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September 21, 2010

Hopkins goes blue for prostate cancer awareness

If you think the dome at Johns Hopkins Hospital on North Broadway appears to be glowing blue, it is.

The dome is being lit blue in honor of prostate cancer awareness week, starting at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. It will stay blue until Saturday.

Hospital officials want to draw attention to prostate cancer, which is the most common cancer in American men. An estimated 217,000 men will be diagnosed with the cancer this year. Some 32,000 will die.

Like many other diseases, if it's diagnosed early, it can be cured. So, officials are urging men 50 and older, or 45 for African Americans, to talk to their doctors about whether it's appropriate to be tested.

It is a slow progessing disease, and sometimes no immediate treatment is recommended. But that's between you and your doctor.

Photo courtesy of Johns Hopkins

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About Picture of Health

Meredith Cohn has been a reporter since 1991, covering everything from politics and airlines to the environment and medicine. A runner since junior high and a particular eater for almost as long, she tries to keep up on health and fitness trends. Her aim is to bring you the latest news and information from the local and national medical and wellness communities.

Andrea K. Walker knows it’s weird to some people, but she has a fascination with fitness, diseases, medicine and other health-related topics. She subscribes to a variety of health and fitness magazines and becomes easily engrossed in the latest research in health and science. An exercise fanatic, she’s probably tried just about every fitness activity there is. Her favorites are running, yoga and kickboxing. So it is probably fitting that she has been assigned to cover the business of healthcare and to become a regular contributor to this blog. Andrea has been at The Sun for nearly 10 years, covering manufacturing, retail , airlines and small and minority business. She looks forward to telling readers about the latest health news.

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