Kevin C. Heslin is an assistant professor at Charles Drew University and researcher. Recently he discovered that gay and bisexual black men are less likely to be tested for prostate cancer than any other men of any racial and ethnic groups...and that's regardless of their sexual orientation.
19,410 men participated by phone in the California Health Interview Survey. The research revealed that gay and bisexual black men who received the PSA test was 12% to 14% lower than heterosexual blacks and 15% to 28% lower than gay and bisexual whites.
"Gay and bisexual black men had the lowest use of the PSA test, compared with every other group of men in the study," Heslin said. "For blacks, being a member of both racial and sexual minority groups represents a kind of double jeopardy when it comes to getting PSA testing."
The findings are significant because black men are more likely to be diagnosed late with prostate cancer and, as a result, are more likely to die from the disease than any other racial or ethnic group.
This isn't good. We need to get on this, brothers (all races). We need to stick around a lot longer than expected.
2 comments:
Intersting stats. Overall health care for black people is much lower than that for white people.
I had the digital test at my last exam and passed with flying colors.
The key to prostate health, a regular release. Seriously, if you think about the role of the prostate it can't be good for it to have those fluids stored in there for extended periods of time.
So you now all have permission to toss out a load every few days. It's good for you.
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