By Dr. Phillip Gardiner It’s hard to believe that with the amount of damage that the tobacco industry has inflicted on the Black community, that there...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — The American Lung Association recommends that every federal agency, the White House, and Congress must immediately act to dramatically reduce air and climate...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Black men remain more likely to develop more aggressive types of prostate cancer as prostate cancer death rates in African Americans are more...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — According to the American Cancer Society, Prostate cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in American men, behind lung cancer. African-American...
By Pat Maryland NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) promised to improve the delivery of healthcare services in America—especially...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Breast cancer, prostate cancer, and even routine infections. A new report ties these and other maladies to smoking and...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer For the first time, lung cancer has passed breast cancer as the leading cause of cancer deaths for women in...
(Health24.com) – New screening guidelines for lung cancer could save tens of thousands of lives, but the CT scans involved will be costly, a new study has found. Projections...