The safety of Tylenol has been debated in parenting communities for years, and the conversation has recently resurfaced online. Parents want ... Read More
Health Conditions
Living with CSU: “I Felt Like My Body Was Betraying Me”
In April 2020, while the world was retreating indoors due to the pandemic, Emmeka Hawkins was navigating a personal crisis that wouldn't ... Read More
How Smartwatches Are Detecting Silent Atrial Fibrillation—and Why It Matters for Black Adults
Heart disease is the leading cause of death for Black Americans, who are 30% more likely to die from heart disease than white Americans. ... Read More
Feeling More Anxious This Winter? Here’s Why
When winter arrives, conversations about mental health often focus on seasonal depression. But for many people, the dominant experience ... Read More
Tired of Blood Pressure Medication? Here Are Your Options…
It shoots up when we’re frustrated. When we’re concerned. When Life throws something our way, and we’re most certainly not in the mood ... Read More
5 Ways to Live With Cancer As Normally & Healthily As Possible…
The “Big C.” We’ve all heard of it, and for most of us, it’s the last thing we wish to hear. Whether it’s late-stage, the early, ... Read More
Chronic Myeloid Leukemia: Symptoms, Causes, and Treatment
If you’ve been feeling unusually tired, noticing unexplained weight loss, or hearing the term chronic myeloid leukemia after a blood test, ... Read More
Your Life Doesn’t Stop For Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Living with breast cancer could make one feel like the end of the world is near and one's life is over. If you are living with breast cancer ... Read More
I Thought I Was Healthy—Until Chest Pain Sent Me to the ER
Crystal was used to being the one everyone else leaned on. As a medical professional and a pillar of her New Orleans community, she spent ... Read More
Stress Is a Heart Condition: How Racism Raises Blood Pressure
For decades, heart disease prevention in the United States has focused narrowly on individual behavior: diet, exercise, smoking, and weight. ... Read More
This New Study Could Change How You See Contact Sports
For decades, the conversation surrounding contact sports and brain health has been clouded by a mix of anecdotal fear and scientific ... Read More
Silent Killers: Detecting the First Signs of Heart Conditions
Heart conditions seldom make their presence known with loud warnings or obvious signals. Often, it starts in a hushed manner–subtle changes ... Read More
