Five years after heart bypass surgery, patients whose operation was done using a heart-lung pump lived longer than those whose surgeons ... Read More
Health Conditions
Has The Black Church Become A Change Agent For Health?
Blacks face many health challenges despite the many methods used to deliver disease prevention and health promotion information. Several ... Read More
Surprising Ways Your Sleeping Patterns Affect Success
We’ve always known that a good night’s sleep is a great idea, but its benefits go much deeper than just restfulness. For years, scientists ... Read More
Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams Shares Why MS Is Diagnosed Late In Black Patients
Black patients can be diagnosed with multiple sclerosis later for a variety of reasons. Again, sometimes those first symptoms may come on ... Read More
How MS Is Diagnosed With Dr. Mitzi Joi Williams (Video)
So MS is diagnosed by a couple of different things. So it's a combination of the person's history, um, the symptoms that they report to ... Read More
Good Posture Matters! 8 Tips To Teach Your Child Today!
Summer break is officially over and it’s time for our kids to enter the school hallways for another year of learning and fun. You’ve stocked ... Read More
Why Smoking Around Expectant Moms Is Worse Than You Thought
Secondhand smoke cannot only be a deadly killer for others but for women's unborn children too. Researchers warn fathers-to-be and others ... Read More
Supplement, L-Glutamine, May Ease Sickle Cell Disease Pain
Sickle cell disease affects about 100,000 people in the United States, most commonly black Americans, according to the U.S. Centers for ... Read More
A New Inhaled Treatment For Severe Hypoglycemia
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved inhaled glucagon — a medication used to treat severe hypoglycemia in patients with ... Read More
New HIV Drugs In The Pipeline!
This is the third article in a series of updates on research coming out of the prestigious Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic ... Read More
Unplug And Unwind At The Golden Door Spa
Breathe. Yes, you! You’re obsessed with taking care of everyone else but now it’s time to show yourself some unapologetic love. And nothing ... Read More
Why Is The Black Infant Mortality Rate So High?
Although recent technological advances have decreased infant mortality rates (IMR) globally, the U.S. rate is still alarming compared to ... Read More