Black Americans face higher cancer risk and mortality
The American Cancer Society reports blacks have higher incidence and death rates from cancer than whites. Prostate and breast cancers are more aggressive, with earlier PSA screening urged for men. Obesity and smoking trends worsen outcomes. education and access affect diagnosis timing.
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Longleaf Pine Forest Featured in U S Stamp Series
The Nature of America fourth in a pictorial series shows a pane of ten 34 cent stamps portraying the Longleaf Pine Forest across the coastal plain from Virginia to Texas with 27 species noted. First-day covers cost, and collectors can request catalogs via 1800 STAMP-24.
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Texas
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Health education and support events this week in the area
A schedule of health talks and classes at Nassif Heart Center Medical Plaza and St. Luke's Center for Health and Well-Being includes a peripheral vascular disease talk with Dr. Yunus Moosa, a lymphedema workshop, and new mind body fitness sessions starting Feb 25. Cancer support groups and breast cancer education also listed with dates and contact numbers.
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Nassif Heart Center
Yunus Moosa
United Heart Associates
Medical Plaza
Ave
St. Luke’s Women’s Care
St. Luke's Center For Health and Well
American Red Cross
Grant Wood Area
St. Mary's Community Memorial Center
Williamsburg
Regional Medical Center
Veteran's Memorial Education Center
Manchester
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Cedar Rapids
Mayo Clinic seeks volunteers for colon cancer screening test
The Mayo Clinic and its Cedar Rapids affiliates seek men and women aged 50 to 80 who have not had a colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy in 10 years to join a study of a non invasive test for detecting colon polyps and cancers. Insurance and study funding cover procedures. Call Shana Coker at 363-2690 ext 321.
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Oncology Associates
Cedar Rapids
North Central Cancer Treatment Group
Mayo
Martin Wiesenfeld
Nile Dusdicker
Internists PC
Physicians At Gastroenterologists PC
Shana Coker Dat
Dear Abby Advice Letter Encourages Safety Trails
A reader admires a habit of leaving notes with personal details before outings. The columnist agrees it protects independence yet offers a strong safety net if a person goes missing. Readers are invited to write Dear Abby with more tips.
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