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Lung Cancer Screening Lung cancer is the deadliest cancer among Veterans and one of the most common with almost 8,000 Veterans diagnosed and treated for lung cancer every year at VA. But when caught early, lung cancer is treatable.

Daily consumption of pecans have been shown to prevent obesity and a host of related health issues like fatty liver disease and diabetes, according to a collaborative study by Texas A&M AgriLife scientists. “Obesity and diabetes numbers are increasing in modern society worldwide, and the trend in high fat diet consumption is one of the main reasons besides lifestyle and genetic predisposition,” said Luis Cisneros-Zevallos, Ph.D., professor of horticulture and food science in the Department of Horticultural Sciences in the Texas A&M College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and affiliate scientist in the Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture. “People are searching for healthier options, and we have now shown pecans are a healthy tool consumers have in their hands.”

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center today was named number one in the nation for cancer care in U.S. News & World Report’s 2023-24 “Best Hospitals” survey. The institution has been one of the nation’s top two hospitals for cancer care since the survey’s inception in 1990.

“Your Father knows your needs…” Matt. 6:8 While I was hitch-hiking home from seminary in 1955, a kind motorist gave me a ride from Springfield, Mo.