How’s Your Heart, Sis? The Alarming Truth about Black Women and Heart Disease
Heart Disease is silently killing black women but it doesn’t have to be you. Beverly Buchanan, nurse and heart disease survivor, says that black women...
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Blacks May Receive Different Advice on Statin Therapy
We have a disproportionately high risk of cardiovascular disease, and statin treatment can be an effective tool in lowering the risk of plaque building up...
5 Ways to Help Keep Our Men Healthy
Men’s health is everyone’s business. Whether it’s for yourself as a man, or you have a husband, son, uncle or brother. Keeping our men healthy...
Join Go Red For Women Today: 5 Easy Ways to Get Involved
According to the American Heart Association, heart disease is the No. 1 killer of women, causing one in three deaths each year. That’s approximately one...
5 Ways to Get Heart Healthy
Here's what Black women need to do to get healthy!...
Bad Business: The Problem With Fried Chicken
Perhaps I’m being too sensitive and reading too much into the politics of poultry but given the racial implications, and, more importantly, the health concerns...
How’s Your HEART?
Pamela Thomas had always received a Âperfect bill of health, but at age 38, Thomas’ life changed. She became one of roughly 5.5 million Americans...
High Healthcare Costs Linked to Preventable Diseases
Smoking, poor eating habits, and lack of exercise are contributing to an epidemic of chronic, preventable diseases that are alarming for the future health of...
Managing Diabetes
Karen Chambers, the director of product development for IMAN Cosmetics in New York City—and an ordained interfaith minister—had just finished her seminary thesis in May...
The Heart of the Matter
As Americans are expressing interest in bettering their health, the African American community remains stagnant on health improvements, says Dr. Christopher J.W.B. Leggett, director of...