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RiverView Health reminds everyone that October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time annually devoted to educating and early detection of breast cancer. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, each year in the United States, about 270,000 women get breast cancer, and 42,000 women die from the disease. Nearly one in eight […]
The detection of colorectal cancer is increasing in people younger than age 50. In fact, according to a 2024 report from the American Cancer Society (ACS), colorectal cancer has moved up from being the fourth leading cause of cancer death in both men and women under age 50 two decades ago to first in men
RiverView Healthcare Association members heard the ups and downs of 2023 virtually Monday, January 29, during the Association’s 126th Annual Meeting. CFO Betty Arvidson shared preliminary financial information with Association members. While numbers have yet to be finalized, RiverView will finish with a substantial loss for Fiscal Year 2023. Referring to the financial report as
If you think only older people get colorectal (which includes colon and rectal cancer) cancer, you may want to think again. In truth, colorectal cancer is affecting more and more young adults. According to the American Cancer Society, colorectal cancer rates for people under age 50 have increased by 1 to 2% each year since
RiverView Healthcare Association members heard the ups and downs of 2022 virtually Monday, January 23, during the Association’s 125th Annual Meeting. In her ninth year in the lead position, RiverView President/CEO Carrie Michalski shared the annual operations report for Fiscal Year 2022. “Rural hospitals are struggling nationwide,” she stated. “Here at RiverView, despite solid patient
Did you know the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force changed its colorectal (colon and rectum) cancer screening recommendations in 2021? It is now recommended that adults at average risk of getting colorectal cancer begin screening at 45 instead of the previously recommended age of 50. At RiverView Health, general surgeons Dr. Brett Vibeto and Dr.
