An Educational Field Guide Vol. 1 · 2026 Atlanta, Georgia

Black Men's Health Guide

Plan Well · Live Well · An Educational Field Guide
Issue No. 01 · Cover Story

Plan Well.
Live Well.

A field guide to the twelve things that try to kill us — and how to hit back. Built for Black men, their families, and the clinicians who serve them.

The Cover · 2026
12 Things That Try To Kill Us 4 Field Guide Assets 1 Plain-Language Playbook Black Men Who Live Longer
Why This Exists

The numbers say one thing: we are not okay.

30%
Higher heart-disease death rate than non-Hispanic white men.
2.1×
Prostate-cancer mortality versus all other groups.
7.1 yrs
Shorter life expectancy on average.
40–60%
More likely to live with hypertension and diabetes.
No. 1
Highest colorectal-cancer mortality of any U.S. group.
50%+
Live with multiple chronic conditions at once.

Sources · CDC · NIH · American Cancer Society

The Argument
"Our bodies have been telling the truth for generations. This guide is for the men who are finally ready to listen — and the families who refuse to bury them early."
William A. Cooper, MD, MBA Cardiothoracic Surgeon · Atlanta, Georgia
The Field Guide

Four assets. One playbook.

The Black Men's Health Grid is a four-part educational system — the book, the field guide, the deck, and the matrix. Designed to be read, taught, gifted, and carried. Coming soon.

No. 01
The Bible · Vol. 1

The 12 Things That Try To Kill Us & How To Hit Back

The cornerstone book. Twelve chapters on the conditions that quietly take Black men early — and what to do about each, in plain language.

Book Soon
No. 02
The Grid

The 14-Page Field Guide

A pocket-sized chart-heavy companion. Lab targets, screening ages, food rules, movement minimums — the whole system, one fold.

PDF Soon
No. 03
The Deck

The Teaching Slides

27 slides for clinicians, churches, fraternities, and barbers. The Grid as a 30-minute talk anyone can give.

Keynote Soon
No. 04
The Matrix

The Tracking Worksheets

Eight sheets and a 98-entry glossary. Your numbers, screenings, and appointments — owned by you, in one spreadsheet.

Excel Soon
The Author

Written by a surgeon who fixes hearts for a living.

Dr. William A. Cooper is a cardiothoracic surgeon, physician executive, and founder/CEO of PRIME Health Services Group. He has spent his career on the inside of the cardiac OR — operating on the consequences of everything this guide is trying to prevent.

The Black Men's Health Guide is his answer: a plain-language, evidence-based field manual that gives Black men, their families, and their clinicians the same playbook the surgeons already know.

Cardiothoracic Surgeon MD · MBA Founder & CEO, PRIME Health Services Group Atlanta, Georgia

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