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Have you ever heard the phrase, ‘No man is an island’? Its impossible for any of us to do it ALL on our own, which is why I want to ask you a few things.
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Are you ready for 2010?
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What do you want to see on BBWO in 2010?
I love BBWO, it’s my 2nd baby (lol), but like Tina says, ‘What’s love got to do with it!’ Seriously, if the network isn’t what it should be, a resourceful space for women entrepreneurs, I want to know. What do you think BBWO is missing? What do you want to see in 2010? I’ll be the first one to say we need more quality, business content, but I can’t write it alone. I’d like to put together a team of article contributors, and in return you would get free advertising on the network. You can send me a message [BBWO Admin] with your thoughts. Contributors will be required to post at least 2 articles per week. If you want to be a contributor, send me a link to an article you have posted to the BBWO forum and/or your BBWO blog. Please don’t try to pass off promo posts for articles. I’m looking for quality business, finance, and marketing content.
by Jeffrey Brown, MD
Breast cancer in African American women is something we can't afford to stop talking about. In 2009, an estimated 40,170 women will die from breast cancer. Nearly 6,000 will be African-American women. You do the math. African American women make-up roughly about 7% of the U.S. population but account for 15% of the deaths from breast cancer every year.
It's been estimated that African American women ages 35 to 44 have a death rate from breast cancer twice that of white women the same age. The chart below shows how many deaths are caused by breast cancer per 100,000 by race and age.
Notes
*Includes Alaska Native; **includes Pacific Islander
Source: Office Of Minority Health Resource Center
Credit: Alyson Hurt
Black women in their twenties to fifties are twice as likely to die of breast cancer as white women who have breast cancer. About 33% of African-American women who get breast cancer are younger than 50 years old.
Part of the reason for this difference may be due to that fact that studies have estimated that 20 to 30 percent of breast cancers in African-American women are triple-negative breast cancers. Triple-negative breast cancers lack estrogen, progesterone, and HER-2 receptors. Typically these receptors are found on breast cancer cells and are used by drugs/ chemo to target and kill the cancer cells. Obviously if cancer cells don't have these receptors they won't respond to many available drug treatments known to block the cancer's growth. Genetics are likely behind this difference, but no one knows for sure.
Additionally, some studies suggest African American women don't get screened for breast cancer as early and as often as white women, and aren't being referred to specialists in a timely fashion. Some studies also suggest that the difference in death rates may be due to black women in America experiencing more stress than whites, but this factor has yet to be fully explored.
Taking all these factors into account and in lieu of the Task Force's recent new recommendation of not starting screening mammograms until age 50, one could easily conclude that a lot of African American women are being missed as it relates to early diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer. This also suggest that there should be consideration made for creating separate guidelines for African-American women other than the task force's recommendation of starting at age 50.
As a physician, I'm still recommending that black women, and all other women for that matter, continue getting screening mammograms starting at age 40, or even sooner in African American women who may be at higher risk. The key message here is that you must take charge of your own health. Don't expect or wait for someone else to do it for you. It may be too late if you do.
You can click on this link to download an excerpt from my new book Health Power 101: the Complete Guide to Patient Empowerment to learn more about keeping track of your mammograms and other important health screening tests.
Live long and live well,
Dr. Jeff Brown
You Can Read Other Informative Blogs Like this One at www.jeffreybrownmd.com/blog.php
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2009 isn’t quite over yet, but I think you will agree with me when I say it’s been a “Hell of a Year!” Seriously, figuring out how to maintain a small business in this economy was no easy task. But when you have mouths to feed and bills to pay, you had to keep going especially when the going got tough!
In 2008 I created an Annual Action Plan for entrepreneurs, which you might have read if your purchased my Plan to Profit eBook, a Blueprint to Online Business Success. Sticking to that Action Plan and my Plan to Profit System helped me not only Recession Proof my business, but make MORE MONEY this year. I’ll tell you how I increased my income if you keep reading, then go grab a FREE copy of my guide, ‘Create Your own 2010 Action Plan’.
I won’t lie to you, my sales dropped in the beginning of 2009. People were panicking, everybody wanted my marketing and web business know-how, but most had no money to spend! I had a few panic attacks (which is normal), but then I pulled myself out of bed and re-read my Plan to Profit system. Yes I read my stuff too! I like to think of myself as my first student ... and a very good one at that (lol). Anyway, at some point, we all have to remind ourselves, what we are working for AND how to get the job done. I did what I tell you to do all the time. I stopped feeling frustrated and got focused on:
- Adjusting My Pricing and Payment Packages to Meet the Needs of My Customers in this New Economy
- Building My Email List to Maximize sales through No Cost Marketing Strategies
- Expanding My Inventory by Selling New Things to Old Customers and Getting a New Audience all together
- Tapping into ‘Easy Money Online’, in other words, money from people who want to pay me to promote their stuff via affiliate marketing, advertising, and Adsense
- Periodically Promoting Special, Deep Discount Offers to Spike my revenue when sales got slow
- Grab Your Free Copy of My Guide ‘Create Your 2010 Action Guide’ It’s 5 pages, you can do this in less than an hour!
- Did you grab one of the BONUS eBook Bundles that I am offering, which include my 15+ Marketing eBooks? 2009 is quickly coming to an end and I want to make sure you grab all my Marketing eBooks. There are less than 500 of these bundles left. Don't miss out. Grab Yours Now.
- Watch My Video Tutorial ‘The Easiest Way to Boost Your Income in 2010’ As I mentioned above, there are people right now itching to give you money online. Don’t you want to know how they are?
- Join my Affiliate Program. I am one of those people interested in paying you! Promote my marketing eBooks and courses as an easy way to generate extra income online.
- Don't give up! If I can thrive in a slow economy, I know you can too!
