By APRI CALDWELL
Doctors, nurses, and people
with no m dical experience
volunteer their time at I t
once a month to provide free
health care for those who need
it. Righ now, HOW has a staff
»rso.
Detroit
HOW will go on ite Nov.
1-2 for 11 peopl and ov. 5
for children only. However
Austin did not want to r v i
the location for f ar of too
many people visiting without
an appointment.
For an appointment call
(313) 866-2740 from 10 a.m.-l
p.m. anytime during the week.
By CAROLYN ARMSTRONG
S eclal to the Michigan Citizen
DETROIT - The Michigan
Cancer foundation pon or d
the first mini ummit on breast
can r, I centlv at the Mu eum
of t h Africa� Am rican His­
tory.
a t can r is on of the
leading cau. es of deaths in
women, ond to lung cancer.
Th deaths could b reduced
significantly· if all women had
regular mammograms and ap­
propriate medi I follow-up of
any abnormalities.
Breas cane r i higher in
whit women, but the mortality
rat i higher in Black women.
Dr. Harold reeman, Direc­
tor of urgery at Harl m Ho pi­
tal in New York said. a study
indicates that high breast can­
cer r tes among BI ck Ameri­
can are largely due to the
number of Blacks a low ocio­
economic Ie I.
The main risk for brea t can­
cer is einga women and getting
older, but t h i a higher mor­
tality rate of bi a can r in
poor and low income.
DR. FREE D pov-
erty is as ociat d with low edu-
cat 1 nal level ub t nd rd liv­
ing condition ", inad quate 0-
cia} . u pp o r t network,
unemployment, poor nutrition,
rio k promoting lif tyl nd di-
. mi nish d a to h al h care,
which is manif t d low qual­
ity' nd ins d quat c ntinuityof
health car ,a w 11 8!; insuffi­
ci .nt .' � to m th d. of di -
ea d t ion, diagno. i s, and
Mr &Mrs Brent A. Brown
Proprietors
J{igfi[an
ParR_;9I.moco.
12551 Woodward
at Glendale
Highland Park,MI
48203
(313). 9-5130
ax (313)869-3332
Cjrand Lodge
ma
o Gr nd Riv r
tr "MI 8201
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provid i
mainly in local church in th
tro troit h St.
Steven A. .E. nd th
G ter Christ church. It oeca-
ionally vi i hom I h 1-
te .
In ddition, HOW to a
n ite every w , through-'
ou th M ro troit
" e go to pla that
air dy trust," Au tin
"Health on Wh Is provid
very needed service," aid
Mike Thomas, member erv-
ic m nagar of th W yn
County Medical Society.
HOW provid service more
conveniently for people be­
cause it goes where they are
Thomas said. '
HOW was originally han­
dled through the Wayne
County Medical Society and
was located within the build-
r a
treatment to rshabilita ion. '
Black women belonging to a
cultur who members do not
smoke, do not drink alcoholic
b verages and ha a low fat
fiber diet will have diminished
risk factors compared with
t hose in a culture whose mem­
b I smoke and drink h avily
d ns . 8 -fi-
ber diet.
Vemice Davis Anthony, Di­
r. or of the Michigan Depart­
n.ent of Public Health said more
than 1,600 Michigan women die
every year from breast cancer.
Nearly half of the deaths could
can be pi vented through yearly
scre nings a nd appropriate
medical follow-up.
In July 1991, the Michigan
Department of Public Health re­
ceived a five-year, $3 million-
p r-year grant from the U.S.
Center for Disease Control un­
der the new federal Title XV
law. Money will-be used to im­
plement a women's cancer con­
trol program. Local health
departments will be able to give
low-income women acc s to
lifesaving breast cancer screen- .
ing services and follow-up care.
Through t his new local public
he lth program, women age 40
and older can r eeiv : Clinical
bi a exams, pap sm ar ,pel­
vic exams, scr ning mammo­
grams and appropriate r ferrals
to ommuni y provide for fol­
low-up of abnormaliti , if nec-
ssary
A
woman' m dical n d and her
financial nd i uranc tatus,
TIt le XV fund al 0 may pro­
vid : Di gno tic mamm grams;
colposcopy s rvice and
c r
colposcopy-directed biopsy serv-
ices. '
Th Titl XV-funded pro­
gram is targeted-especially to
low-in me women aged 40 and
older. Federal funds are avail­
able to local health departments
to provid scr ni ng services at
no cost to uninsured women
whos i 1 t or below
th f de pov rty I vel, co ts
are reduced for uninsured
women whos income range up
to 250 percent of the federal pov­
erty I vel.
Women with insurance also
can be served by this program,
and their insurer will be billed
for services provided. If their in-
urance does not oover one or
more of the services, they may
be eligible for free or reduced­
cost servi _, depending upon
their income.
As of March 1994-, 25 local
health departments serving 50
Michigan counties and the city
of Detroi t re offering th
services.
For information about the lo­
cation of participating local
health departments, pI as call
the Michigan Health Promotion
Clearinghouse Hotline 1-800-
922-MAMM (6266).
City Council to bold
Nov. 15 meeting
me ting is op n to t h
public
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DETROIT HS SPORTS
c nt
28 point g
Murr y-W
pa Ket e
By ROBERT DAVIS
Specl., to the chli.n Citizen
Murr y Wright' Ebony
icki on h d on goal in mind,
tha was to t Kettering and
go on th final . From th open­
ing tip off of th game, Murray
Wright jumped out on to n 8-0
lead ov r Kettering. With all 8
poin coming from Senior Eb­
ony Di . on.
K .ttering started going down
low to their ophomore forward,
ly kins. Th Pio
b ttl d back to make thi a good
gam ,but Murray Wright' Eb­
ony Dickinson's leader hip and
skills ov rpow red Ketering,
"W play a good game and
hopefully we can continue to
pl y thi styl of game into th
championship game," Don Sut­
t n, istan coach of Murray
Wright, comm nted.
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