{"id":931792,"date":"2026-10-13T19:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931792\/"},"modified":"2026-10-13T19:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T19:00:11","slug":"alberta-launches-online-tool-to-help-residents-navigate-cancer-screening","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/931792\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta launches online tool to help residents navigate cancer screening"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(Image Credit: Zerbor\/Dreamstime.com)<\/p>\n

By Jett Schwaier<\/p>\n

early detection <\/p>\n

\n\t\t\t\tOct 13, 2026 | 10:19 AM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n

Albertans can use a new online guide to find out when they should start screening for breast, cervical and colorectal cancer, as the province works to improve awareness of early detection.<\/p>\n

Primary Care Alberta\u2019s Screening Programs launched the interactive guide at screeningforlife.ca<\/a> to help people navigate screening recommendations and understand when they should get tested.<\/p>\n

Minister of Primary and Preventative Health Services Justin Wright said early detection can make a life-changing difference.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis new online guide gives Albertans clear, accessible information to help them understand when to get screened and take an important step in protecting their health,\u201d Wright said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(Image Credit: Zerbor\/Dreamstime.com) By Jett Schwaier early detection Oct 13, 2026 | 10:19 AM Albertans can use a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":931793,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[49,48,84],"class_list":["post-931792","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931792","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=931792"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/931792\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/931793"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=931792"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=931792"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=931792"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}