Health Care: What You Need To Know
Inglewood Councilman Curren Price and State Assemblyman Jerome Horton joined forces in an effort to bring the community one step closer to controlling prostate cancer, diabetes and oral cancer.
Inglewood, CA (PRWEB) May 26, 2006
Inglewood Councilman Curren Price and State Assemblyman Jerome Horton joined forces in an effort to bring the community one step closer to controlling prostate cancer, diabetes and oral cancer.
Price and Horton sponsored a community forum, “Health Care: What You Need to Know,” that featured free diabetes screening, with immediate results, free prostate cancer testing and dental health advice.
Experts participating in the forum, held at Inglewood City Hall on May 19, 2006, included Dr. Renuka Boyapalli, specializing in diabetes; Dr. Marvin Marcus, a dental health specialist and T. H.E. Clinic, Inc. that offered the free prostate cancer testing.
Alarming statistics were given by the group. According to Dr. Boyapalli, 20.8 million children and adults in the United States have diabetes. The T. H.E. Clinic said prostate cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in African American men, and Dr. Marcus informed the crowd that oral cancer results in 8,000 deaths each year. The five-year survival rate for white patients is 56 percent and for African Americans it’s only 34 percent. They all agree there is much work to be done in health care, particularly in minority communities.
Councilman Price and Assemblyman Horton sponsor forums and/or town hall meetings on a regular basis dealing with issues that, as they say, directly affect their constituents. “We’re committed to doing everything we can to educate the community. Education leads to early detection, and that leads to saving lives,” said Councilman Price.
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