Breast Cancer Disparity is Real! - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

Breast Cancer Disparity is Real! - Ivanhoe Broadcast News, Inc.

From Football Star to Alzheimer's Advocate: Michael Clayton Speaks Michael Clayton remembers vividly winning Super Bowl XLVI with the Giants, but his family and personal health history have him worrying there might soon be a day that he forgets Continue »

Breast Cancer Disparities are Real! Breast cancer afflicts more than 300,000 people each year and is the most common cancer for Black women. However, here is a disproportionate rate of survival with Black women being 42 percent more likely to die from the cancer than white women Continue »

COVID: Hitting Black Americans Hard COVID-19 has been claiming lives, and it has been affecting a disproportionate number of Black Americans. Experts say short-term and long-term solutions need to be discussed to address the racial disparities in healthcare and now, in the pandemic response Continue »

Inspired By Covid-19: Kids Stepping Up Thousands of American kids are stepping up during the pandemic. These three started small but are making a big impact Continue »

Parrot Rescue: Saving Our Fine Feathered Friends Birds are the fourth most kept American pet. With the economy, death, and plain ignorance, bird rescues are bursting at the seams. One woman shares what to know before adopting a feathered friend Continue »

Stepping Up, Changing Lives!

 

• Living After Death: The Power of Many
• Grandparents Babysitting During COVID-19
• Women of Color Take the Lead
   

Smart Living for this week:

• Romancing Grandma: Scammers Catfishing Seniors
• Nursing Homes: Protect Your Parents
• Cancel This - Save That: Quick Financial Moves to Save You Money
• COVID-19 and the “Gap” Year

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Doctor's In-depth Interview of the week
 

DBS, Not Meds for Parkinson’s​ 
Sameer Sheth, MD, Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Baylor College of Medicine

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Quote of the week:

“To know when to go away and when to come closer is the key to any lasting relationship.” 

— Doménico Cieri Estrada


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