In the spring of 2020, nursing homes were in the news and under considerable scrutiny because so many had patients with COVID-19. Many went into lockdown to keep their residents ... Read More
Queen Latifah & ALA Celebrity Event To Close The Health Disparity Gap
All hail Queen Latifah on her collaboration with the American Lung Association (ALA) to bring awareness to lung disease and the health disparities plaguing Black Americans. On ... Read More
What Every Sickle Cell Warrior Must Know About Their Patient Journey
As you try to maintain consistent wellness, it is imperative that you navigate the Patient Journey Roadmap by making five key stops to living the best life possible. Having a ... Read More
Sickle Cell: Minimize Your Crisis by Staying One Step Ahead
When you are someone living with sickle cell disease, there are times in your life you go through tremendous pain…unbearable pain. You want to do everything you can to avoid that ... Read More
Sickle Cell Disease: Understanding the Infusion Process and Why It’s Good For You
Having a chronic illness comes with many challenges. The main goal is to stay healthy and live as normal a life as possible. The additional goal of a sickle cell patient is to ... Read More
Is This Still Good? When to Toss Food in the Fridge
If you are like me, when you open your refrigerator, you may see some items and not remember how long they’ve been there. If I see something that’s questionable, I first ... Read More
Pain in Your Stomach: What it Could Really Be!
We all experience occasional stomach pain now and then and sometimes that pain has us making a mad dash to the washroom. But what if you get to the toilet and you have blood in ... Read More
Hemp, CBD, Marijuana: What’s the Difference?
The legalization of recreational marijuana has been a hot-button issue for years. As of January 2020, Illinois became the 11th state to authorize the sale of cannabis, whether for ... Read More
Crohn’s Disease: Could You Have It and Not Know?
Have you ever felt that something was not quite right with your body, but everyone else said you’re fine or they try to tell you it’s not what you think it is? Well, that happened ... Read More
Lab-Grown Meat, Is It In Your Future?
In the 21st century, we have numerous options for nourishment. We can choose to be a vegan or a carnivore, or somewhere in between. Those who choose to be a carnivore have ... Read More
No Meat in Stores, Try One of These 5 Plant-Based Diets
As if we didn’t already have enough coronavirus-related problems, now, we’re experiencing a meat shortage because of the coronavirus outbreak in meatpacking plants around the ... Read More
Staying Safe When You Are An Essential Worker
We all have had to make rapid adjustments to our lives since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic. Many of us have turned our homes into offices, classrooms, fitness centers, ... Read More
African Americans Are More Likely to Develop Tardive Dyskinesia
Mental illness was once a subject not often discussed among African Americans, but in recent years, conversations are more open, and people are more comfortable explaining what is ... Read More
Do African Americans Fear A Covid-19 Vaccine? Tuskegee Effect Could Be Why
The coronavirus pandemic has suddenly taken the world by storm and has temporarily changed every American’s way of life. A vaccine (and testing) is needed for us to get back to our ... Read More