IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
Are You Okay? Cardiovascular Disease By Dr. Hernando Carter B rothers all, cardio- vascular disease, also known as the silent
killer, is the leading cause of death globally taking an estimate of 17.9 million lives each year. Black people are among the highest in the world. Statistics like this is why we have partnered with Johnson and Johnson Inno- vative Medicine to create the Are You Ok Campaign. Johnson and Johnson is a multinational pharmaceu- tical, biotechnology, and medical technologies cor- poration headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey. With their community well- ness initiative, My Health Can’t Wait, Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity, Incorporated and Johnson and Johnson Innovative Medicine will be able to provide our membership, families, and the communities we serve an array of valuable online and in person resources. Located at www.myhealth- cantwait.com you will find resources like “Talk that Talk” offering prostate cancer resources for Black Men as well as “Research Includes Me” which is a resource to increase black
and brown participation in clinical trials to aid in nar- rowing the gap in Imprecise Medicine. The importance of our partnership takes me to the story of one of our brothers. A 44-year-old fraternity brother of ours started having occasional chest pain while working out on the elliptical machine at the gym. These symptoms prompted him to see his primary care physician who decided to order a stress
test. Because the stress test was mildly abnormal, his primary care physician recommended that he see a cardiologist for an evaluation. Thankfully, our brother had a great rela- tionship with a cardiologist who also happened to be a Nupe. After a consultation, the decision was made to perform an arteriogram to determine if our brother had a blockage. The arteriogram revealed that our brother had an almost
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