Among Maya Angelou's many profound, and very wise, thoughts is: "I learned a long time ago the wisest thing I can do is be on my own side, ... Read More
Womens Health
Risky Sex Behavior More Likely In Women Exposed To Violence
Women who've witnessed or been the victims of violence may be more likely to engage in risky sexual behavior, according to new ... Read More
New Birth Control Warning
Birth control pills that contain the hormone drospirenone must now carry a warning that they may increase the risk for potentially fatal ... Read More
NYTimes ‘Black Women And Fat’ Writer Responds To Critics
“Many black women are fat because we want to be,” Alice Randall stated in her NYTimes Op-Ed piece that sparked a firestorm of online ... Read More
Healthy Mother's Day Gifts
Moms work SO hard all year long to help their families thrive...so why shouldn't we do the same for them? You've probably already heard that ... Read More
8 Things You Can Inherit From Your Mother
Many aspects of our health are genetically linked. For example, according to researchers from the Institute of Cancer Research at the ... Read More
Basketball Wives Stars Tami & Evelyn Get Mammograms
Basketball Wives stars Tami and Evelyn recently headed to the doctor for mammograms as a practice of what all women should be doing to ... Read More
An Abnormal Pap: What It Really Means
A Pap test, or Pap smear, is part of a woman's routine physical exam. It is the best way to prevent cervical cancer, because it can find ... Read More
Gabrielle Union: Cancer Took My Friend. Don’t Play With Healthcare
In this exclusive opinion piece, actor Gabrielle Union issues an impassioned and very personal plea to spare the Affordable Care Act, now ... Read More
The New Sex Disease
Doctors used to think this STD threatened only women. Then the men started dying. The culprit: Human papillomavirus (HPV), the same ... Read More
New Study: Cervical Cancer Lingers In Black Women
Provocative new research might help explain why black women are so much more likely than whites to develop and die from cervical cancer: ... Read More
What Do The New Cervical Screening Guidelines Mean For You?
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Combining a Pap test with a human papillomavirus (HPV) test can safely extend the interval between cervical cancer ... Read More