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Oct
The leading cause of death for men and women in the United States is heart disease. Heart disease accounts for 1 in 4 deaths annually. At your annual, we will assess for risk factors for heart disease such as family history, elevated cholesterol, elevated blood pressure, a...
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Oct
We know that many patients have questions about whether an annual visit is needed yearly. Dr. Jukes and her team know that a yearly Well Women Exam is the foundation for wellness, disease identification, and management, as well as a key component to promoting healthy life. Having...
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Oct
Happy New Year to all! After settling back into the start of what we hope will be a great year, it is important to look at our health. January is both Thyroid Awareness Month and Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. We will start with the extremely important thyroid gland that regula...
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Oct
As we approach the end of another year, we know weight loss is often a goal set as a New Year resolution and many seek reasonable and viable alternatives to meet their goals. Since 2010, Dr. Jukes has been a strong advocate of the Ideal Protein Weight Loss plan and she establishe...
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Oct
November is American Diabetes Month- so it's a great time to remind our patients of the importance of your annual bloodwork. Your annual bloodwork will measure your fasting glucose levels. A high level of fasting blood sugar shows that your body is not metabolizing blood su...
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Oct
October is breast cancer awareness month and a good time for all of us to consider risk factors for developing breast cancer. Most are familiar with the risk factors related to family and certain gene mutations (BRCA), but it's important to also consider lifestyle-related r...
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Oct
Art Bra Austin for Breast Cancer Kelly's bra has been selected for the Art Bra Austin for Breast Cancer Resource Center. Art Bra® Austin is a fully-costumed, professionally produced runway show and auction that raises funds to support local women who have been affected ...
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Oct
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer risks, the value of screening and early detection, and treatment options available to women and men who are diagnosed with one of the many forms of breast cancer. More than 249,000 pe...
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Oct
The Undefeatable Jessi Zazu Over the past 40 years, the number of deaths per year from cervical cancer has declined by 50 percent. According to the American Cancer Society, the decrease in mortality is due in large part to the higher frequency of pap smears, which started in...
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Oct
By Kelli Porter, WHNP-BC In my 12 plus years of caring for women, I have heard every excuse in the book for not exercising…. “I don't have time”, “I have kids”, “I can’t afford a gym”, “I don’t know where to start...
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Oct
What kills more people: sugar or cigarettes? You may want to hold off before you answer this question. A closer look at the statistics behind what kills people could show a sweeter killer. Initially, people didn't know that cigarettes could cause bad health. Media, doctors...
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Oct
According to the National Cancer Institute the BRCA1 and BRCA2 are genes that are responsible for producing tumor suppressor proteins. When there is a mutation in one of these genes it increases the chance that DNA damage isn't repaired properly. This increases the chance o...
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