health

Jordin Sparks and First Lady Michelle Obama In New Hip-Hop Video Promoting Healthy Habits for Kids
By Staff Contributor on August 15, 2013
A rap video featuring First Lady Michelle Obama? Kind of — but it’s not your typical rap video. The Partnership for a Healthier America and…
ObamaCare To Take Effect October 1
By Teghan Collins on August 6, 2013
(Via the Huffington Post) You can now open your own personal “Obamacare” account – but you’ll have to wait awhile before you can actually use…
Solange Knowles Cancels European Tour for ‘Mental/Physical Health’
By Staff Contributor on July 25, 2013
Solange Knowles is “completely devastated” to cancel her European summer tour, which included stops in Portugal, Norway and Finland, she said on her website yesterday…
Why Breast Cancer Kills More Black Women: They’re Sicker
By Staff Contributor on July 24, 2013
Breast cancer may be killing black women at a higher rate than whites because they are sicker to start with, researchers reported on Tuesday. Doctors…
Study: African Americans Likely To Die From Homocide or Heart Disease
By Teghan Collins on July 18, 2013
CNN Health is reporting that the life expectancy of African Americans is shorter than whites because of homicide and heart disease. White women have the…
Study: African American Blood Cancer Patients Fare Worse
By Teghan Collins on July 11, 2013
A recent study found that despite receiving similar cancer treatment as other patients, African Americans with a common form of leukemia did not live as…
Samuel L. Jackson Launches Male Cancer Foundation ‘One For The Boys’
By C. George on June 17, 2013
(via our partner JohnnyUrban.com) Samuel L. Jackson publicly launched his charity ‘One For The Boys’, a Male Cancer awareness campaign at The Palace in the…
African Americans Remain Hardest Hit By Medical Bills
By Staff Contributor on June 11, 2013
For many years, high medical bills have been a leading cause of financial distress and bankruptcy in America. That pressure may be easing ever so…
Dry Drowning Death of 10-Year-Old Boy Highlights Hidden Danger
By Staff Contributor on June 7, 2013
(Via our partner MommyBrown.com) The tragic death of a South Carolina 10-year-old more than an hour after he had gone swimming has focused a spotlight…
Study: Gene Flaws Linked to Black Women’s Greater Breast Cancer Risk
By Staff Contributor on June 4, 2013
(Via our partner Culturista.com) Gene flaws that raise the risk of breast cancer are surprisingly common in black women with the disease, according to the…
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Janet Jackson Lifts Her Voice to Help Kids in West and Central Africa
By Nolan Wilder on June 3, 2013
Janet Jackson, GRAMMY® Award-winning and Oscar® nominated artist, entertainer and actor is lending her talent and powerful voice to support UNICEF in providing humanitarian assistance…
Miss USA & Miss Teen USA Show Support For Best Buddies
By Nolan Wilder on June 3, 2013
Miss USA 2013 Nana Meriwether, Michael Jaxtimer Barry, and Miss Teen USA 2013 Logan West attend the Tom Brady Football Challenge for the Best Buddies…
African Students Create Anti-Malaria Soap
By Staff Contributor on April 23, 2013
Moctar Dembele and Gerard Niyondiko have won the Global Science Venture (GSVC) competition for creating an anti-malaria repellent soap. Dembele and Niyondiko created Faso Soap…
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Rev. Jesse Jackson Asks $7 Million Bailout For Roseland Hospital
By Staff Contributor on April 22, 2013
The Rev. Jesse Jackson is leading a group of community leaders in calling for an infusion of $7 million from the Quinn administration to keep…
Study: Black Women May Gain More Weight with Contraceptives
By Staff Contributor on April 12, 2013
Black women were the most likely to gain weight while using a long-acting form of contraception, such as a hormone implant or intrauterine device (IUD),…
Alzheimer’s Gene ABCA7 Linked to Increased Disease Risk in African Americans
By Staff Contributor on April 10, 2013
A new study has revealed that a gene that was once thought to be weakly associated with Alzheimer’s disease risk in white people may almost…
Study: Balding in African-American Men May Be Sign of Prostate Cancer
By Staff Contributor on March 27, 2013
Baldness may be a sign of prostate cancer risk in African-American men. That’s what the authors of a new study have found from looking at…
Heart Disease Is Number One Killer of Minority Women
By Staff Contributor on February 12, 2013
Minority women are 66 percent less likely than white women to be aware of the risks and symptoms of heart disease according to a study…
Study: Southern Diets Raise Stroke Risk, Highest Among African Americans
By Staff Contributor on February 7, 2013
Chicken-fried steak. Deep-fried gizzards. Candy-sweet tea. Consider these delicacies, and it’s easy to see how the Deep South garnered its unfortunate distinction as the “Stroke…
Study: Cancer Kills More African Americans Than Whites
By Staff Contributor on February 6, 2013
Drops in smoking may have helped drive cancer death rates down among black men in the United States during the last decade, but they are…