Posts Tagged ‘health screening’
Feeling “scanxiety”? Here’s how to cope
Alana Yanagida, LCSW, is a behavioral health therapist at the Inova Saville Cancer Screening and Prevention Center. The center’s behavioral health team provides counseling and guidance related to cancer screening and prevention. What is scanxiety? Scanxiety is emotional distress – fear, anxiety and worry – related to medical scans, imaging and tests. Although the term…
Read MoreTop five reasons to schedule your annual physical
If you had to pick one simple step that will have a big positive impact on many areas of your life, scheduling an annual physical exam with your primary care provider would be a great choice. Here are five reasons why you should make scheduling your annual physical a priority this year. 1. An annual…
Read MoreNovember is Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Inova offers screening to smokers, ex-smokers Falls Church, VA – (November 1, 2012) – Recently, The New England Journal of Medicine published a study with results of the National Cancer Institute’s National Lung Screening Trial, which indicated that low-dose CT scans can have a positive impact on lung cancer mortality. This study is the first…
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