Wendy Hall and Amy Roberts have served our community as onsite Licensed Clinical Social Workers ever since joining RBOI in 2011.
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Through early detection, screening can make cancers easier to treat and help reduce cancer deaths. Cancer screening is done when you have no symptoms. Symptoms mean that
cancer may have grown, spread, and be harder to treat.
Mindfulness techniques help us become more resilient to life’s challenges. Amy Roberts, LCSW and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher at RBOI, says that developing a nonjudgmental,
beginner’s mind is key. “Be aware of your reactions, your thoughts, your body, but in a way that’s patient and trusting,” she explains. “Don’t judge your reactions as right or wrong, or
good or bad, but have a childlike curiosity about your feelings, emotions, or responses. It’s really extending a kindness inward, but also to those around you.”
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The holidays can be stressful, even without cancer’s added challenges. Wendy Hall, LCSW, offers these ways to cope.
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Low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening can reduce lung cancer deaths by up to 20% compared to standard chest X-rays, by
detecting tumors at early stages when they are more likely to be curable. But lung cancer screening rates are low across the U.S. and even lower in Florida.
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