Well Being Magazine

New hope for men with Advanced Prostate Cancer

Here’s some of what we know about prostate cancer. Prostate cancer is the most common cancer among men (after skin cancer) and the #2 killer of men (after lung cancer). About 1 out of every 7 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer during his lifetime. Prostate cancer develops mainly in older men. About 6 cases in 10 are diagnosed in men aged 65 or older, and it is rare before age Read more »

Headaches & Hormones

If you get migraine headaches you are certainly not alone – some 36 million Americans, or 12 percent of people 12 years old and older suffer from migraine attacks. And, if you are a woman, you are three times more likely to have migraines than a man. Migraines can have many triggers, but it turns out ladies, menstruation is arguably the most prevalent trigger. In fact, 60-70% of women who Read more »

Finally… Outpatient Total Hip & Knee Replacement

Even with the significant advances in total hip and knee replacement surgery over the past couple of decades, for the vast majority of patients, it still means an inpatient stay of one to three days before going home from the hospital, and then weeks of recuperation. But what if there was an option to have joint replacement surgery and go home the same day? Most of us would jump at Read more »

Where We’re Heading… on the Road to Curing Brain Cancer

Well-Being is proud to be a sponsor for the upcoming Metro Jackson Head for the Cure 5K Run/Walk event that is slated for August 13th. As a supporter of the event, which benefits brain cancer research, we thought it was important to look at how the treatment of brain cancer is evolving and how current research is inspiring new hope in the fight against this deadly cancer killer. Well-Being spoke with Read more »