The study, the largest of its kind, recruited 7,500 men from eastern, southern and west Africa. The study is especially important because African men have a high risk of prostate cancer.

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However, the reality is a little more complex. James McCune Smith was the first African American to earn a medical degree and practice medicine in the United States. The son of former slaves ...