(BlackDoctor.org) -- What does it really take to be your best you? Dr. Sharon Allison-Ottey, nationally recognized speaker, author, health ... Read More
Health Conditions
How To Live With Chronic Pain
(BlackDoctor.org) -- If you, like millions of other Americans, live with chronic pain, you are certainly not alone. Some studies have ... Read More
The Truth Behind Back Pain
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Every single day, almost all of us put strain on our backs performing routine behaviors and motions. Over time, picking ... Read More
Treatment Methods for Kidney Failure: Hemodialysis
Hemodialysis is the most common method used to treat advanced and permanent kidney failure. Since the 1960s, when hemodialysis first became ... Read More
African Americans And Diabetes
(BlackDoctor.org) -- You can get diabetes if your body does not use insulin right. Insulin changes the sugars in food into energy. Type 1 ... Read More
Implanted Defibrillators Found Cost-Effective
Implanting defibrillators in high-risk patients not only saves lives but makes good financial sense, researchers have concluded. In an ... Read More
Health Tip: Playing Golf with Arthritis
Now that it's spring, it's time for golf enthusiasts to hit the links. If you have arthritis, your condition doesn't have to slow you down, ... Read More
Natural Remedies for Type 1 Diabetes
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Also known as childhood-onset diabetes, type 1 diabetes requires regular blood sugar tests and medical ... Read More
Spinal Cord Infarction
Spinal cord infarction is a stroke either within the spinal cord or the arteries that supply it. It is caused by arteriosclerosis or a ... Read More
Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Fact Sheet
In the United States more than 700,000 people suffer a stroke* each year, and approximately two-thirds of these individuals survive and ... Read More
Natural Remedies For Stroke
Several types of strokes can strike the brain with little warning—but you can cut your risk for future strokes. According to research or ... Read More
Childhood Cancer Survivors at Risk for Stroke
Survivors of childhood leukemia and brain tumors have an increased risk of stroke later in life, a study shows. This is particularly true ... Read More