January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month
By DEBBIE SETTLE
dsettle@edwpub.net
Women are so rushed these days. Pressure to keep our homes a certain way. Pressure to make sure our kids are perfect and do well in school. Pressure to keep our marriages or relationships healthy. Pressure to keep our bodies thin and in shape, our hair looking shiny, our faces looking young and flawless, and the list goes on. There is really little time to concentrate on our well-being.
There are a number of health related issues that women need to focus on being proactive in preventing or making sure to check for early warning signs. If we don’t do that for ourselves, no one else is going to.
Recently, the Madison County Health Department sent out a reminder that January is Cervical Cancer Awareness month. During this special month, women (and men who care about women) are hopefully going to be made more aware of issues related to cervical cancer and the importance of early detection.
In the United States, the Pap test saves the lives of many women who may have died without the test. If detected early, cervical cancer is nearly 100 percent curable! Without the test, there is no way to detect the cancer. According to the American Cancer Society, in 2009, more than 11,270 new cases of invasive cervical cancer are projected to be diagnosed in the United States.
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