For years and years and years now, women have used two particular pieces of fruit to define their body shape – and, to a certain…
In the United States, black women are two to three times more likely to have fibroids than white women. These fibroids, which are noncancerous growths that…
Sisters Takia (pictured right) and Tasha Clark were kicked out from a King of Prussia, Pa., mall after reportedly refusing to remove their hats, which…
ATLANTA — A cancer diagnosis often inspires people to exercise and eat healthier. Now the experts say there’s strong evidence that both habits may help…
In this exclusive opinion piece, actor Gabrielle Union issues an impassioned and very personal plea to spare the Affordable Care Act, now under attack by politicians. ———— I am going to do something that most people in my position don’t do often – tell you my age. I am 39 years old. I am at […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — No major medical group recommends routine PSA blood tests to check men for prostate cancer, and now a government panel is saying they do more harm than good and healthy men should no longer receive the tests as part of routine cancer screening. The panel’s guidelines had long advised men over 75 […]
Ovarian cancer, which affects 21,000 women a year and kills 15,000 affects white women more, but African American women have a much lower survival rate. Dr. Therese Dolecek of the University of Illinois at Chicago had conducted a study of the disease and its affect on African American women. Educate Yourself! National Black Breast Cancer […]
A young mother may face criminal charges for raising thousands of dollars while faking her 14-month-old daughter’s fight against leukemia. “This child is not ill, ” North Hampton District Attorney John Morganelli told to NBC Philiadelphia after reviewing the evidence and speaking with Arielle Brooks, the mother of the baby in question. Brooks has put together both a Facebook […]
The World Health Organization announced Tuesday that cell phones raise the risk of cancer. The announcement, made after a team of international scientists reviewed various studies on cell phone safety is particularly relevant to the black community as studies have consistently shown blacks to dominate cell phone use. Not to mention, African-Americans suffer the highest […]
SAN DIEGO — Hall of Fame outfielder Tony Gwynn says he has cancer in a salivary gland. He told The San Diego Union-Tribune the cancer was discovered last month and he faces seven to eight weeks of treatment – radiation five times a week and chemotherapy once a week. “The doctors have told me they […]
