from the event.

    Visit wepreptogether.com to learn more about how to protect yourself and loved ones from HIV.

    St. Thomas Community Health Center takes aim at cervical cancer

    During January, the staff at St. Thomas Community Health Center urged women in the community to get routine pap unnamed (7)smears and HPV testing in observance of Cervical Health Awareness Month.

     

     
    “Early detection is so important,” said Chaniel Age, women’s health practitioner at St. Thomas CHC “Abnormal cell changes can be treated beforecervical cancer develops if they are detected early enough.”

     

    Read the full story here.

    Caring for Your Heart: New St. Thomas Heart & Vascular Support brings personalized cardiovascular care to New Orleans

    It shouldn’t be much of a surprise that cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death in Louisiana. Just think of all that fried food, sugar and alcohol.

    It is also due in part to greater-than-average rates of risk factors like obesity, cigarette smoking and high blood pressure. Another contributing factor to likelihood of death by heart disease, stroke, and other cardiovascular issues is that quality cardiovascular care is not easily accessible for underserved and minority populations.

    Read the full story here.

     

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    We are happy to bring the latest health news and information to your family. If you have any feedback on this newsletter, or requests for what to include in future issues, please let us know! Just reply to this email, and we will take your suggestions into account.

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