Posts Tagged ‘Cancer’
Disempowering A Black Woman’s Breast »
By Charles S. Mombo On November 16, 2009, The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced that it is changing its guidelines for mammography. USPSTF’s new recommendation says women in their 40's don't need to get mammograms if breast cancer is not in their family history. They suggest women should get one every [...]
Wayman Tisdale, musician and former NBA Star is dead »
Wayman Tisdale, 44-year-old, former NBA star and one of today's baddest jazz musician died on Friday after coping with cancer. Tisdale, died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital, after having problem breathing. (more...)
Exercise and sleep lower cancer risk in women »
The link between physical activity and a reduced cancer risk is well established, according to new research presented this month in Washington, D.C. at an international meeting on cancer prevention hosted by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). James McClain, Ph.D., a cancer prevention fellow at the National Cancer Institute and [...]
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture, a genius and a force »
Dr. Randy Pausch (Oct. 23, 1960 - July 25, 2008), a Carnegie Mellon University computer-science and human-computer interaction and design professor best known for his inspiring "Last Lecture," passed away today in Chesapeake, Virginia, after losing a battle with pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Professionally, Pausch was known for [...]
Black Women and Triple Negative Breast Cancer »
Triple Negative Breast Cancer is rare, aggressive and difficult to treat version of breast cancer. 15 percent of the estimated 180,000 women who will learned that they have invasive breast cancer this year in the United States will also have triple negative. The majority of triple negative patients will be young African-American women. Triple [...]
