Guest guest Posted October 6, 2006 Report Share Posted October 6, 2006 Fred Gersh sent this to me and felt it was a must read for all men. Kathy Being a Black Man: Health Care Education and Awareness Farrington President and Founder of the Prostate Health Awareness Network Friday, October 6, 2006; 11:00 AM Among the 10 leading causes of cancer death in African American men, prostate cancer is second, behind lung cancer. When compared to all causes of death, prostate cancer is the fourth leading cause of death among African American men over age 45, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (pdf). Farrington is president and founder of the Prostate Health Education Network (PHEN), a Boston-based nonprofit organization focusing on the urgent and unmet prostate education and awareness needs of African-American men. Farrington, a five-year prostate cancer survivor, convenes the " African American Prostate Cancer Disparity Summit " on Capitol Hill each year. He is also the author of " Battling the Killer Within, " and " Battling the Killer Within and Winning. " Farrington was online Fri., Oct. 6 at 11 a.m. ET to discuss his battle with prostate cancer, the high incidence of the disease in the black male community, and his movement to get black men to visit a doctor and get tested for this and other diseases. Copies of the discussion at this website: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/discussion/2006/10/03/DI20061003008\ 38.html?referrer=emailarticle or http://tinyurl.com/g7uvb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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