High blood pressure makes your heart work harder and, over time, can damage blood vessels throughout your body. If the blood vessels in your ... Read More
Health Conditions
Anemia in Kidney Disease and Dialysis
If your blood is low in red blood cells, you have anemia. Red blood cells carry oxygen (O2) to tissues and organs throughout your body and ... Read More
An Introduction to Kidney Disease in African-Americans
Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is defined as a decrease in the function of the basic unit of the kidney (called the glomerulus) and /or an ... Read More
HIV Infection and AIDS: An Overview
AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) was first reported in the United States in 1981 and has since become a major worldwide epidemic. ... Read More
Colds
Sneezing, scratchy throat, runny nose-everyone knows the first signs of a cold, probably the most common illness known. Although the common ... Read More
High Blood Pressure
High blood pressure is a blood pressure reading of 140/90 mmHg or higher. Both numbers are important. Nearly one in three American ... Read More
Workouts Can Lighten Heavy Hearts
The millions of Americans stricken each year by debilitating depression may want to consider running away from their problem -- or ... Read More
The Widespread Effects Of Depression
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Depression is one of the leading causes of disability worldwide. That's the word from NIH's National Institute of ... Read More
Healing From Depression
Depression can be treated with medications or talk therapy, and both have supporters with countless studies to prove how effective they are. ... Read More
Depression Often Seen With Chronic Cough
Among people suffering from chronic cough, more than half have symptoms of depression, new research shows. The good news is that the ... Read More
Depression
In any given 1-year period, 9.5 percent of the population, or about 18.8 million American adults, suffer from a depressive illness5 The ... Read More
Got Gum Trouble? Your Heart Might Be Next
(BlackDoctor.org) There's mounting evidence that brushing, flossing and regular dental checkups may be at the heart of good cardiovascular ... Read More