Patient Advisors: What They Do and Why They Do It
“My body may be broken, but my voice is not,” says Angie Follett, one of several client and family advisors who has partnered with Eastern Health to improve care for […]
Tag Archives: Cancer Care
Dr. Nancy Wadden and Dr. Cathy Popadiuk discuss the importance of cancer screening – and particularly screening for breast and cervical cancer.
October is Breast Cancer Awareness month and October 21-27th was Pap Test awareness week. Dr. Nancy Wadden and Dr. Cathy Popadiuk, Medical Directors for Eastern Health’s Breast and Cervical Screening […]
Facebook Live: Learn more about colon cancer, how you can protect yourself.
Newfoundland and Labrador has the highest rates of colorectal cancer in Canada. Have you heard of a FIT kit? This test helps to detect colorectal cancer early when it is […]
Beginning Your Cancer Journey
Eastern Health, in partnership with Labrador Grenfell-Health and the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer (CPAC), has developed a video for new cancer patients. Beginning Your Cancer Journey: An Introduction to Cancer […]
Young Adult Cancer – Supporting Unique Needs
I first started my career as a nurse on the oncology in-patient unit the Health Sciences Centre in 1986 when I was 21 years old. I worked with adolescents and […]
Advancing Hope
A terminal diagnosis. With those words from a physician, life as you know it, changes – and in a way only those who have experienced it can possibly understand. It […]
Leading Ladies: Protecting Women’s Health One Pap Test at a Time
International Women’s Day marks the celebration of women and focuses on creating an inclusive world where women are valued for their social, economic and cultural backgrounds. On this day, I […]
Empowering Women: Pap Test Awareness
Did you know that cervical cancer is a disease that is 90 per cent preventable? As regional coordinator of the Cervical Screening Initiatives (CSI) Program for the Avalon region, I’m […]
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