myMDVIP National Cancer Control Month

There was such an overwhelmingly positive response in March with the addition of Your Health Highlights, that we, at MDVIP, will be creating a bi-monthly e-mail exclusively for our members. Not all health information on the Internet is accurate. Our goal is to keep you informed with relevant, current information, tips and really whatever you wish to know about; we want to hear from you! If you have stories you would like to share, MDVIP experiences or suggestions for future content please e-mail the webmaster at webmaster@mdvip.com and we will do what we can to accommodate your requests.

Did you know that April 2006 has been officially proclaimed Cancer Control Month by President Bush?

According to the White House Website, "In 1938, the Congress of the United States passed a joint resolution (52 Stat. 148; 36 U.S.C. 103) as amended, requesting the President to issue an annual proclamation declaring April as 'Cancer Control Month'."

Use your myMDVIP personal web pages to test your knowledge about the facts and fiction of what causes cancer, learn how to create a healthier lifestyle and know the ABCDs of uncovering your moles all personalized for you!

Causes Cancer: Fact or Fiction

Perhaps you have heard that surgery can disturb cancer cells and cause them to spread throughout the body. Or maybe someone told you that hair dye causes brain cancer. Did you hear the same thing about your cellular phone? What about antiperspirants? And men cant get breast cancer, can they?

Log in to your myMDVIP personal web page THEN click on "Your Health Highlights" on the left side of your screen and find out all this and more.

Create a Healthier Lifestyle

The American Cancer Society lists a healthy lifestyle as one of the largest contributors to the prevention of cancer.

Create a Healthier Lifestyle We all know that we are not supposed to smoke, that we should think positive, eat healthy and exercise. Now what?

Log in to your myMDVIP personal web page THEN click on Your Health Highlights" on the left side of your screen and find out.

Uncover Your Moles

Learn the ABCDs of melanoma and what you should look for on your body. Everyone over 40 should have an annual dermatologist visit because, caught early enough, skin cancer is one of the easiest types of cancer to cure.

To learn the ABCDs of uncovering your moles, log in to your myMDVIP personal web page THEN click on Your Health Highlights on the left side of your screen.