GRILLING CAN BE BAD FOR YOUR HEALTH
Regularly consuming well-done or charred meat may increase your risk of developing pancreatic cancer by up to 60 percent. […]
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EAT LESS SALT: YOUR HEART WILL THANK YOU
The more sodium we have in our bloodstream, the more water it binds. For this reason, sodium is thought to increase blood pressure. […]
TAKING CARE OF SENIORS IN HOT WEATHER
The elderly are often the most vulnerable to severe heat, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). […]
PATIENTS, HEALTH PROFESSIONALS OBSERVE WORLD SICKLE CELL DAY
KC Morse and Dr. Biree Andemariam say that more work needs to be done to empower sickle cell disease patients and to increase awareness about SCD in the medical community.
MEDICAL TESTS THAT CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE
It is especially important that African Americans undergo routine medical screening tests. […]
HIV RATES REMAIN HIGH IN THE BLACK COMMUNITY
The disease has continued to cut a deadly swath through the Black community since 1981 when it was first discovered. By U.S. region, the South has the highest rate of recent HIV infections, accounting for the majority of Blacks newly diagnosed with the disease, which was 63 percent in 2016. […]
UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT FLU EPIDEMIC
Flu epidemic has officially reached epidemic levels […]
UNDERSTANDING CHOLESTEROL
Every cell membrane in our body contains cholesterol because cholesterol is what makes our cells waterproof. […]
REV. JESSE JACKSON’S DIAGNOSIS: PARKINSON’S DISEASE
What it is and How it Affects African-Americans […]
IS IT A COLD OR HAYFEVER?
By Glenn Ellis (TriceEdneyWire.com) – It’s a question that puzzles lots of folks when those familiar symptoms hit: Is all that coughing and sneezing from a cold or hay fever? With so many similar symptoms, […]