Atlanta Hawks Launch Third Annual ‘Black History Month Assist Challenge’ To Support the Prostate Cancer Foundation
During Tuesday’s game, presented by Emory HEalthcare, the Atlanta Hawks announced the launch of the third annual Black History Month Assist Challenge. The announcement featured Hawks Vice Chairman of the Board and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Grant Hill and Bradley Carthon, MD, PhD of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, and detailed the importance of bringing greater awareness to prostate cancer through a video called Uncomfortable Questions.
One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, and African American men are 76 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer than a Caucasian man.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation, The Atlanta Hawks, And Other NBA Teams Join Forces For The Third Annual PCF Black History Month Assist Challenge
The Partnership with Teams Provides a Unique Opportunity to Save Men s Lives with Education and Awareness
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LOS ANGELES, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) has once again drafted teams from the NBA to help fight prostate cancer with the Third Annual PCF Black History Month Assist Challenge in February. Teams participating during the month-long fundraiser and awareness campaign include the Atlanta Hawks, Chicago Bulls, and Phoenix Suns. For every assist registered at games throughout February, the Hawks Foundation will donate $250 and the Chicago Bulls Charities will donate 50/50 raffle earnings over a two-week period to PCF to help advance prostate cancer research.
ATLANTA – During Tuesday night’s Hawks game presented by Emory Healthcare, the Hawks announced the official launch of the third annual Black History Month Assist Challenge. The announcement, featuring Hawks Vice Chairman of the Board and Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Famer Grant Hill and Bradley Carthon, MD, PhD of Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, discussed the importance of bringing greater awareness to prostate cancer through a video called
Uncomfortable Questions. One in eight men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in his lifetime, and African American men are 76 percent more likely to develop prostate cancer than a Caucasian man.
The Prostate Cancer Foundation And Kristen Bell Honor Caregivers With Fourth Annual True Love Contest
The award-winning actress will honor winners with a special curated gift package
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st, the Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) will launch its Fourth Annual
TRUE Love contest to honor family and caregivers for their diligent work in caring for their loved ones or patients living with prostate cancer. The comfort and care that dedicated caregivers provide is inspiring and truly heroic, especially this past year throughout the pandemic.
TRUE recognizes the committed compassion caregivers exemplify, and pays tribute to the unsung heroes who are often the lifeline of prostate cancer patients – whether they are spouses, partners, nurses, doctors, siblings, children or friends. The Prostate Cancer Foundation will be accepting
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PHILADELPHIA - Our biological or circadian clock synchronizes all our bodily processes to the natural rhythms of light and dark. It s no wonder then that disrupting the clock can wreak havoc on our body. In fact, studies have shown that when circadian rhythms are disturbed through sleep deprivation, jet lag, or shift work, there is an increased incidence of some cancers including prostate cancer, which is the second leading cause of cancer death for men in the U.S. With an urgent need to develop novel therapeutic targets for prostate cancer, researchers at the Sidney Kimmel Cancer - Jefferson Health (SKCC) explored the circadian clock and found an unexpected role for the clock gene CRY-1 in cancer progression. The study was published on January 15th in