An Educational Field Guide Vol. 1 · 2026 Atlanta, Georgia
Plan Well · Live Better · An Educational Field Guide
The Bible · No. 01
12
The Twelve Things
That Try To Kill Us
& How To Hit Back
William A. Cooper, MD, MBA
Vol. 1 · 2026
Book · 99 pp Digital eBook · PDF ● Available Now

The cornerstone book. Twelve chapters, one playbook.

A plain-language, evidence-based field manual on the twelve conditions that quietly end Black men early — and what to do about each. Built for the men, the families, and the clinicians who serve them.

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What's Inside

Twelve chapters. Twelve threats. One playbook for each.

Each chapter follows the same structure: what it is, why it hits us harder, the numbers that matter, the screening that catches it, and the moves — clinical, dietary, and behavioral — that push it back. Plain language. Real evidence.

01

The Silent Killer

Hypertension. Why 150/95 is not a number, it's a countdown — and the targets, meds, food, and sleep moves that put the silence on notice.

02

The Sugar Tax

Type 2 Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome. A1C, fasting glucose, insulin resistance — and the reversal playbook for pre-diabetes while the window is still open.

03

The Widowmaker

Heart Attack & Coronary Disease. What the artery has been doing for twenty years before the event — and the lab numbers, screenings, and lifestyle moves that interrupt it.

04

The Stroke Clock

Stroke & Atrial Fibrillation. The signs every brother and every household should know cold, the AFib conversation, and what to do in the minutes that matter.

05

The One in Six

Prostate Cancer. The conversation you need to have at 40, the PSA decision, the family-history adjustment, and the urology referral that changes the outcome.

06

The Quiet Cancer

Colorectal Cancer. The highest colorectal mortality of any U.S. group. The screening window, the colonoscopy reality, and the diet conversation we keep avoiding.

07

The Smoke

Lung Cancer & Tobacco. The screening criteria most men miss, the low-dose CT conversation, and the moves that still work after years of damage.

08

The Weight We Carry

Obesity, Visceral Fat & Sleep Apnea. The waist number that matters more than the scale, the silent-apnea screen, and the four-week trial that proves it.

09

The Mind on Fire

Depression, Anxiety, Suicide & 988. The mental-health gap nobody likes naming, the PHQ-9 read, and the access map for therapy, faith-based support, and crisis lines.

10

The Bottle and the Pipe

Alcohol, Tobacco, Opioids, Cannabis. The honest read on what each one is actually doing inside you — and the off-ramps that work in real life.

11

The Body Breaks

Kidney, Joints, Hearing, Vision, Falls. The five systems that fail quietly with age, the labs and screenings that catch each one, and the moves that keep you upright.

12

The Brotherhood

Why Men with Men Live Longer. The closing chapter on accountability, the brotherhood effect, the group chat that saves lives — and why the medicine without the men is half a treatment.

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What you'll actually get in the box.

Designed to be read once and referenced for life. Heavy on numbers, screenings, and decision trees — light on jargon. Built to be passed from father to son, from clinician to patient, and from one fraternity brother to the next.

  • FormatDigital eBook (PDF) · 99 pages
  • Pages99 (illustrated)
  • Chapters12
  • Reading levelPlain language
  • AudienceMen · Families · Clinicians
  • Sources citedCDC · NIH · ACS
  • IncludesGrid pull-out · Glossary
  • Publishes2026

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