Seven concurrent concerns that are overlooked and underestimated as a risk for cancer in post-9/11 military service members and veterans.
I loved serving my country, fighting the war in Iraq was easy, but now… battling this war on ‘cancer,’ alone, and forgotten, really, is what is hard.
We see end-stage cancer diagnoses in young, otherwise healthy veterans. This cannot continue. I am confident with the support of CancerX, Moffitt Cancer Center, and DiME, we’ll be able to make an impactful, lifesaving dent into this problem.
The VA PACT Act – covering pre- and post-9/11 military veterans who may have been exposed to toxic burn pits while deployed and now face medical illnesses and cancers as a result. Apply now.
Colon cancer is one of the most treatable cancers… but only if caught in early stages. Unfortunately, it is killing our post-9/11 veterans.
Our military faces unique physiological challenges while in uniform. Overtime their bodies begin to overwhelm, inadvertently placing them at risk for cancer. But why? And how can we fix it?
Veteran-founded nonprofit organization announced today that proceeds from a limited-run shirt highlighting colon cancer awareness would be used to fund much-needed protective respiratory gear in honor of cancer victim, Wesley Black.
I watch his health slowly decline. Unintentional weight gain from “acute liver failure”, pain, bleeding. These are medical concerns of someone in their sixties. Not my husband who just turned 35.
Suppose you served on active duty following 9/11, as a female you are thirty-four times more likely to be diagnosed with breast cancer. Why?
As he exited and walked toward the double glass doors baring the name “MD Anderson Gastrointestinal Cancer Center”, he paused, took a deep breath in, and bowed his head as he exhaled…
HunterSeven Foundation, a veteran-founded, 501(c)(3) organization, conducts research on military exposures among post-9/11 veterans and educates the veteran and healthcare population on critical health information relating to their exposures.
This proactive approach to addressing health concerns is important for secondary prevention and wellness. HunterSeven Foundations supports veterans and families that have been made ill as a result of military exposures through an immediate needs program.
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