via BlackDoctor: Actress Kim Fields is known for her roles as “Tootie” on the NBC sitcom The Facts of Life, and as Regine on the Fox sitcom Living Single. It seems as though the beautiful 50-year-old has been acting since she was born, but even though she comes from a Hollywood family, she had a life outside of […]
Many know actress Kimberly Elise from some of her acclaimed roles in Set It Off, John Q, Diary of a Mad Black Woman, For Colored Girls and Almost Christmas. Her incredible smile and intense on-screen persona are just two characteristics she shares with her audience. The talented actress is turning 50 this year and loving […]
After their long battle to have a child, Virginia couple Dana Griffin-Graves and Arkell Graves welcomed a baby boy on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, the debate over funding Planned Parenthood saw civilities fly out the window during a Congressional hearing on Capitol Hill. The head of Planned Parenthood,…
With a CD that debuted at Number One and a resume of hits, Marsha Ambrosius career star continues to soar. As one half of the London, England-hailing duo, Floetry, with Natalie “The Floacist” Stewart, they both wrote the lyrics and sang the songs for such memorable songs as “Say Yes,” “If I Was a Bird”, […]
Cicely Tyson is a living legend who has won multiple awards throughout her illustrious career on Broadway, in film, and in television. With such unforgettable roles as Kunta Kinte’s mother in the epic miniseries “Roots,” or her ground-breaking performance in “Sounder. And even recently, with roles in Tyler Perry movies, her recent Kennedy Center Honor, Broadway […]
Many African-American women have experienced the impact of fibroids, which can cause weight gain, painful menstrual cycles, infertility, and other serious health-related issues. According to the…
Stroke is the third leading cause of death in women, but many are unaware of warning signs and symptoms that are unique to females, a new study says. Of 1,000 women surveyed, only one in 10 was aware that hiccups that occur with unusual chest pain is an early warning sign of stroke in women, […]
If you want to wake up more fit than you did when you went to bed, here’s three tips to get your body and abs, moving while you’re getting some z’s. Tip #1 – Make sleeping 7-8 hours a night a priority Your sleep cannot be an afterthought in getting six pack abs. It’s critically important, […]
Two years after Angelina Jolie revealed she’d undergone a preventative double mastectomy, the actress delivered another bombshell: last week she had her ovaries and fallopian tubes removed. This candid essay, like her last, was written for theNew York Times. In it, Jolie, 39, reveals that while she’d been planning the surgery for some time, […]
*As one of the few child stars to move on from acting, Danielle Spencer has blazed her own path with a successful career as a veterinarian after completing a degree in veterinary science from Tuskegee University. But finding fulfillment after obtaining fame playing Dee on the classic sitcom “What’s Happening!” for three years is nothing […]
Last year, a woman was diagnosed with breast cancer every three minutes, according to Susan G. Komen. This year? Every two minutes, a woman is diagnosed with breast cancer. Want to know what’s even scarier? Although African-American women tend to be diagnosed with breast cancer less often than Caucasian women, we’re more likely to die from […]
