Family Health
Just one day after Robin Roberts’ bone marrow transplant, People reports the Good Morning America host is “energized” and “ready to go home.” Roberts underwent a five-minute bone marrow transplant, with stem cells donated from her sister Sally-Ann, on Thursday. In an interview with Good Morning America, oncologist Dr. Gail Roboz revealed that […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes takes a moment to share his concerns and some facts about the African-American community and stroke. Know the Facts About African Americans and Stroke Heart disease and stroke are major health risks for all people. But African Americans are at particularly high risk. Consider this: • Blacks have almost twice the risk […]
Mary Mary’s Erica Campbell recently watched “Fat & Fatter” on CNBC, which is a documentary zoning in on the obesity epidemic in America, which costs the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars annually. Impacted by this health crisis, Campbell is on a mission to get and stay fit. Earlier this year, the Centers for Disease […]
About a third of men and women in the United States admit to lying to their doctors, according to a 2010 survey. But keeping secrets can be dangerous, especially if the information you’re withholding leads to a wrong diagnosis. Besides, “a doctor’s job is to advocate for your health, not judge,” say Gary Fischer, M.D., […]
Pastor Kenneth Adkins is on a mission to stop the spread of HIV and AIDS in the Brunswick community. “My job today, my assignment today is to make people aware of the need to get tested,” Adkins said. “We’re going to pass out condoms to people who are having unprotected sex. My goal from that […]
Always tired? Feel like you’re running on empty? Well, join the club, as an increasing numbers of us are suffering from constant fatigue. For all ages, balancing home, work or children can be tiring and deplete energy levels. This is especially so as we age. Food sources such as sugar and caffeine may give you […]
The Many Faces of Sickle Cell Disease Sickle cell disease (SCD) affects people of many racial and ethnic groups. In the United States, 90,000 to 100,000 people―mainly Blacks or African Americans―have SCD. The disease occurs among about 1 of every 500 Black or African-American births and among about 1 out of every 36,000 Hispanic-American […]
Flu season is just around the corner and already drugstores and doctor’s offices have supplies of this year’s vaccine. But is it too early to get the flu shot? Although flu season traditionally lasts from October to May, most clinics get their supplies by early September and have the vaccines ready for patients by the […]
Black teens are not smoking cigarettes as much as they used to, but they are firing up cigars more frequently, according to data in a recent survey released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. From 2009 to 2011, the rate of cigar smoking among African American high school students increased from 7.1 percent […]
Black people who survive brain bleed strokes are more likely than their white peers to have high blood pressure a year later, new research reveals. Intracranial haemorrhages represent about 10% of all strokes, but about four in 10 of these strokes lead to death in the first month. The study authors pointed out that high […]
The statistics are sobering. Diabetes is an epidemic among African-Americans, yet it’s also among the most preventable diseases that face our population. According to the National Diabetes Education Program, 4.9 million African-Americans in the U.S. are diabetic and don’t even know it. Yes, it’s true, something has to kill you, but the significantly reduced quality […]
GRAMMY Award-winning music producer and American Idol judge Randy Jackson was 350 pounds and severely out of shape when he got some shocking news back in 2003: He had Type 2 diabetes. “I didn’t even know I had it until I wound up in the emergency room,” he says. Nine years later Jackson has lowered […]