HEALTH SALUTE Twenty-four pages of coverage about the St. Louis American Foundation’s 2013 Salute to Excellence in Health Care honorees.
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Vol. 84 No. 4
CAC Audited APRIL 25 – MAY 1, 2013
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Annie Malone turns 125 Former orphanage now provides ‘crisis care services’ By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American
On Tuesday Jamika Clemons, a crisis counselor at Annie Malone Children and Family Service Center, helped two students with homework at the agency’s Emerson Academy, 5355 Page Blvd.
It’s been 125 years since a group of AfricanAmerican women saw the need for an orphanage for black children in the St. Louis area. Now the Annie Malone Children and Family – Annie Malone CEO Service Center continues Darryl L. Wise to re-align its services to meet modern-day needs. This spring and summer, the agency will host several events to celebrate its
“Our main goal is to try to prevent abuse and neglect and impact youth homelessness.”
On being the city’s first black mayor ‘In only four years, we did more good than most’
See MALONE, A6 By Freeman Bosley Jr. For The St. Louis American
Photo by Wiley Price
April 20 marked the 20th anniversary of the inauguration of St. Louis’ first black mayor. We asked former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr. to tell his story in his words. This is part two. I just didn’t wake up one morning and decide that I wanted to run for mayor. It Former Mayor required planning and preparaFreeman tion. It also required a lot of Bosley Jr. money. The field of candidates was crowded. Tony Ribaudo wanted it. Tom Villa, president of the Board of Alderman, wanted it. Steve Roberts, former alderman and businessman, threw his hat in the ring also. I began to go around the community to meet
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Photo by Wiley Price
Kids count Clay Elementary School kindergarten students Devyon Hill-Lomax, Jalen McGhee, Krissandra Riggins and Byron Tate spent a rainy Tuesday afternoon learning how to count under the guidance of teacher Amy Johnson.
approximately 238,500 diagnosed in 2013. It is the second leading cause of cancer death in men, preceded only by lung cancer with 29,700 deaths in 2010. One in six men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer and one in 36 will die of it. African-American men have the highest incidence of prostate cancer and the highest Lannis Hall, mortality rate of any MD MPH ethnic group. One in
By Dr. Lannis Hall For the St. Louis American Controversy and confusion regarding screening for prostate cancer have accelerated since the latest proposal from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force was issued, recommending that healthy men, high-risk individuals (including African Americans and men with a family history) not receive PSA screening for
prostate cancer. The task force concluded that there was little evidence establishing that PSA screening reduced mortality and that there are quality of life issues associated with treatment. Prostate cancer is the most common non-skin malignancy diagnosed in men yearly, with
Niagara Foundation honors ‘international dialogue and peace heroes’ By Chris King Of The St. Louis American
Prostate cancer controversy To screen for PSA – or not to screen?
Awards event pushes immigration
Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA) screening has been in routine use since the late 1980s and is responsible for the increased diagnosis and treatment of prostate cancer. PSA is an enzyme secreted by benign and
Last Thursday, the Niagara Foundation celebrated what Executive Director Ali Durhan called “international dialogue and peace “Immigration is key to our growth in heroes,” but it was than a feel-good terms of population more awards event. It was and prosperity.” also a spirited affirmation of the positive – County Executive role that immigrants Charlie A. Dooley play in the St. Louis region and a statement by regional leaders that St. Louis needs more immigrant vigor to succeed. The St. Louis region has approximately 126,500
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five African American men will be diagnosed and one out of 20 will die from the disease. PSA screening