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Providence Board OKs Plans for Urgent Care Center
By WI Web Staff The Providence Health System’s board of directors has approved the addition of urgent care services center to its 30-acre campus on Varnum Street in northeast D.C. In doing so,...
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California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be Featured Speaker during CSU...
By Sentinel News Service What: California Attorney General Xavier Becerra to be featured speaker during Presidential Distinguished Lecture Series at CSU Dominguez Hills When:...
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Black Business Spotlight: Nokomis Dental Center
By Jonika Stowes After working at a dental practice for nine months, Dr. Grace Warren of Nokomis Dental Center not only knew she wanted to own her dentistry business but also own the building that...
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MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Peer Health Exchange offers health education for young...
By Angela N. Parker Founded by young people, for young people, the Peer Health Exchange (PHE) has worked to fill the health equity gap for youth in underserved communities. The organization began as a...
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Men’s Self-Care in Baltimore
By J. K. Schmid Randy Lewis can’t say for certain when the new trend of men’s self-care took off, but he’s loving being in front of it. “I always took care of myself, always groomed myself,” Lewis...
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Morehouse Healthcare creates better outcomes for underserved communities
By Dejanee Callahan Morehouse Healthcare in Atlanta is a multi-specialty medical practice and one of Georgia’s premier primary care facilities. Founded in 1985, it began as Morehouse Medical Associates...
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COMMENTARY: Removing the Stigma of HIV /AIDS
By Representative LaKeshia Myers February 7 is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD), which is a day to increase awareness about HIV among African Americans and to encourage people to get...
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Blindness is Preventable with Treatment and Good Health
By Nyesha Stone In life, as people become older the weaker their body may become, and eyesight is no exception. February is Low Vision Awareness Month, so, Dr. Judy E. Kim, an ophthalmologist in the...
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Black Publishers Push for More Diabetes Awareness
By Lauren Poteat, NNPA Newswire Washington Correspondent On a mission to combat issues of diabetes, which disproportionately afflicts Black Americans nationwide, the National Newspaper Publishers...
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Community Based Treatment, Not Jail Replacement: A New Plan of Care for LA...
By Sentinel News Service Locked buildings, cells and sheriffs providing security – sound like a Mental Health Center? It doesn’t, because it’s not. In response to Federal investigations of the poor...
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Get your heart in good health
By Dallas Post Tribune Staff About 610,000 people die of heart disease in the United States every year. But that doesn’t have to be your fate. Some risk factors like your family history, sex or age you...
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In Peak Flu Season, UC Riverside’s Dr. Cedric Rutland, M.D. Highlights its...
Andrea M. Baldrias As flu season peaks, UC Riverside’s Dr. Cedric Rutland provides important information regarding the Black community and flu vaccinations. According to the Center for Disease...
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Our Approach to Heart Failure is Failing Patients
By Philip B. Adamson Heart failure is becoming more and more common. Nearly 6 million Americans are suffering from it today. That figure will grow to more than 8 million by 2030....
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Meet Tiffany Alexander, 27, co-founder of a pediatrics urgent care facility...
By Ameera Steward Spending long periods of time in a hospital with her mother, who had been diagnosed with cancer, gave Tiffany Alexander a love for health care and helping others. “We always had a...
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Md. Ponders New Board to Regulate Prescription Drug Prices
By William J. Ford ANNAPOLIS — Residents, health care advocates and faith leaders converged Thursday on the State House in support of legislation that would create a prescription drug affordability...
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Milwaukee Health Department Plans to Address Tobacco Disparities
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz When it comes to tobacco, most people know at least one person in his or her life who smokes. In Wisconsin, the state average reaches 16 percent, according to the Wisconsin...
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How An Early Orthodontist Visit Can Head Off A Child’s Jaw Problems
By Dr. Stuart Frost While it may seem premature to take a 7-year-old child to the orthodontist, such an early visit can save thousands of dollars in future dental issues. “Jaw issues especially are...
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Md. Lawmakers Pitch Health-Insurance Down Payment Plan
By William J. Ford ANNAPOLIS — About 130,000 uninsured Marylanders could receive health insurance in the next two years, said two state lawmakers floating a health care proposal Wednesday in Annapolis....
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How safe is CBD oil?
By Dr. Charles Crutchfield III MD From bath oils and soft drinks to skin creams and coffee bars, everywhere you look, you can see what looks like the next hot product: CBD oil. CBD, or cannabidiol, oil...
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Rep. Underwood to Black Nurses: Go into Politics
By James Wright Freshman Rep. Lauren Underwood (D-Ill.) told a receptive audience of the nation’s leading African-American nursing association that they should seriously consider entering the political...
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