Posts Tagged ‘Cancer’
Disempowering A Black Woman’s Breast
By Charles S. Mombo Self-ExaminationOn 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 [Read More]
Wayman Tisdale, musician and former NBA Star is dead
Wayman Tisdale, former NBA star and jazz musician Photo Source:WaymanTisdale.comWayman 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 [Read More]
Exercise and sleep lower cancer risk in women
Breast CancerThe 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). [Read More]
Randy Pausch: The Last Lecture, a genius and a force of nature
Jai and Randy Pausch, and their children Logan, front left, Dylan and Chloe. 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 [Read More]
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 [Read More]
