UNDERSTANDING THE CURRENT FLU EPIDEMIC
Flu epidemic has officially reached epidemic levels […]
Health
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, […]
BLACKS AND MENTAL ILLNESS: SUFFERING IN SILENCE
Mental health or mental illness is rarely discussed within the black community. In the black community, mental illness is thought of as a “white person’s disease” it is nothing that affects black people. […]
NATIONAL SICKLE CELL DISEASE POLL OF AFRICAN AMERICANS DISPELS LONG HELD VIEWS
Pfizer, NNPA, and Howard University Collaborate to Improve Public Education and Awareness […]
DIABETES RISES TO NEW HIGH IN THE U.S. AS COMMUNITIES TAKE ACTION AGAINST IT
“If the diabetes rate had held steady at its 2008 level rather than increased, 2.5 million fewer U.S. adults would have the disease today.” […]
HOLY SMOKE! THE BENEFITS OF QUITTING SMOKING
By Glenn Ellis (TriceEdneyWire.com) – Are you wondering why you’re still smoking cigarettes? Unless you enjoy the taste of more than 7,000 harmful chemicals entering your body with each puff. And of those 7,000 chemicals, […]
DOCTORS MAKE THE CASE AGAINST TAKING A FULL COURSE OF ANTIBIOTICS
The reason for the fuss is that the world is facing a public health crisis because resistance to antibiotics is on the rise. […]
Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
A heart attack can occur when the flow of blood and oxygen to a section of the heart becomes blocked. […]