Five Ways to Reduce Your Risk of Prostate Cancer – Bhekisisa

 

Prostate cancer accounts for nearly a quarter of all cancers in black men. Find out how to protect yourself and the ones you love.

Prostate cancer is the leading cancer among black men in the United States, Caribbean and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a 2013 study in the journal Prostate Cancer.

The prostate is a walnut-sized gland found between the pubic bone and the rectum. It forms part of the male reproductive system and produces semen that transports sperm out of the man’s body during ejaculation, according to the Prostate Cancer Foundation in South Africa.

In its early stages, the cancer can be asymptomatic, but as it progresses, prostate cancer can make urinating and ejaculating painful.

The condition can be particularly aggressive in black men, says the United States research organisation Mayo Clinic. Researchers have not established whether the reason for the high rate of the condition among black men is because of lifestyle, genes, or a combination of both, according to Melvyn Freeman, the health department’s head of noncommunicable diseases.

But you can help decrease your risk of developing the condition by following these five tips.

Please note that this is an original article from Bhekisisa written by INA SKOSANA

Countdown – 1 Year Till 2017 Global NCD Alliance Forum

The second Global NCD Alliance Forum, the most important event convening civil society organisations working on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) worldwide, will take place in one year, from 9 to 11 December 2017 in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (UAE). (link calendar event)

The Forum will be held under the patronage of Her Highness Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, Wife of the Ruler of Sharjah, and Founder and Patron of Friends of Cancer Patients (FoCP), and co-hosted by the NCD Alliance and FoCP.

It will bring together NCD civil society representatives from across the world, particularly national and regional NCD alliances, and will build links with multilateral organisations, international NGOs, government representatives and NCD experts.

The NCD Alliance is has a new video shown below to mark the one year countdown. (linked in image below), launched to mark the start of the 1-year countdown until the second Forum. In this video, some of the delegates attending the 2015 Global NCD Alliance Forum answered:
“What inspires you to be an NCD advocate?”.

The NCD Alliance is inviting you share the video through your channels and social media, and then tell them via social media: “What inspires YOU to be an NCD advocate?Click here to finish this sentence on Twitter: I am an #NCDAdvocate because: …

Please show your support for this years initiative and get the conversation started on Twitter and Facebook