The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has proposed to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. “The proposed rules would help prevent children from becoming the next generation of smokers and help adult smokers quit,” U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra said. FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said that the proposed bans would “reduce the […]
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Black women had a 21% increased risk of dying from breast cancer compared with White women in a study of more than 21,000 women 40 and younger who were diagnosed with breast cancer between 2010 and 2016. White women survived an average of 4 months longer than Black women. Already the most common cancer among
Black Veterans with lung cancer receive comparable care, resulting in equivalent, if not superior, treatment outcomes as White Veterans at the Veterans Administration, according to a study by VA St. Louis researchers. Previous research in the general population has shown that Black patients are less likely than White patients to undergo surgery for lung cancer.
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“Black men should start PSA screening earlier” “When we are discussing early-stage prostate cancer, there are no early warning signs or symptoms,” says radiation oncologist Jerome M. Butler, MD, of North Carolina. “Given that we know that African American males have a higher risk of prostate cancer, we believe that prostate cancer screening cannot be
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Olugbenga Okusanya, MD “There’s not an aspect of lung cancer care in which there’s not a significant disparity that hinders the ability of minority patients to get better care,” says Olugbenga Okusanya, MD, of Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia. “Black patients are less likely to get surgical therapy for early-stage disease, which is the actual
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Carol L. Brown, MD “We have an epidemic of endometrial cancer in this country and it is disproportionately affecting Black women.” “The number of endometrial cancer cases has increased by 57 percent in the last 10 years. This is not seen in any other GYN cancer,” says Carol L. Brown, MD, of the Memorial Sloan
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“People say what you don’t know won’t kill you. What you don’t know will kill you. That’s the problem when it comes to your health,” says Orlena. “I went almost two years having issues and symptoms that literally could have killed me. A colonoscopy saved my life.” Her colonoscopy found a huge tumor that hadn’t
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Why Hispanic Women Are Still Dying From A Curable Cervical Cancer by Sarah Felbin A lack of health insurance prevents some from regular physician visits. Language is often another obstacle. For women who aren’t proficient in English, medical jargon and pamphlets can be frustrating to receive. Girls grow up without receiving proper sex education, resulting
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The report Disparities in screening and diagnosis for triple negative breast cancer describes the impact that social determinants of health and differences in access to screening and diagnosis have on the survival of women with Triple Negative Breast Cancer. And it highlights how health policies in the United States can support women’s access to timely
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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar “If you’re like me, you’d rather talk about basketball or anything other than prostate cancer,” says professional basketball Hall-of-Fame player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. “But we can’t be silent when it comes to our own health. Prostate cancer affects one in eight men in the U.S. I beat it because I was screened and it
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