Prevention Beat

March 3, 2010

March is Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month is a time to encourage everyone over the age of 50 to get screened regularly for colorectal cancer.

Colorectal cancer is cancer of the rectum or colon. ?For men, colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer. ?For women, colorectal cancer is the second most common cancer among Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic women, and the third most common cancer among white, black, and American Indian/Alaska Native women.

People over the age of 50 are at the highest risk for colorectal cancer. ?Other risk factors include:

Growths (called polyps) inside the colon
Family history of colorectal cancer
Smoking
Health conditions like Crohn?s Disease
Being African-American

Here?s the good news: ?you can reduce your risk if you get screened for colorectal cancer starting at the age of 50. ?You can also reduce your risk of colorectal cancer by:

Getting active
Eating healthy
Quitting smoking

Of cancers that affect both men and women, colorectal cancer is the second leading cancer killer in the United States, but it doesn't have to be. ?If everybody aged 50 or older had regular screening tests, as many as 60% of deaths from colorectal cancer could be prevented.

To learn more about colorectal cancer visit the Center for Disease Control and Prevention website at:? ?http://www.cdc.gov/cancer/Colorectal/basic_info/. ?

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OHS-COMPCARE has teamed up with U.S. Preventive Medicine to offer The Prevention Plan to our clients.? Because The Prevention Plan is independent of insurance and completely private, it is delivering employee engagement rates of 50 to 90 percent.? Is your current worksite wellness program generating these kinds of results?? If not, please call us at 816-559-6320 to learn more about The Prevention Plan.? We would be glad to come out to your facility to present to you and your team about this exciting new program.

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It is not too late to get your seasonal or H1N1 flu shot!? OHS-COMPCARE and our urgent care centers -Adult Quick Care - has vaccine at all locations.? Although influenza activity has declined recently, according to the CDC, additional waves of influenza activity due to H1N1, seasonal influenza viruses, or both, may occur later this influenza season. ?Flu season can last as late as May.? Your best protection against influenza is vaccination.

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***We are now open Saturdays at our Independence location from 9am ? 1pm to serve your occupational medicine and urgent care needs.? Our Independence location is open 5pm ? 9pm Monday ? Friday to serve your after hour needs as well***?

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*Please feel free to forward this information to any member of management in your company who would benefit from it.*

To view the Tip of the Week in Spanish please visit our Tip of the Week library at http://www.ohscompcare.com/totw/.?

To learn more about services OHS-COMPCARE has to offer, contact our Client Services Team at (816) 561-2105 option 1 or by e-mail at customerservice@ohscompcare.com.? You can also visit us at www.ohscompcare.com.

Why choose us? Because OHS-COMPCARE has a physician on call 24/7/365 days a year to respond to our client's needs.

OHS-COMPCARE now featuring Adult Quick Care has seven (7) area clinical facilities:

Independence Clinical Facility	Johnson County Clinical Facility	St. Joseph Clinical Facility	Grandview Clinical Facility
19000 E. Eastland Center Crt, St. 200	10415 Lackman Road	904 Edmond Street	13830 S Us Highway 71
Independence, MO 64055	Lenexa, KS 66219	St. Joseph, MO 64501	Grandview, MO 64030
816-478-9299	913-495-9905	816-233-7702	816-761-4664
After Hours Available 5-9pm M-F *Now open Saturday 9am ? 1pm

KCMO/Broadway Clinical Facility	KCMO/Front Street Clinical Facility	Wyandotte County Clinical Facility
1650 Broadway	6501 East Commerce, Suite 110	1333 Meadowlark Lane, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64108	Kansas City, MO 64120	Kansas City, KS? 66102
816-842-2020	816-483-5550	913-596-2774

Adult Quick Care provides Urgent Care to Adults and Adolescents Age 14 and Older.?

No appointment is necessary at Adult Quick Care.

When you are sick or have a new injury, Adult Quick Care is your affordable, time saving choice for quality care.

To learn more about Adult Quick Care please call 816-559-6320 or visit www.adultquickcare.com.