On Sunday, September 18, BLKHLTH and TRAP Medicine hosted “The Link Up,” a health, wellness, and culture fest at Regency West in Leimert Park. The event was from 1-6pm and featured vendors, health screenings, free Cottonelle and BLKHLTH GoodDownThere at-home colorectal cancer screening kits, and more.
Academy Award winner Jamie Foxx has joined Stand Up To Cancer for a public service campaign launched today to raise awareness about colorectal cancer screenings, early detection and prevention, with a focus on reaching underrepresented communities.
African Americans are disproportionately impacted with a 20 percent greater rate than whites and an even greater degree of mortality
African Americans have the highest rates of colon cancer and are diagnosed at younger ages
A terrible health threat is attacking African Americans. The menace is colorectal cancer, a disease that kills Blacks more than any other ethnic group in the country. In fact, the American Cancer Society estimates that 17,240 new cancer cases will be diagnosed among Blacks in 2016.