Women’s Health
via BlackDoctor: Both born in Germany, beautiful twins Tia and Tamera Mowry have earned their fame on shows like Sister, Sister and The Game. The Mowry sisters were born in Gelnhausen in West Germany. Their mother, Darlene Renée Mowry (née Flowers), managed her children’s careers when they were in a singing group called Voices, and also worked as […]
via BlackDoctor: In the midst of multiple rap beefs and presidential buffoonery, something very ugly is happening in Chicago and no one is talking about it. Over the last few months and weeks, there have been a string of terrifying kidnappings and mutilations of young women on the south and west sides of Chicago. With […]
via BlackDoctor: If you had the opportunity to make a difference in your health in 5 minutes, would you take it? Would you devote 2% of your day (30 minutes) to prolonging your life? When framed this way, incremental changes we can make to be proactive don’t seem so hard. Still, living a “healthy lifestyle” […]
via BlackDoctor: Women are often seen as talkative by nature, but the reality is, sometimes it can be more than that. Unfortunately, because of this stereotype, many people, doctors included, assume women don’t suffer as much from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) as men. Furthermore, new findings suggest the medical community doesn’t appreciate the frequency and severity […]
via NationalDayCalendar: The important event on the calendar the Second Tuesday of June will take less time to complete than reading this article and slightly more important. National Call Your Doctor Day reminds young women to schedule their annual Well-Woman Exam. Making this day halfway through the year holds significance because so many women delay their routine […]
via BlackDoctor: Many women who have been diagnosed with multiple sclerosis – an autoimmune disease that affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S. – are convinced that they cannot have children, but the opposite is true. Yes, you face certain risks that women without MS don’t have to deal with, but it is still possible to […]
via BlackDoctor: Rapper Remy Ma has been known to rap a few memorable verses, win a few awards and while the Love & Hip Hop star has always celebrated her curves, she recently shed a noticeable amount of weight. Earlier this year, she posted an “off-guard” pic of her newly snatched body in a belly-baring […]
via BlackDoctor: “Don’t call it a comeback. I’ve been here for years…” are the first words from LL Cool J’s legendary comeback song, Mama Said Knock You Out. Those words and that song are could be the theme song for tennis superstar Serena Williams after her recent win. After all, every superhero needs their theme music. […]
via BlackDoctor: Black women can do everything. We’ve been programmed since nursing white babies, tending the house and picking the fields to handle all things thrown our way. The strength of our female ancestors, who bent hell backward and opened doors to freedom, were passed down to us. Their determination, resilience, and tenacity to never […]
via BlackDoctor: As a maternal-fetal medicine specialist, the fact that the United States has the highest rate of pregnancy-related deaths compared to other developed countries deeply concerns me. Yet, more shocking to me is the level of disparity in the rate of maternal death. A black woman is three times more likely to die from […]
via BlackDoctor: Is there a significant difference between females and males who have ADHD? Research says, yes and it can certainly last well into adulthood for women as well. When Kathleen Nadeau was a little girl, she spent so many hours studying that her mother wondered what was wrong. Nadeau was bright. Yet, while other […]
via BlackDoctor: For some people, being “vegan” alludes to a diet where practitioners avoid consuming any type of animal products. That means no meat, no dairy, no poultry or anything that derives from an animal. As you can imagine, it takes much dedication to refrain from eating the aforementioned food groups, especially with a restaurant […]