Proceeds raised on the behalf of cancer awareness By Cassandra Lans The NAACP Young Adult Committee is proud to present its ‘Fight Like A Girl’ event that will be held on May 4, 2013 at the Mother Katherine Daniels Conference Center. This unique event will feature local female celebrities in “the ring” to fight on [...]

According to the American Cancer Society, African Americans have the highest death rate of any racial and ethnic group in the United States for most cancers. In 2011, in fact, the American Cancer Society estimated that among African- American women there were 28,840 new cases of breast cancer, which resulted in more than 6,000 deaths. [...]

The Women of Color Cancer Awareness Summit will be held on Friday, May 25, 2012 at the Kosciuszko Community Center located at 2201 S. 7th St. in Milwaukee. Free mammograms will be available for approximately some women. The event will also feature a panel discussion with a group of women who are cancer survivors. During [...]

Cancer affects men and women of every age, race, ethnic background, and economic class. However, data shows that cancer severely impacts minorities and the economically disadvantaged. Fifteen years ago, in an effort to draw attention to the disparities in cancer incidence and death rates experienced by minorities and the poor, the U.S. House of Representatives [...]

National Minority Cancer Awareness Week is April 15- 21, and the American Cancer Society is committed to helping reduce the cancer burden facing African Americans in the Milwaukee area. The American Cancer Society 8th annual Sankofa Health and Wellness Forum will be held at North Division High School on Saturday, April 28th from 7 a.m. [...]

Three Aurora hospitals have received the Outstanding Achievement Award from The Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons. A select group of 106 accredited and newly accredited cancer programs across the United States received the award this year. Aurora hospitals receiving the award include: Aurora Memorial Hospital of Burlington Aurora Lakeland Medical Center [...]

Not much feels better to a golfer than playing those first few holes of spring. Many golfers feel even better when they know they’re playing for a good cause – the fight against cancer – with the American Cancer Society Midwest Golf Pass. The Midwest Golf Pass program raises funds to help people stay well [...]

Special to the NNPA from the National Cancer Institute October marks National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Is there cause for celebration? For many reasons, the answer is a resounding “yes.” Since 1990, the rate of death from breast cancer has been dropping. Research— much of it funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI)—has improved our [...]

America’s 12 million cancer survivors will join survivors around the world in observing the 24th annual National Cancer Survivors Day® on Sunday, June 5, 2011. Hundreds of communities worldwide will host events on this day to celebrate life and demonstrate that life after a cancer diagnosis can be meaningful and productive. National Cancer Survivors Day [...]

by Keith Scott MD Over the past decade medical scientists have discovered that ordinary culinary herbs and spices contain a vast quantity of exceptionally important plant nutrients that can help to prevent and treat many of our most prevalent degenerative diseases. Here are ten convincing reasons why those of us who do not include spices [...]