Sickle cell disease(SCD) is an inherited red blood cell disorder affecting people of all races, not just ...

Although Blacks usually smoke fewer cigarettes and start smoking cigarettes at an older age, they are more likely ...

Despite more attempts, blacks are less successful at quitting smoking than white and Hispanic cigarette smokers. This could ...

People who inherit one sickle cell gene and one normal gene have what’s called sickle cell trait. This ...

Sickle cell occurs in about 1 in every 500 African-American births. About 2 million Americans, or 1 in ...

Do you know how to handle sickle cell emergencies? Can you recognize the symptoms of a sickle cell ...

Do you know someone whose life has been affected by an STD (sexually transmitted disease)? Odds are that ...

“You’re too pretty to have a disease,” declared the nurse in the emergency department (ED) dismissing Constance Benson’s ...

  AT&T* will help the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) modernize its communications and reduce costs. ...

Today, youth bullying has become a major public health issue in America. Bullying, a form of youth violence, is ...

  The racial gap for breast cancer deaths is closing, particularly among younger women, U.S. health officials reported ...

  Fewer Americans are dying from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), but not black women and the middle-aged, ...

  Unsafe use of contact lenses — such as sleeping with them in place or using the same ...

  U.S. health officials on Monday updated their Zika virus guidelines, saying that pregnant women could contract Zika ...