January is Cervical Health Awareness Month

January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. Each year, an estimated 12,000 women are diagnosed with cervical cancer, and, of those, about one-third will die as a result of the cancer. But cervical cancer is also a highly preventable and treatable cancer, thanks to improved screening and vaccination.

No woman should die of cervical cancer. The most important thing you can do to help prevent cervical cancer is to get screened regularly starting at age 21.

Read more here @ http://www.cdc.gov/…/dcpc/resources/features/cervicalcancer/