Colon Cancer in the Black Community
Brown Girl Self-Care
Brown Girl Self-Care
4.8 • 1.2K Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2020
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Today I have Dr. Gina Charles on the show. Dr. Charles (aka Dr. G) is a board certified Family Medicine Physician, Entrepreneur and Wellness Expert who encourages Black women to live healthier lives and advocate for themselves.
In this medical edition of the show we discuss how colon cancer isn't just a "male" disease, things that can increase your risk, tips to help you feel more comfortable speaking with your doctor and also letting your doctor go if they aren't empowering you to take charge of your health.
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| 1:07.5 | Hey brown girl in bloom this is Bree the host of the brown girls self-care |
| 1:11.4 | podcast welcome back and thank you so much for |
| 1:14.0 | pressing play on this episode. The Brown Girl Self Care |
| 1:17.1 | Podcast is a show for us black and brown women of faith that are ready to boldly love and celebrate ourselves, |
| 1:25.0 | break free from harmful narratives that keep us stuck, and elevate our wellness and |
| 1:30.2 | personal development so that we can live abundantly and with more ease. We are placing ourselves at the top of the priority list |
| 1:38.8 | and we are doing it with zero excuses or apologies. Today I am talking to Dr. Gina Charles, |
| 1:48.5 | aka Dr. G. Dr. G is a board certified family medicine physician, entrepreneur, and wellness expert who has been |
| 1:57.3 | recognized by the American College of Osteopathic family physicians as one of their women physician leaders. |
| 2:05.0 | I asked Dr. G to come and have a chat with us today because I wanted to talk about colon cancer. |
| 2:12.0 | I was under the impression that colon cancer is or was is or |
| 2:16.6 | or was a more like a disease geared towards men but I've learned that that is not the case. |
| 2:24.0 | Women are dying at almost the same frequency. |
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