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k L FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18,2000 : Prostate:

By RONNETTA S. SLAUGHTER Staff Writer Prostate cancer disproportion- fore'.* ately affects more Black men than white men. This disease silently was spreads throughout the body, often ancy without symptoms. Researchers medteHll recognize that diet and late diagnosis may account for vast discrepan- pia; cies among Blacks and other racial pain groups. Incidentally, Asian men tests have the lowest incidence rate. prostate The prostate gland is a part of the male reproductive system. This walnut sized gland surrounds the urethra, and assists with helping sperm to mature and fertilize fe-

male eggs.

Dr. Andrew Moore, a local

urologist, acknowledges how pros- form til tate cancer slowly progresses over kno 1 a period of time, and spreads to sur|

other parts of the body if left unde- thi

tected. Most men fear impotence from and incontinence resulting from the “I disease and treatment options such prostate' as surgery and radiation. A pros- would

tate-specific antigen (PSA) uses a exi blood test to measure potential pros-

tate abnormalities. PSA numbers death

above normal may denote early signs of prostate cancer. I As the prostate enlarges, says di

Dr. Moore, men may experience As an urgency to urinate along with the pelvic pressure. He insists that prepared Black men may have a SO percent cer,

higher occurrence rate than white men. These rates should point to an increased level of caution and con-

cern by African-American men, men’s hteftlL added Dr. Moore. ' ‘ _

“I was exhausted with the prob- age thefeh te Milt dteteat plliysical reached at (317) 923-4542. Fdfi ability that I was facing,” said exams. Hants acknowledges that more information about DamdH Damon Harris, age SO, who was he noticed SyoMoae of;prostate Harris’ Web site, log on to http:// 1 diagnosed with prostate cancer in i mi 11 aHhiVn alllQi.Tail i OlHln www.damonharris.com. '‘*' i

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Can DNA research trace Afrlean Americans* ancestral lineage? WASHINGTON (NNPA) — such reseanch may be atMlte way. nounced the start of offering DNA According to published reports. In BpateteSIrAA some 300 analysis. ^ some researchers have begun di- AfricS^teMctek fteteflte will And in Manhattan, the Afric^

Damon Harris

ued to ignore the pain. '-m According to the American CafP cer Society, more than 31,900 med will die from prostate cancer tftid year alone, out of approximately 180,400 cases. African-AmeriCtef men’s incidence and mortality rates are 3S to SO percent higher thtt? !,he white males, according to the Na-> tional Prostate Cancer Coalition/ 7 Black men must recognize symptoms such as urinary hesl^ tancy, pain with urination or ejatttJ lation, and lower back or reettf pain. These complications may suit in serious health conditions! including death. , fJ The discrepancies among Bladd can- men and other racial groups can nd longer be ignored. Medical exante and treatment are mandatory, net an optional for survival, research sngJ gests. ’-'I

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reeling DNA research technology participate toward investigating the genetic samples lineage many African Americana family

lost through the institution of sla-

very. The NNPA has learned that ingtoa,*

A Burial Ground project has b^er} bf assembling a database of,tite D^tA t « t of African Americans buried lode

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