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SEPTEMBER 1, 2023
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How well do you know your prostate?
Every man is born with a prostate, a small but important gland just below the bladder. As men get older, especially north of 40 years, the prostate may start to act up. In some men the prostate, if undetected during annual checks by a doctor or urologist, can lead to cancer. Data from the American Cancer Society concludes that 1 in every 8 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime. However, for Black/African American men, 1 in every 6 will be diagnosed, and they are twice more likely to die from the disease. Clearly it is important to know the status of your prostate. The Augusta Chapter of the Zero Us Too Support Group is a group of men who are recently diagnosed, impacted by, or survivors of prostate cancer. The local chapter is part of the national ZERO Prostate Cancer nonprofit whose mission is to end prostate cancer and help all those who are impacted. Its website is htps://zerocancer.org/. The Augusta chapter meets for one hour at 6pm on the third Tuesday of each month in the Georgia Cancer Center Outpatient Services Unit, 1411 Laney Walker Blvd. in Augusta. The support group provides a place for men to gather together to share knowledge, encouragement, and emotional comfort on their prostate cancer journey. Men, their spouses, partners, or friends are always welcome. September is National prostate cancer awareness month, and the presence of a prostate cancer support group is a unique resource for all men in the CSRA: there is no other similar group within one hundred miles of Augusta. In addition to providing camaraderie and support, men can obtain first-hand information about the different treatments (radical Please see MEN page 3
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TRITIOUS NEWS
ugust is (or was) National Breastfeeding Month. Although this issue is officially dated September 1, let the record show that it is still August as this article is being written. And even if it wasn’t, this is a topic that is appropriate 12 months a year. Of course, just about everyone knows that breastfeeding is salubrious for mother and child alike. Even so, we chose the headline above because of new data released by the CDC within the past week. It turns out that most people are unaware of how tremendously beneficial breastfeeding is. And yes, we did say tremendously. It’s a no brainer for a growing family to take advantage of a highly nutritious food source that is completely free of charge and that is on-board with mom at all times. Beyond those important factors of cost and convenience, most people (the CDC study found) were unaware that breastfed babies have a significantly lower risk of later going on to develop asthma, type 1 diabetes, and obesity. Those benefits are on top of the well-known bonuses of better health, growth, and development for breastfed babies. In addition, very few people surveyed knew that breastfeeding protects the mother against breast cancer (fewer than 24% knew); high blood pressure (only about 15% knew), and type 2 diabetes (as with hypertention prevention, some 85% did not know). Given that diabetes, hypertention and heart disease, cancer, and obesity are all leading causes of illness and death among US women, researchers hope that greater awareness of the benefits of breastfeeding will lead to more mothers choosing to breastfeed, as well as greater support in the workplace, more public policy and legal protections, and greatly enhanced acceptance of breastfeeding among people in general. In other words, everyone. +
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