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Published on 2 Comments on Insight on Breast Cancer Awareness

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Except for skin cancer, breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women. Breast cancer is second only to lung cancer as a cause of cancer death in women. White women are diagnosed with the disease more often than African American women, but African American women are more likely to die from it. If detected early through screening and early diagnosis, breast cancer can be treated successfully. Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Dr. Nancy Demore of the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) about breast cancer on today's edition of Insight at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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Published on 1 Comment on Insight on Sickle Cell Disease

In South Carolina, 4,500 people have Sickle Cell Disease, an inherited blood disorder characterized by defective hemoglobin (a protein in red blood cells that carries oxygen to the tissues of the body). Most of these are African Americans. While the disease disproportionately affects African Americans and Hispanics of Caribbean ancestry, the Sickle Cell trait has also been found in persons of Middle Eastern, Indian, Latin American, Native American, and Mediterranean heritage. Even persons of European heritage whose ancestry also includes that of one of the aforementioned ethnic groups can have the trait or the disease. On today's edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Yvonne Donald, deputy director of the James R. Clark Memorial Sickle Cell Foundation of Columbia, which has offices in Florence and Bishopville.

Insight airs Wednesdays, at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

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SCSRTS-LogoSafe Routes to School (SRTS) is a growing movement across the US that brings together parents, schools, and community leaders to encourage students, including those with disabilities, to walk and bike to school. SRTS activities and resources focus on improving walking and biking conditions around schools while building

Rodney Oldham, CHES, CPT
Rodney Oldham, CHES, CPT

healthy habits and safety skills. The South Carolina Department of Transportation created the Safe Routes to School Resource Center in the fall of 2010 to help schools, school districts, and communities throughout South Carolina to build and sustain SRTS programs. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews Rodney Oldham of the SC Department of Transportation, the state’s SRTS coordinator, about the program.

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Family-1400x460July is National Family Reunion Month. This time of year, especially around the July 4th holiday, many families across the nation gather formally or informally to fellowship with family members they have not seen in while, to get better acquainted with those they don't know well, and even to meet those they've never been introduced to. On the current edition of Insight, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews "The Mother of Family Reunions," Dr. Ione Vargus, Founder and Director of the Family Reunion Institute at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa. They'll discuss the various kinds of family gatherings and how to plan them.

Insight airs Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight.

 

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On Insight today, Bhakti Larry Hough interviews H. Beecher Hicks III, president and CEO of the National Museum of African American Music in NashvilleNMAAMlogo, in observance of National African Music Appreciation Month (Black Music Month). Insight airs on Wednesdays at 10 a.m., 7 p.m. and midnight. 

From President Barack Obama's 2014 Black Music Month proclamation:
"For centuries, African-American music has lifted the voices of those whose poetry is born from struggle. As generations of slaves toiled in the most brutal of conditions, they joined their voices in faithful chords that both captured the depths of their sorrow and wove visions of a brighter day. At a time when dance floors were divided, rhythm and blues and rock and roll helped bring us together. And as activists marched for their civil rights, they faced hatred with song. Theirs was a movement with a soundtrack -- spirituals that fed their souls and protest songs that sharpened their desire to right the great wrongs of their time."

The influence of African-American artists resounds each day through symphony halls, church sanctuaries, music studios, and vast arenas. It fills us with inspiration and calls us to action. This month, as we honor the history of African-American music, let it continue to give us hope and carry us forward -- as one people and one Nation.

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