African American men are much more likely to be diagnosed with prostate cancer than other men. Yet sometimes their doctors don’t tell them they need to be screened for this deadly cancer. That’s what happened to Floyd Gossett. So when he got his diagnosis he was “surprised, definitely surprised.” Gossett walks with a cane these days, a result of the fatigue he feels as he battles prostate cancer. His cancer might have been discovered a year earlier had a doctor not dissuaded him from getting screened. “I’d asked for a PSA test a year before,” he said. “But it wasn’t my primary doctor. And he had given me the message that ‘I didn’t want you to go through an unnecessary...
Many great dreams children decide to embrace start with supportive parents who invest in their confidence and skills at home. A proud father named William Schlitz posted on Facebook about his teenage son’s accomplishment of graduating college at the age of 15, with plans to pursue a Master of Business Administration (MBA). “So proud of my son Ian Taylor Schlitz for his hard work and dedication to his education. 15 and college graduate. Now off to an MBA program in the fall. Not sure which one yet, but that decision will come soon. Love you Ian. #IansDad,” William posted.According to Black Media Daily, Ian’s journey to graduate early from high school and attend the University of North Texas started when...
HAMMOND, Ind. (WLS) -- The search for a missing 12-year-old boy with autism in Hammond, Indiana is expected to resume Monday morning.Kyrin Carter was last seen at a Best Western in the 3800-block of 179th Street Kyrin's mother Danielle Duckworth is pleading for the public's help to find her son."He's my whole world. He means everything to me," she said. "Everything that I do is for him, everything."Their family arrived in Hammond just days ago from Kansas City, Missouri to visit his relatives in Indiana.Surveillance video shows him leaving the hotel around 12:30 p.m. Saturday. It appears he was wearing blue shorts with possibly blue or white stripes, a blue t-shirt, but was not wearing socks or shoes, police...
Health officials in Indiana on Sunday reported 754 new cases of coronavirus and nine additional deaths, along with more than 30,000 new vaccinations in the past day. According to the Indiana State Department of Health, the new coronavirus cases bring the state to 735,462 since the pandemic began. The additional deaths lifted the death toll to 13,063 with another 417 classified as probable COVID-19 deaths. Over the last 24 hours, 17,359 new tests have been administered, 4,301 of those on new individuals, bringing the statewide total to over 10.1 million tests during the pandemic. The state’s rolling average positivity rate dropped over the past day to 5% on all tests and 11.8% of individuals tested over the last seven days....
Identifying autism in toddlers is critical to beginning interventions early, and is associated with improved outcomes later in life. Soon, pediatricians and other health care providers will be able to install an app on their smartphone or tablet that is capable of analyzing the visual gaze of a toddler in order to determine if they may be on the autism spectrum. Eventually, parents and others will be able to downloa d it onto their own mobile devices and do the screening themselves. This new research out of Duke University has the potential to expand the reach of early screening, and therefore get possibly affected children in for detailed clinical evaluations faster. Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a set neurodevelopment...
