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Saving Lives
Organ donations increase survival rates
Questions black women want answered
Clairol receives about l.OOOcalls
a m onth to its toll-free hotline for
relaxed and textured hair at 1 -800-
221-4900. The top five questions
women asked are answered below:
Q : How often should I color?
A nd do I color first or relax first?
A: Always relax first, then color.
Color should be re-applied to the roots
and regrowth every four to six weeks.
If you are using a pennanent haireolor
(one that contains ammonia oris mixed
with developer), wait one week and one
sham poo betw een coloring and
perming/relaxing procedures.
Q : Is it ever okay to perm /relax
and color on the sam e day?
A: Yes! If you use tem porary or
sem i-perm anenthaircolor(onew ith
no am m onia that is not mixed with
any developer), such as Clairol Pro­
fessional Beautiful C ollection or
Jazzing, you can actually im prove
the appearance o f your hair by doing
your color and perm /relax on the
sam e day. This adds luster and
enhances color th at’s faded as a
result o f the relaxer service. Be sure
to read the package label and direc­
tions o f other types o f haircoloring.
particularly perm anent or oxidative
haireolor, require w aiting at least
one w eek and one sham poo be­
tw een treatm ents.
Q : How soon before and after I
color should I sham poo my hair?
cally relaxed, it will lighten very
quickly. Highlighting is preferable
to overall lightening for relaxed hair
because it protects the integrity of
the hair. Highlights should be placed
starting about l/ j inch aw ay from the
scalp. By applying this way, the
chemical in your next relaxer treat­
ment will not overlap onto the high­
lights, which will protect your hair.
Q : W hat if I want to go all-over
blonde?
A : T o g o all-o v er b lo n d e, use a
p erm an en t h aire o lo r that lifts and
to n e s like C lairo l T ex tu re s &
T o n e s to a c h ie v e an o v e r a ll
h o ney blonde. If you w ant to go
lig h ter than that, see a salon p ro ­
A: W ash your hair ju st prior to fessio n al. It is im p o rtan t to note
coloring if it is heavily coated with th a t if you are g o in g fo r a very
styling aids. Im m ediately after co l­ lig h t b lo n d e sh a d e , n a tu ra l,
oring, you can sham poo your hair u n relax ed h air is p referred to p ro ­
if you w ish, although products like te c t the in te g rity o f th e hair.
Beautiful Collection or Jazzing re­ H aircoloring can be stress- free if
quire o nly a th o ro u g h rinsing. you take the tim e to learn the steps
A gain, it’s im portant to read the that will protect your hair. T he b a ­
package instructions.
sic ru les to keep in m ind are to
Q : W hat is the best way to lighten alw ay s read the in stru ctio n s ca re­
my hair?
fu lly b efo re ch o o sin g the p ro d ­
A: If your hair has been chem i­ uct th at is rig h t fo r you.
Wash your hair
just prior to
coloring if it is
heavily coated
with styling a^ s .^
While more than 12 per­
cent o f the U.S. pop u la­
tion is A frican A m erican,
35 percent o f patients w ait­
ing for kidney transplants
are black. T his stagger­
ing percentage may be at­
tributed, in part, to the
escalating num ber o f A f­
rican Americans with con­
ditions that can lead to
the need for an o rgan
transplant, such as dia­
betes, high blood pres­
sure and heart disease.
D espite this rapidly grow ­
ing need, there rem ains a
critical shortage o f A fri­
can-A m erican organ do­
nors.
T o ra ise a w a re n e ss
about this public health
crisis, the C oalition on
D o n atio n s is releasin g
new radio and print pub­
Derrick Floyd walks with his son a fte r,
lic service advertisem ents
kidney transplant.
that urge A frican A m eri­
cans to becom e organ and tissue
“Since the transplant, there’re
donors. D ebuting in April — D o­ so many things I can d o ... walk my
nate Life M onth — the ads fea­ dog, go to the park with my family.
ture D errick Floyd, a 39-year-old Having a new kidney has given me
kidney transplant recipient and another chance at life,” Floyd said.
father o f tw o, w ho recently c e l­ “I can never forget that I’m alive
ebrated 14 years o f m arriage.
today because som eone, at some
point said — I’m going to
becom e an organ donor.”
S ta tis tic a lly , A fric a n
A m ericans have the best
chance o f being m atched
for a kidney transplant if the
donor is also black. For many
black patients awaiting kid­
neys, the lack o f available
organs m eans longer w ait­
ing periods on transplant
lists and, in too many in­
s ta n c e s , y e a r s
sp e n t
at dialysis centers.
“I realize that the black
co m m u n ity is in u n d ated
with im portant health m es­
sag es,” says T ina E vans
*1 C a in e s , c h a ir o f th e
M
Coalition’s National African
q A m erican C am paign. "The
good news is that w ith or­
gan and tissue donation,
you have the pow er to save
lives. But, once you make
the decision to donate, tell
your fam ily so they’ll know
your w ishes.”
T o learn m ore about how to
Donate Life or request a free copy
o f the brochure You Have the Power
to
D o n a te
L ife ,
v is it
w w w .donatelife.net or call 1-866-
538-7448.
Prostate Patients Fare Worse
Study finds survival rates lower for black men
(A P) — B lack m en do not su r­
vive as long as w hite m en after
treatm en t for lo calized prostate
. can cer, ac co rd in g to a new study.
R e sea rch er at the U niversity
o f N orth C a ro lin a at C hapel Hill
an a ly z ed the rec o rd s o f 5,747
b lack m en and 38,242 w hite m en
w ho had been treated fo r p ro s­
tate c a n c e r that had not spread.
T hey found that the m edian su r­
vival tim e fo r b lack m en w as 1.7
y ears less than the su rvival tim e
for w hite men.
T he d iffe r e n c e w as ev e n
g rea ter, 1.8 y ears, fo r p atien ts
w ho received surgery. Black p ro s­
ta te su rg e ry p a tie n ts liv e d an
a v e ra g e o f 10.8years, w hile w hite
p atien ts liv ed 12.6 y ears.
F or p atien ts o f e ith e r race w ho
re c e iv e d r a d ia tio n tr e a tm e n t,
how ev er, the d iffe ren ce s in m e­
dian survival w as not sig n ifican t,
the rese arch e rs report.
S p ecialized rad iatio n th erap y
is the p referre d trea tm e n t fo r lo ­
cally ad v a n ce d p ro state ca n cer.
b ut b lack p atien ts m ay h av e less
ac cess to th is th erap y , the re ­
se arch ers said. T h ere m ay also be
b io lo g ic facto rs th at affect the
w ay black m eh and w hite men
react to prostate can cer treatm ent,
the stu d y su g g ested .
“ Researchers should continue to
investigate racial disparities in treat­
ment outcomes as well as the spe­
cific social, biologic orenvironm en-
tal conditions that may be respon­
sible for these disparities,” the re­
searchers conclude in the study.
Aging brought into the Spotlight in May
¿ v e r y M ay, o ld e r A m erican s
are recognized. T his y e a r’s them e
is “ A ging w ell, living w ell.” For
som e o ld e r A m erican s “ living
w ell,” m eans m oving into a retire­
m ent hom e w here the residents
en jo y lavish am enities. For o th ­
ers “ living w ell,” m eans living
in d e p en d en tly in th eir hom es for
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your lifestyle. M etro p o litan F am ­ politan Fam ily Service at 503-249-
ily S ervice, a local n o n p ro fit, can 8215 ext. 22. Caregivers bring skills
help m any rem ain c o m fo rta b le in and life ex p e rien c es to help ad ­
th e ir ow n e n v iro n m en t by p ro ­ d ress the in d iv id u al needs o f the
viding in-hom e su p p o rt an d c o m ­ p eo p le they see, b ecau se “aging
p an io n sh ip services.
w ell, living w ell,” m eans so m e­
If you o r a loved on e is in need th in g d iffe ren t for ev e ry o ld er
o f in-hom e su p p o rt and c o m p a n ­ A m erican.
Grant Aids in HIV Prevention
the burden o f HI V am ong people o f
HIV grant won color
by building capacity w ithin
their own com m unities,” said Dr.
for minorities
RonaldO . V aldiserri, deputy direc­
Regional and national organiza­
tions dedicated to preventing HIV
in com m unities o f color will receive
$21 m illion from the C enters for
D isease C ontrol and Prevention.
The aw ards go to 27 different orga­
nizations targeting prevention ac­
tiv itie s fo r A frican A m erican ,
A m erican Indian/A laska Native,
A sian and Pacific Islander and His-
panic/L atino com m unities at high-
risk for HIV infection.
“M inority com m unities are dis­
p roportionately affected by the
H IV /A ID S epidem ic,” said Secre­
tary o f H ealth and Human Services
T om m y G. Thom pson. “Partner­
ships with these com m unities are
critical if we are to get testing and
treatm ent to the people at risk and
ultim ately reduce the num ber o f
new infections.”
The grants, w hich represent an
increase o f nearly $760,000 over
last y e a r's capacity building fund­
ing, will be used by the organiza­
tions to strengthen infrastructure,
science-based prevention interven­
tions, access to and use o f preven­
tion services, and com m unity plan­
ning.
“T hese aw ards reflect C D C ’s
continued com m itm ent to reducing
tor o f C D C ’s HIV. STD and TB
prevention program s.
The Black AID S Institute, an
organization that mobilizes African-
A m erican com m unities in the fight
against A ID S, is an exam pleo f the
kind o f organization receiving fund­
ing.
The Institute will expand its in ­
novative A frican-A m erican HIV
U niversity, a tw o-year training and
internship program for developing
HIV prevention educators in A fri­
can-A m erican com m unities.
C o m m u n itie s o f c o lo r are a
h ig h p rio rity fo r C D C ’s “ A d ­
v a n c in g H IV P re v e n tio n ” I n i­
t i a t i v e , th e c o m p r e h e n s i v e
stra te g y to re d u c e n ew H IV in ­
fe c tio n s in th e U n ite d S ta te s
th a t C D C la u n c h e d a lm o s t o n e
y e a r ag o . T h ro u g h th e in it ia ­
tiv e , th e C D C is w o rk in g w ith
n a tio n a l a n d lo c a l p a rtn e rs to
in c re a s e a c c e s s to e a rly d ia g ­
n o s is an d tre a tm e n t u sin g ra p id
H IV te s tin g .
For more inform ation about the
initiative, including activities re­
lated to HI V prevention in com m u ­
n itie s o f c o lo r , v is it h ttp : //
w w w .c d c .g o v /h iv /p a r tn e r s /
question.htm .
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