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
Lung Cancer
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
Lung Cancer
Definition Cancer that forms in tissues of the lung, usually in the cells lining air passages. In 2007, African American men were 1.3 times ... Read More
Lung Cancer: Greater Awareness Needed
November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month, joining more than 200 other health awareness days that range from breast cancer and heart disease ... Read More
Lung and Bronchus
Cancer of the lung and bronchus (hereafter, lung cancer) is the second most common cancer among both men and women and is the ... Read More
Heavy Industry Linked To Lung Cancer Risk In Women
Women who have lived near heavy industry for a long time appear to have an increased risk of lung cancer, according to results of a ... Read More