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Melanie Zaffuto
October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time to spread awareness about the importance of finding breast cancer early at its most treatable stages. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, breast cancer is one of the most common kinds of cancer in women. About 1 in 8 ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
A mammogram can find a breast cancer lump earlier, when it’s much smaller and more easily treatable. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the average size of a lump found through an annual mammogram is one-eighth the size of a lump found through occasional self-exams. ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
Physiatrist D’Wan Carpenter, D.O., M.S. , will join North Oaks Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Clinic Sept. 8. She is accepting new patients, ages 18 and older. To schedule an appointment with Dr. Carpenter, call (985) 230-1860. Carpenter comes to North Oaks with four years of ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities, better known as CARF International, has announced that North Oaks Rehabilitation Hospital has been re-accredited with no recommendations – an accomplishment achieved by only 3 percent of facilities surveyed worldwide. This latest ...
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Melanie Zaffuto
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is the newest addition to North Oaks Health System’s arsenal of high-performance, clinically proven breast cancer detection tools. When the health system launches 3D mammography digital breast exams this month at North Oaks Diagnostic Center in Hammond, it will ...
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