Milwaukee health program helps Black prostate cancer survivors

Helping Black prostate cancer survivors Participants and researchers share how it’s benefiting the community. MILWAUKEE – A Milwaukee program is focusing on helping Black prostate cancer survivors successfully recover. All men are at risk for prostate cancer, according to the CDC. However, African-American men are twice as likely to die from the disease than other groups. One program is raising awareness to the issue. SIGN UP TODAY: Get daily headlines, breaking news emails from FOX6 News Step by step, shoulder to  shoulder, these men are bonding through exercise and stories of survival. “When I was 70, I found out I had stage one and then I had my prostate removed,” said Ronald Haynes. “I been surviving ever since.” Hayes is a graduate of the Men Moving Forward program. It’s a 16-week study to support the recovery of Black prostate cancer survivors funded by the National Cancer Institute, teaching healthy physical fitness and nutrition habits. Dr. Melinda Stolley, with the Medical College Of Wisconsin Cancer Center, is the lead investigator. “The most important thing they are finding is an opportunity to talk about their experience with prostate cancer because prior to Men Moving Forward they felt very very isolated,” she said....