• Health

    Posted on June 22nd, 2009

    Written by William

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    Ethnicity and the Perception of the Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

    Ethnicity and the Perception of the Risk of Developing Prostate Cancer

    Although the higher risk of prostate cancer for African-American men is well known in the medical community, it is not clear how prevalent this knowledge is among African-American men themselves. Both the side effects of treatment and the lack of a demonstrated mortality benefit of routine screening with the prostate-specific antigen test among men in [...]

  • Entertainment, Miscellaneous

    Posted on May 18th, 2009

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    NBA Great, Jazz Artist Wayman Tisdale Dies at 44

    NBA Great, Jazz Artist Wayman Tisdale Dies at 44

    Former NBA great and jazz musician Wayman Tisdale has lost his battle with cancer. The 44-year-old Oklahoma native died Friday morning after a two-year struggle to control the disease.
    Last summer he had his right leg amputated, and at the time, he thought he had put the deadly disease behind him. He was ready to [...]