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April 11, 1995
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Patrick Keating
Michigan Chronicle
04-11-1995
Unitas tackles prostate disease.

By Patrick Keating

CHRONICLE STAFF

Former pro football great Johnny Unitas was in Detroit March 22 to tackle a more serious opponent than an opposing player: prostate disease.

Unitas, 64, is promoting the Benign Prostate Enlargement Awareness Program. The prostate is a walnut-sized gland situated in front of the bladder. It is common for the prostate to become enlarged in men over 50. This restricts the flow of urine making it more difficult to empty the bladder, resulting in a more frequent need to urinate. Unitas has the condition.

"Basically we're trying to get the word out to men 50 years and older, the ...

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