I just turned 64 years old. Next year, I’ll have my “Welcome to Medicare” initial wellness examination, complete with an array of preventive testing. I didn’t wait to turn 65 to do my cancer screening tests, and neither should you.
Even though we have made incredible progress in treating cancer, the two best weapons we have against the disease are prevention and screening. We have seen firsthand at the Cancer Center how screening saves lives. Perhaps the most impressive advancement we have seen is in lung cancer screening for smokers and former smokers. In the past, we never found lung cancer early. By the time it showed up on a chest X-ray, it was already too late and no longer curable. But with lung cancer screening, we are curing cancers before they have a chance to spread and become deadly.
...FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall continues to be
possible.
* WHERE...A portion of central Alabama, including the following
counties, Autauga, Barbour, Bibb, Bullock, Calhoun, Chambers,
Chilton, Clay, Cleburne, Coosa, Dallas, Elmore, Greene, Hale,
Jefferson, Lee, Lowndes, Macon, Marengo, Montgomery, Perry,
Pickens, Pike, Randolph, Russell, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter,
Talladega, Tallapoosa and Tuscaloosa.
* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,
creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action
should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.
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