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Harris County hopes blacks will seek help for Alzheimer's

Monday, 15 October 2007
Alzheimer's disease has become a silent epidemic in the black community, robbing elders of their memories and taking an exhaustive toll on the families left to care for them. Increasingly, medical studies suggest that Alzheimer's occurs among blacks at a much higher rate than among whites — from 14 percent to 100 percent higher. Click to continue at Chron.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 83

Whites take supplemental breast cancer therapy more often than blacks

Tuesday, 09 October 2007
A new study finds that white women more frequently take more of the life-prolonging supplemental therapies used to treat breast cancer than African-American women. Read More Add Comment (0) Hits: 108

Hospice care's comforts ease pain - Push is on to make minorities less hesitant

Monday, 08 October 2007
More Americans than ever before choose hospice care when faced with terminal illness, but it's an option more often bypassed by African Americans and other minority groups... Click to continue at freep.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 100

Black ministers to tackle issue of HIV/AIDS

Monday, 08 October 2007
In what organizers call a historic gathering of African-American clergy, dozens of ministers from across the USA will gather here today with medical professionals and lawmakers to map a plan to fight the HIV/AIDS epidemic sweeping the black community. Click to continue at USAToday.com Add Comment (0) Hits: 122

Facing Breast Cancer with FEAR (Fierce Empowerment to Act not React)

Friday, 05 October 2007

As you engage in this year's October-fest of Pink Teas, Sunday Brunches, and Walks for the Cause, take a moment and pause for the #1 cause—YOU! Before you start tying those pink ribbons and slipping on your pink fall fashions in support of finding a cure, think about the lives you hope to help save—including yours! Shift your focus to YOU! Click to continue at JourneyToWellness.com

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