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COMMENTARY: Electronic Cigarettes May Save Lives
By Julianne Malveaux Smoking kills. We’ve all heard the public service announcements, seen the ads featuring hard-breathing people dying from lung cancer. We’ve all heard about what smoking does to...
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Women twice as likely as men to have depression
Depression involves more than just feeling bad. “About 80 percent of adults with depression reported at least some difficulty with work, home, and social activities because of their depression,” the...
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Congresswoman Wilson Welcomes Stateless Teen Taranique Thurston to Miami for...
By The Florida Star Congresswoman Frederica S. Wilson on October 9 welcomed Taranique Thurston at her first medical appointment at Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she will receive treatment for a...
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Black Health Coalition celebrates 30 years of building a healthy community
By Yvonne Kemp On Thursday, October 11, 2018, The Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin (BHCW) celebrated their 30th Anniversary at the Wisconsin Black Historical Society, 2620 W. Center St. The story...
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Experts Say DC is the most Dangerous Place to Give Birth
By Micha Green Access to suitable health care and hospitals is already an issue of disparity in communities of color in several United States cities, yet according to a recent WUSA9 report, it’s an...
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Compton Residents Walk to Find Cure for Cancer
By Dennis J. Freeman COMPTON — The rain that fell Oct. 13 was not strong enough to stop hundreds of people from showing up to participate in the seventh annual Compton Walk For A Cure at Centennial...
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Nobel Prize Winner Dr. Denis Mukwege Inspired by the Women He Treats
By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia Having treated more than 50,000 rape victims at Panzi Hospital in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dr. Denis Mukwege is known as “the...
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First free breastfeeding clinic in La. opens in New Orleans
By Nayita Wilson The New Orleans Breastfeeding Center — the only freestanding breastfeeding clinic in the state — recently opened at 2714 Canal St. in New Orleans. Strategically located along one of...
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Breast Cancer Doesn’t Have to Mean Death
By Samjah Iman Breast Cancer – two words that give even the strongest person an eerie feeling, and rightfully so. For these words describe a disease that affects one in eight women and is the second...
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Protect Our Care Bus Stops in Music City
By Peter White, Tennessee Tribune NASHVILLE, TN – Like a touring country band, the Care Force One bus pulled into Centennial Park in Nashville October 24 and set up their PA system in front of the...
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Rep. Cooper, state Sen. Yarbro join ‘Protect Our Care’ bus tour stop in...
By Pride Newsdesk A coalition of groups working to prevent the repeal of the Affordable Care Act and preserve the Medicaid program made a stop in Nashville on its nationwide bus tour. The group was...
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Raising Awareness for Domestic Violence in DC
By Brianna McAdoo, Special to the AFRO Domestic Violence is a complex issue that takes shape in many forms. Domestic Violence can take place in any type of relationship, to anyone and according to the...
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Why heart health is important for women with diabetes
If you have diabetes, you have a higher-than-average risk of having a heart attack or a stroke. While men and women generally have similar rates of Type 2 diabetes, women are twice as likely to have...
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Max Robinson Center Continues to Tackle D.C.’s AIDS Epidemic
In Washington, D.C., the rate of newly diagnosed cases of HIV has seen a downward trend over the past 10 years, but the rate of newly diagnosed cases is still high enough to be called an epidemic by...
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Safe and Sane: Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s or Dementia
By Holly Gainer, UAB News Caring for someone with dementia is a top priority, but the sanity of the caregiver is equally important. Nearly 6 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease, and...
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Chicago Twin Sisters Clear Hurdles to Become Top Doctors
Photos courtesy of Brandi and Brittani Jackson By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire Correspondent @StacyBrownMedia They are sisters – twins to be correct – and both are medical doctors and were born and...
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COMMENTARY: ‘One Mistake Away’ From Homelessness
By Lee Eric Smith, The New Tri-State Defender lesmith@tsdmemphis.com Admit it: Sometimes you go out of your way to avoid a homeless person. So do I. I’m not proud to say it, but it’s true. If I can’t...
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COMMENTARY: Karl Dean Champions Education and Healthcare
By Ms. June NASHVILLE, TN — No stranger to politics, former Nashville Mayor Karl Dean plans to immediately seek to improve the expectations for students and help them become college ready and prepared...
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COMMENTARY: Let Your Voice Be Heard
By Morgan A. Owens, NNPA Newswire Contributor I was in my early twenties, he was a guy I was casually dating. He wanted me to engage in activity that I wasn’t comfortable with. I pulled away and he...
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NATIONAL CRISIS: 100 Million Americans Have High Blood Pressure Under New...
Nearly half of Americans have high blood pressure under the guidelines issued late last year by heart organizations and the medical community. The threshold for high blood pressure has been lowered to...
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