Owner of Bluechild Entertainment as well as founder and president of Women of Color Filmmakers, Landi Maduro is the producer of The Silent Killer: Prostate Cancer in the African American Community, a documentary made in 2017. In this second [...]
The latest MPCC podcast features John Colbert, Creative Director of Colbert Studios and son of MPCC founder Jack Colbert. John joined the MPCC board in November, and he is bringing his expertise to the organization as plans are underway [...]
Listen to the latest MPCC podcast, brought to you in part by Blue Earth Diagnostics, as Mark Franklin, prostate cancer survivor, Alain Chaglassian, MD, MPH, Blue Earth Diagnostics, and Adam Kibel, MD, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and MPCC Medical [...]
Ep. 29 – Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community: Part 3
The third podcast in the “Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community” series features Landi Maduro, a film maker in California. Her film The Silent Killer: Prostate Cancer in the African American Community explores [...]
Ep. 28 – Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community: Part 2
The second podcast in “Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community” features Mark Kennedy from the Boston Public Health Commission and Dr. J. Jacques Carter from Beth Israel Lahey and a member of the [...]
Ep. 27 – Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community: Part 1
The first in a three-part series on “Disparities, Awareness, and Access to Health Care in the African American Community” features Archie Emmanuel Jr., Lamont Scott, and Brother Al Hubert from MOCHA (Men of Color Health Awareness) located in Springfield, [...]
Thanks to Dr. Karen E. Knudsen, CEO of the American Cancer Society, for joining the MPCC podcast series, Prostate Cancer & You. In this interview she provides an outstanding overview of ACS and the latest thinking and activities that [...]
In this sixth episode, Michael A. DiSpezio discusses Kegels (aka pelvic floor exercises) and their role in regaining urinary continence. Then, he takes a deeper dive into shared decision making, and why it is essential for all patients to [...]
In this fifth episode, Michael A. DiSpezio discusses the quality of life and how it changed following radical prostatectomy. Michael explains the basic difference between external beam radiation and the implantation of radioactive seeds, what radiation does, and addresses [...]
In this fourth episode, Michael A. DiSpezio addresses the first PSA test following surgery and what that means as far as the tumor’s spread. He then presents the basics of cancer in terms of cells and DNA. Then, Michael [...]
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