Did you know that Blacks are 50% more likely to die from lung cancer than other groups? Lung cancer is a type of cancer that begins in ... Read More
Lung Cancer
5 Easy Tips For Healthier Lungs
You breathe without thinking, so it’s easy to take your lungs for granted. You depend on your lungs, but do you know how to care for them? ... Read More
Hookah: Healthy Or Hazardous?
Ever seen a hookah bar? Chances are you've seen one, as they are popping up in all major cities as the "safe" thing to do instead of smoke. ... Read More
The Deadly Disease Black Men Aren’t Talking Enough About
An estimated 5 percent of the world's population has COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) and in the U.S., COPD is the third leading ... Read More
The Benefits Of…Cancer?
Everyday, we talk to people who are newly diagnosed with cancer…. To them, their worlds have just been turned upside down. They listen in ... Read More
Cancer Screenings: Is Your Doctor Telling You The Benefits AND Risks?
KEY POINTS Only 27 percent of women screened for breast cancer, 38 percent of men and women being screened for colorectal cancer and 34 ... Read More
Top 5 Things To Know About Cancer Survivors
CHICAGO (AP) — It's National Cancer Survivors Day, and chances are good that you know at least one of them. LIKE BlackDoctor.org on ... Read More
CVS To Stop Selling Cigarettes
CVS Caremark Corp., which is shifting into a more substantial role a health care provider, said it will phase out tobacco products by Oct. 1 ... Read More
Why Anger May Be Hard On Your Lungs
In an eight-year American study of 670 men aged 45 to 86, researchers found that longstanding anger and hostility sped up age-related lung ... Read More
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
Legendary actor Sherman Hemsley died from a lung cancer complication called superior vena cava syndrome (SVCS). But what is ... Read More
Sherman Hemsley & Lung Cancer: How Blacks Can Lower Their Risks
Sherman Hemsley, the 74-year-old actor best known for his role as George Jefferson, died in 2012 because of a complication of lung cancer, ... Read More
The Top 3 Causes Of Cancer
According to Otis Brawley, M.D., the Chief Medical Officer at the American Cancer Society, two-thirds of cancer cases in the U.S. develop ... Read More