Checking Up on Preventative Health Care

During the COVID-19 pandemic, routine doctor’s visits and preventative care often had to take the back burner, so over the next few months, the Health & Wealth will be speaking with experts about how you can get back on track with your preventative health care.

Have a pressing question? Reach out and let us know at smithbecky@missouri.edu or aspidel@missouri.edu.

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Checking up on Cervical Cancer Screenings: 'Pap smears are important because your health is important.'

Anna Spidel

Missy Rice of the Department of Health and Senior Services' Show Me Healthy Women talks with KBIA's Anna Spidel about why cervical cancer screenings are important and how patients can stay informed.
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Checking up on Prostate Cancer Screenings: 'The opportunity exists for years for us to make an early diagnosis'.

Anna Spidel

According to the National Cancer Institute, prostate cancer accounted for nearly 14.7% of all new US cancer cases in 2023.
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Checking Up on Lung Cancer Screenings: 'Catching it earlier, you have a higher probability of getting a cure.'

Rebecca Smith

This month, the American Cancer Society expanded its lung cancer screening recommendations to yearly, low-dose CT scans for those aged 50 to 80 who formerly or currently smoke and have a 20 or greater "pack year" history. KBIA’s Rebecca Smith spoke with Dr. Sebastian Wiesemann and Dr. Vipul Bhanderi from Ellis Fischel Cancer Center about these new recommendations.
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Checking Up on Mammograms: 'About age 40 is the right place to start.'

Rebecca Smith

KBIA’s Rebecca Smith sat down with Dr. Logan Frank, the director of breast imaging for Ellis Fischel Cancer Center, to discuss how mammogram recommendations have changed and why this preventative health measure still matters.