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Beyond Pink: Advances That Are Changing Breast Cancer Care
Advances in breast cancer care are making treatment increasingly personalized, giving care teams more information about individual cancers and which therapies may be most effective. Today, a breast cancer diagnosis can involve much more than identifying the location...
Preventing Kidney Disease: Urologists’ Tips for Healthy Kidneys
Beacon Clinic’s urology team in North Idaho is dedicated to helping patients protect one of the body’s most vital organs: the kidneys. Your kidneys play a critical role in filtering waste, balancing fluids, regulating blood pressure, and maintaining...
Immunotherapy Explained: A New Frontier in Cancer Treatment
At Beacon Clinic, with oncology clinics in both North Idaho and Boise, our oncology team is committed to providing access to the most advanced and effective cancer treatments available. One of the most promising developments in modern oncology is immunotherapy, a...
Targeted Therapy: How Precision Medicine Is Changing Cancer Treatment
Beacon Clinic treats cancer, rheumatology, and urology patients in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls area, and has an additional oncology facility in Boise. We are committed to providing advanced, personalized cancer services to our patients in North and Southern...
Pelvic Floor Health: Why Both Men and Women Shouldn’t Ignore It
At Beacon Clinic in North Idaho, our urology team helps our patients to focus on the importance of overall urinary and reproductive health. However, it is usually the case that we do not see a patient until he or she is suffering from some ailment that has already...
Common Myths About Cancer You Should Stop Believing
Idaho’s Beacon Clinic serves both the Coeur d’Alene and Boise areas with cancer care services, and we are committed to providing compassionate, evidence-based care and education to our communities. Alongside diagnosis and treatment, one of our goals is to...
Understanding Autoimmune Diseases: When the Immune System Overreacts
At Beacon Clinic in North Idaho, our rheumatology team is dedicated to helping patients understand and manage complex conditions that affect the immune system and overall health. Among the most misunderstood are autoimmune diseases — conditions in which the...
Urinary Tract Infections in Men: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
At Beacon Clinic in North Idaho,Dr. Ian Udell and our urology team provides expert care for a wide range of conditions. One common malady suffered by both men and women is a urinary tract infection (UTI). UTIs are more common in women, but they can and do occur in...
What Are the Early Signs and Risk Factors for Bladder Cancer?
At Beacon Clinic in North Idaho and Boise, we are committed to raising awareness about cancers that often go undetected until they are more advanced. During Bladder Cancer Awareness Month, it’s especially important to highlight this disease, which is one of the...
Erectile Dysfunction: What It Really Means and How It’s Treated
At Beacon Clinic in North Idaho, our urology team understands that concerns about sexual health can be deeply personal and are often difficult to talk about, even with a health professional. Erectile dysfunction (ED) is one of the most common urologic conditions...