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Here, we provide you with information for you and your love ones to become familiar with. 

If you have any questions or concerns regarding screenings you should always check with your health care provider. 

We will keep updating this as we move forward.  If there is a particular screening you feel we should list, please send us your comments. 

1.Breast Care

2 Colorectal

3 Prostate

4 Cervical

SCREENING PROCEDURES 

1

Screening Guidelines for the Early Detection of
Breast Cancer, American Cancer Society

• Yearly mammograms are recommended starting at age 40.
• A clinical breast exam should be part of a periodic health exam, about every three years for women in their 20s and 30s, and every year for women 40 and older.
• Women should know how their breasts normally feel and report any breast changes promptly to their health care providers.  Breast self-exam is an option for women starting in their 20s.
• Women at increased risk (e.g., family history, genetic tendency, past breast cancer) should talk with their doctors about the benefits and limitations of starting mammography screening earlier, having additional tests (i.e., breast ultrasound and MRI), or having more frequent exams.    

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2

Screening Guidelines for the Early Detection of
Colorectal Cancer, American Cancer Society

Beginning at age 50, men and women should follow one of the following examination schedules:

• A fecal occult blood test (FOBT) every year
• A flexible sigmoidoscopy (FSIG) every five years
• Annual fecal occult blood test and flexible sigmoidoscopy every five years*
• A double-contrast barium enema every five years
• A colonoscopy every ten years

*Combined testing is preferred over either annual FOBT or FSIG every 5 years alone.

People who are at moderate or high risk for colorectal cancer should talk with a doctor about a different testing schedule

3

Screening Guidelines for the Early Detection of
Prostate Cancer, American Cancer Society

The prostate-specific antigen (PSA) test and the digital rectal examination (DRE) should be offered annually, beginning at age 50, to men who have a life expectancy of at least 10 years.

Men at high risk (African-American men and men with a strong family history of one or more first-degree relatives diagnosed with prostate cancer at an early age) should begin testing at age 45.

4

Screening Guidelines for the Early Detection of
Cervical Cancer, American Cancer Society

• Screening should begin approximately three years after a women begins having vaginal intercourse, but no later than 21 years of age.
• Screening should be done every year with regular Pap tests or every two years using liquid-based tests.
• At or after age 30, women who have had three normal test results in a row may get screened every 2-3 years. However, doctors may suggest a woman get screened more frequently if she has certain risk factors, such as HIV infection or a weakened immune system.
• Women 70 and older who have had three or more consecutive Pap tests in the last ten years may choose to stop cervical cancer screening.
• Screening after a total hysterectomy (with removal of the cervix) is not necessary unless the surgery was done as a treatment for cervical cancer

This information is provided by American Cancer Society, CDC & Lance Armstrong Foundation

Please check as we are always updating these guidelines  

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FOCUS STUDIES:

 Why many Black Americans & People of Color in general don't get the proper health care?  

The numbers show: 

Please tell us why you feel People of Color are less likely to seek out medical treatment?  

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 A. 

Trust. don't trust the medical          association - Unfair Treatment)

 B. 

Lack of Insurance

 C.

No Transportation

 D.

No Access to health care facilities

E.

Don't know what's available

F.

Don't Care 

 G.

Other - something else 

 H.

All the above or some or several of the above. 

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EVERYONE'S HEART IS RED

KNOW YOUR HEART - LOVE YOUR HEART

   THE WARNING SIGNS:

WHEN YOUR NOT SURE - CALL 911 

HEART ATTACK: 

* SHORTNESS OF BREATH:  With or without discomfort shortness of breath can occur.

*UPPER BODY DISCOMFORT:  Which can include the back, neck, jaws, stomach and discomfort in one or both arms.

*CHEST DISCOMFORT: Most Heart Attacks involve discomfort in the center of the chest that lasts more than a few minutes.  It comes and goes, back and forth.  It can also be uncomfortable pressure, squeezing, fullness or pain. 

*OTHER SIGNS MAY ENTAIL GOING INTO A COLD SWEAT, NAUSEA  and LIGHTHEADEDNESS.

STROKES:

Your face, legs, arm and one side of the body can become numb or weak

Trouble speaking, confusion and understanding 

Trouble viewing or seeing in both eyes

Sudden dizziness, walking, loss of balance or coordination

Sudden severe headache for no reason

CARDIAC ARREST:

Non Responsiveness Suddenly ( Will not respond to tapping on shoulders)

Trouble breathing (The person cannot take a breath normal when you tilt the head up and check for at least five seconds)