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Southern Ulster Times, Wednesday, September 11, 2019
IN THIS ISSUE
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Craig McKinney................................ 9
Classifieds...................................... 26
Crossword...................................... 28
Highland..........................................21
Marlborough...................................20
Obituaries......................................22
Opinion.............................................8
Service Directory............................31
Sports............................................ 36
Prostate Cancer Walk marks 10th anniversary
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The 10th annual Premier Cares Foundation Prostate Cancer Walk kicked off last Sunday at the Ulster Welcome Center at the Walkway Over
the Hudson.
By MARK REYNOLDS
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L
ast Sunday, the Premier Cares
Foundation held their 10th annual
Prostate Cancer Walk, starting at the
Ulster Welcome Center at the Walkway
Over the Hudson.
Dr. Evan Goldfischer, of the Premier
Medical Group, and his wife established
the Foundation 11 years ago.
“We realized there are a lot of
organizations in the Hudson Valley that
took care of women’s health but there
was no real organization that dealt with
just men’s health and prostate cancer,” he
said. “A lot of men don’t like talking about
it, so we felt there was a need to raise
awareness so people would get screened,
get treated earlier and be cured.”
Dr. Goldfischer looks at the
Foundation, “as neighbors helping
neighbors.” He said they raised $50,000 at
this years Prostate Walk and he expects
to raise up to $200,000 in 2019.
Dr. Goldfischer said all of the money
stays in the Hudson Valley to help
patients with prostate or colon cancers.
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Adults, children and babies came out for the Prostate Cancer Walk.
The Foundation’s mission statement
says they, “provide support, education,
awareness and treatment to those
individuals in our community lacking
sufficient funds to address significant
urological and digestive issues including
but not limited to prostate and colon
cancer.”
Dr. Goldfischer said the Foundation
is a way to give back to a community,
“that has been really good to me in the
21 years I’ve been here helping to build
and support my practice and it’s small
enough that we want to give back to the
people who have helped us.”
Dr. Goldfischer said about 200,000
cases of prostate cancer are diagnosed
every year in the United States and each
year about 30,000 men die from the
disease. He said the good news is that
this number represents a 33% drop since
the 1990s due to early detection and new
drugs that are now available to patients.
Dr Goldfischer said the first step
is having a blood test to determine the
PSA (Prostate Specific Antigen) and an
examination. Some of the symptoms
of prostate cancer are: visible blood in
semen and/or urine; an increased need
to urinate; a burning sensation during
urination and/or ejaculation; pain during
sex; fatigue; unexplained weight loss;
nausea; pain in the crotch, thighs, and
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