Posts tagged risk reduction

The SCREENING Issue

Have you ever wondered about cancer screening? Should you be getting some sort of cancer screening?

Short answer: YES

If you are a human being, regardless of how well and healthy you believe you are living your life, you are still at risk for cancer. As doomsday as it sounds, truly, no one is 100% immune to the risk of cancer. Cancer screening is not simply a health issue, it’s a lifestyle issue that should be ingrained into our quest to live better.

LifestyleOnyema OkoloJuly 13, 2020cancer screening, heath disparity, race, risk reduction, CancerRisk, CancerComment

Skin Cancer: The Melanin Report

Many people are aware about the need to reduce risk of sunburn and skin cancer by utilizing sunscreen, but there is an imbalance between sunscreen use in darker skinned people and fair skinned peopled. This data is concerning especially because skin cancer affects everybody… Did you know that African Americans and Asian Americans with melanoma have a greater tendency than Caucasians to initially present with advanced disease at the time of diagnosis?

Health, Most PopularOnyema OkoloMay 6, 2020skin cancer, melanoma, squamous cell, melanin, dark skin, sunscreen, risk reductionComment