Health Groups Offer Free Prostate Cancer Screenings
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From the West Alabama Newsroom– The death rate from prostate cancer among African-American men in Alabama is number one in the nation. But there’s an effort underway around the state to try and do something about it.
Urology Health Foundation is working with county health departments to make free prostate cancer screenings available to people in under-served, high-risk areas of the state.
The group has been working to raise public awareness about prostate cancer for nearly a decade.
“Our goal is to stop so many men from dying from prostate cancer,” said Dr. Thomas Moody.
“If prostate cancer is caught early, its almost always curable.”
Free Prostate Cancer Screenings will be available at these locations from 10am to 2 pm:
June 20, 2015 Dallas Co. Health Dept. 334-874-2550
July 14, 2015 Madison Co. Health Dept. 256-539-3711
July 23, 2015 Montgomery Co. Health Dept. 334-263-6994
Aug. 14, 2015 Monroe Co. Health Dept. 251-575-3109
Sept. 12, 2015 Perry Co. Health Dept. 334-683-6153
Oct. 17, 2015 Hale Co. Health Dept. 334-624-3018
Oct. 31, 2015 Wilcox Co. Health Dept. 334-682-4515
Nov. 14, 2015 Marengo Co. Health Dept. 334-295-4205
