It's time for your annual check up - but this time, will you make the most of it? Do you know the key questions every woman should ask her doctor? And if you ask the question, will you understand the answer?
Physicians for Peace bills itself as an international humanitarian non-profit medical education organization. Dr. Margie Corney worked with Physicians For Peace in the country of Nigeria.
Dr. Margie Corney will be speaking about dispelling myths about African-American women and breast cancer at the Circle Of Promise Meet And Greet in Norfolk, V.A. on 09/10/2011. P.A. Stepfani Benz is raising $2,300.00 by racing in The Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure on 09/23/2011.
Type 2 diabetes is a disease that affects millions of people and their families -- especially African Americans who are at an even higher risk for this serious chronic condition. An estimated 3.7 million or 14.7 percent of all non-Hispanic blacks age 20 and older have diabetes. While diabetes is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, high blood pressure, and kidney disease and can cause blindness and amputation of feet and legs, there is hope.
Dr. Bayne Selby, an interventional radiologist, discusses a procedure called uterine artery embolization for fibroids, which are benign tumors of the uterus. He explains what the procedure involves and notes success rates. Dr. Selby describes how imaging is used to guide catheters through blood vessels. He concludes this radiology podcast with a discussion of recovery from uterine artery embolization.