Tag: cancer screening
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Ciara urges Black women to get regular Pap smear tests after cancer scare
Ciara urged Black women to get regular cervical cancer screenings as she notes that we are "twice as likely to die"
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Mary J. Blige urges Black women to take breast cancer screenings more seriously
Mary J. Blige is leading a new breast cancer campaign aimed at Black women after confessing she ignored breast cancer screenings and mammograms
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Why More Lesbians Are Diagnosed with Breast Cancer Than Other Women
Researchers say more lesbians and bisexual women are diagnosed with breast cancer than heterosexual women. According to the National LGBT Cancer Network, lesbians, bisexuals...
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Medical Minute: Gloria Vanderbilt Had Advanced Stomach Cancer
Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress and designer jeans queen, died Monday after a long battle with stomach cancer. She was 95.
Stomach cancer is one of the...
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New Breast Cancer Screening Guidelines Issued for Black Women
New breast cancer screening guidelines have been issued for Black women and women of color who are at high-risk for breast cancer. Statistics show...
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Swizz Beatz Urges Men to Get a Colonoscopy to Test for Cancer
American rap producer Swizz Beatz is urging men to get a colonoscopy to check for cancerous polyps in the colon. The 39-year-old father of...