Doc McStuffins Provides Role Model for Children of Color
The lack of appropriate role models on television has always been worrisome to leaders in the African American community. However,...
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High Blood Pressure Deadlier for Blacks
High blood pressure may be deadlier for Blacks. Blacks with hypertension are twice as likely as their white counterparts to...
Five Black Women in the US Die Needlessly From Breast Cancer Each Day
A study funded by the Avon Foundation for Women and conducted at the Sinai Urban Health Institute identified a clear...
Five Black Women in the US Die Needlessly From Breast Cancer Each Day
A study funded by the Avon Foundation for Women and conducted at the Sinai Urban Health Institute identified a clear...
Health Disparities Cause Financial Burdens for Families, Communities and Health Care System
Health disparities are creating economic burdens for families, communities and the nation?s health care system. Across the country, infant mortality...
Health Disparities Cause Financial Burdens for Families, Communities and Health Care System
Health disparities are creating economic burdens for families, communities and the nation?s health care system. Across the country, infant mortality...
Winter Exercise
During the cold months, it?s natural to want to just hibernate inside your cozy house rather than venture out into...
Stay Healthy This Season – the Natural Way
Nature?s cycle of seasons has a fundamental effect on the body. Everything around us slips into sleep mode- animals, plants,...
Reducing the Impact of HIV/AIDS in Black Communities
World AIDS Day, observed on December 1st since 1988, has become a yearly reminder of the staggering statistics associated with...