*According to the American Urological Association, approximately 1.8 percent of today’s urologists are Black. Black men over-index in terms of being diagnosed and dying of prostate cancer compared to other groups. One in five Black men will develop prostate cancer in his lifetime.
Unfortunately, unlike other groups, Black men will be hard-pressed to locate a urologist from their community to aid in treating this silent disease.
As National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month winds down, Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, the longest-running multicultural syndicated automotive program in North America, talks one-on-one for the first time with a urologist. Just like in the auto industry where it’s difficult to find a Black-owned new car dealership, it’s also the same in terms of locating a Black urologist.
More importantly, when we’re in search of a Black female urologist, like with Black female new car dealers, it’s like finding a needle in a haystack. Dr. Linda McIntire, a urologist who recently served as the president of R. Frank Jones Urological Society, an organization of Black urologists, joins Auto Trends with JeffCars.com for a wide-ranging candid educational conversation. While some men may have mixed feelings when talking about sex, erectile dysfunction, and the likes of a female urologist, others realize that the opposite sex brings a sensitivity to the conversation that many men lack.
With that being the case, during the enlightening talk, Dr. McIntire covers everything from biases with clinical trials and the established prostate screening ages to the connection of Black mothers and sisters in select cancer groups and how that could place their Black sons and brothers in a high-risk prostate cancer diagnosis group. Moreover, the doctor tackles cultural sensitivity in selecting a doctor to measures R. Frank Jones Urological Society has taken to recruit more urologists from the community.
How To Tune In Via Radio, Online And SiriusXM
The radio program airs Saturday, September 28 through Thursday, October 3
To tune in and/or peruse the FM and online radio schedule with all of our affiliates, click here.
The extended radio version will be available, after the airing of the program via podcast.
This program is being underwritten by one of our prostate cancer partners, ZEROCancer.org.
About Auto Trends with JeffCars.com:
Jeff Fortson is the host and executive producer of Auto Trends with JeffCars.com, the only syndicated multicultural automotive program airing in North America. The 30-minute weekly show airs on SiriusXM 141 and several FM radio dials. The program consists of in-depth one-on-one conversations with modern industry pioneers, trendsetters, and influencers ranging from the ‘Hidden Figure’ and Black female responsible for using a mathematical formula to assess the accuracy of the GPS to auto analysts to car designers to the trailblazer of LGBT auto advertising.
For upcoming shows, car reviews, car-buying tips, recall updates, and a car payment calculator, visit Jeff’s car-buying educational guide at JeffCars.com and follow him on Twitter @JeffCars and Instagram @autotrendswithjeffcars.
About ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer
ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer. ZERO advances research, improves the lives of men and families, and inspires action. We’re building Generation ZERO, the first generation of men free from prostate cancer, through our national run/walk series, education and patient support programs, and grassroots advocacy. ZERO is a 501(c)(3) philanthropic organization recognized with four out of four stars by Charity Navigator, accredited by the Better Business Bureau, with regional chapters across the country. We dedicate 85 cents of every dollar to research and programs. To access the organization, visit Zerocancer.org.
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