via BlackDoctor: Grammy-winning, legendary R&B singer Toni Braxton was diagnosed with lupus in 2008. The disease has caused complications in planning her busy musical career, including canceled tour dates. That is until she tried CBD. “I was really achy one day and I didn’t have my prescribed medication,” Braxton told ESSENCE Magazine. “I’m looking under my bathroom sink […]
via BlackDoctor: We’ve publicly seen the downturn that lupus can take on one’s life. From missed tour dates to multiple hospitalizations, big names like Toni Braxton, Nick Cannon, and Trick Daddy, have disclosed their complicated trials and tribulations with lupus. Bringing the disease to light has done momentous things in the African American community and has open […]
via BlackDoctor: Tawny Smith couldn’t figure out why she was always so tired. In 2005, the then 30-something-year-old journalist was a successful producer, newly married and looking forward to further building her career. But was plagued with unexplainable exhaustion that kept getting in the way. It wasn’t until she saw a rheumatologist several months later […]
via BlackDoctor.org: Memphis native and R&B singer K. Michelle revealed on Twitter that she was recently diagnosed with Lupus, but gratefully, received a negative result during a follow-up visit. “I was devastated for 2 weeks…but my body was tired, my mind was just beat down. My [follow-up] results from the doctor came again as a […]
Weeks after family and friends glorified God for her overcoming a lupus-related health complication, Toni Braxton was admitted and released from the hospital again. The Grammy Award winning “Unbreak My Heart” singer was hospitalized Saturday in Cleveland, Ohio where she was scheduled to perform for “The Hits Tour” that kicked off Oct. 8. Although Braxton […]
A spokeswoman says singer Toni Braxton is at home after spending several days in a Los Angeles hospital being treated for lupus. Braxton spokeswoman Maureen O’Connor said Monday that Braxton “is resting at home and is fine.” The R&B singer revealed in 2010 that she had been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease. O’Connor said Braxton […]
( PHOTO: DEREK BLANKS) Michelle Williams is back with her fourth solo album “Journey To Freedom.” Music artists Michelle Williams, Erica Campbell, Shari Rowe and Birdee Bow are using their voices to help fight Lupus. Williams and Campbell are teaming up with fellow singers Shari Rowe and Birdee Bow to include their singles on an […]
With six Grammy-awards and a hit television show under her belt, singer Toni Braxton seems to be living a great life. A very public, but amicable divorce, a great album with Babyface and a loving family and children. But it wasn’t always the case. In 2008, Toni collapsed while performing in Las Vegas. In the […]
May is National Lupus Awareness Month. Lupus is an autoimmune disease that effects lots of African Americans. Health and wellness advocate M Gadsden-Williams and Dr.…
