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The Alameda County Public Health Department will be offering free health screenings for families, Saturday, June 1, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the East Oakland Boxing Association, 816 98th Ave. in Oakland. Free screenings will offered for blood pressure, weight and BMI, blood cholesterol and glucose, vision and hearing, body fat assessment and...
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By Kia Croom Cindy Howell is founder of Natural Healing Tree Women’s Wellness Center and Granny’s Kitchen located in Point Richmond, which offers space for women of all walks of life to work and heal together in all aspects of their lives. The center offers workshops on healthy eating and cooking, preventive health, stress...
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Assemblymember Rob Bonta (D-Oakland) has announced that his bill to reduce the transmission of HIV/AIDS and other STDs in California prisons passed the Assembly Public Safety Committee. The Prisoner Protections for Family and Community Health Act (AB 999) now moves to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. “Sexually transmitted disease is a tragic reality of life...
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By Post Staff To call Dr. Desmond Carson “committed to his community” would be an understatement. Carson, a Richmond native, is something of a hometown hero: an emergency room doctor in West Contra Costa’s only public hospital, a crusader for public health education, a mentor to youth and husband and father of two. In...
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The incomparable Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, perhaps the most acclaimed international ambassador of American culture performing today, returns to the Bay Area. Under the inspired leadership of artistic director Robert Battle, and building upon the “big, big wow” (San Jose Mercury News) of its 2012 appearances, the company’s 2013 Berkeley residency promises wide-ranging...
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The Second African First Ladies Health Summit, held recently in Los Angeles, welcomed first ladies and government representatives from Africa to address the health challenges faced by women and children on the continent. Held at the Intercontinental Hotel in Century City, April 2-4, the summit was first organized by U.S. Doctors for Africa (UDFA)...
Read more →San Leandro’s Recreation and Human Services Department, in partnership with the YMCA’s Healthy Kids Day, is hosting “Parks Make Life Better: Family Fitness Day,” Saturday, April 27, 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. at Washington Manor Park, 14900 Zelma St. in San Leandro. This free event is being held the same day as the San...
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By Lee Hubbard The Sixth Annual Black Healing and Health Summit will take place Saturday, April 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at San Francisco State University’s Cesar Chavez Student Union. The health summit will look at the issues that impact the Black community in San Francisco and the Bay Area, including HIV-AIDS,...
Read more →The Bay Area Media Mission (BAMM) – a partnership of KDYA 1190AM/KDIA 1640AM Post News Group, and Richmond Main Street Initiative – is sponsoring Mother’s Month Breast Cancer Action Now, which will take place in May. The program will recommend locations for free mammograms and diagnostic breast care services to underserved women in the...
Read more →Alameda County recently honored trailblazing women who have broken through the glass ceiling as CEOs and leaders of some of the most influential health care organizations in the East Bay. Honoree at the March 28 at the 2nd “Women’s History Month Trailblazers” were Elaine Brown, author, activist and former chairperson of the Black Panther...
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Dr. Helene Gayle, a leading world public health expert, will discuss the declining state of health in America, as part of the Barbara Lee and Elihu Harris Lecture Series, Saturday, April 20 at 7 p.m. at Parks Chapel A.M.E. Church, 476 34th St. in Oakland. Dr. Gayle is president and CEO of CARE USA,...
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By Ashley `Chambers Writer Kia Croom has always been an advocate for those in need. As program director at the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP), she has helped provide services to homeless individuals and families, including emergency shelter and transitional housing, a resource center and serving meals 365 days a year. Holding a bachelors...
Read more →The Stanford Cancer Institute’s Community Partnership Program is hosting the second annual conference, Breast Cancer and African Americans, on Saturday, May 4, 8 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. at the South San Francisco Conference Center, 255 South Airport Boulevard, S. San Francisco. The purpose of this event is provide culturally tailored breast health and cancer...
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By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press A baby born with the virus that causes AIDS appears to have been cured, scientists announced Sunday, describing the case of a child from Mississippi who is now 2 1/2 and has been off medication for about a year with no signs of infection. There is no guarantee the...
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By Jesse Brooks National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day is a time to share knowledge and shed light on the often-overlooked impact of the disease on women and families in our communities. The official commemoration was March 10, but events happen all month. Often buried within the data on the general AIDS population...
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Dr. David Satcher, former U.S. Surgeon General and former CDC director, and Dr. J. Michael McGinnis, a top health official who served under four U.S. presidential administrations, are receiving the 17th annual Public Health Heroes Award this week from the University of California, Berkeley School of Public Health. The awards were presented Thursday, March...
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Dr. Muntu Davis, Director of Public Health for Alameda County Public Health Department, will lead a free training on case management and the AIDS State of Emergency, 9 a.m. to noon, Friday, Feb. 15, at Cal-Pep, 2811 Adeline St. in Oakland. The goal of the training series is to engage community members to address...
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By Jesse Brooks A national clergy-led capacity building faith initiative funded by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), collaborating with the Alameda County office of AIDS, recently hosted a regional symposium entitled “ We’ve Come Too Far To Turn Back Now” to equip clergy and faith leaders to tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis...
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National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day will be held Feb. 7 to encourage African Americans to get educated, get tested, get involved and get treated. Even though African Americans make up 13 percent of the US population, they account for nearly half (49%) of all new HIV infections and half (49%) of the people living...
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SEEDS Community Resolution Center is partnering with Berkeley Adult School to offer community conflict resolution services and mediation training. The Spring 2013 training SEEDS Executive director Jeff Sloan. Clockwise from left: Anjelica Mendoza, Luis Renteria, Mark Esguerra, Vanessa Gutierrez, Nathan Yung, Matthew Crimp, Ryan Gabriel, Henry Duran, Annie Xu, Maryam Zafer, Caitlin Dunn, Marikah...
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Black Women Stirring the Waters, a Black women’s discussion group, will meet in Oakland at 1850 Alice St., Sunday, Jan. 20 from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. for its 29th year of exploring issues and concerns of the Black community. For more information contact Carole Davis Kennerly at carolekennerly@sbcglobal.net. Claire Cullen Mack, a San...
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Larry Bryant (left), an advocate for HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, is a straight Black man living with HIV. In 1986, he contracted HIV as an 18 year-old student at Norfolk State University. He is a member of the National Steering Committee for “Campaign to End AIDS,” founded in 2005 by Housing Works to serve...
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By Jesse Brooks Featuring women from across the country and from all walks of life speaking openly and candidly about HIV/AIDS, the documentary, “Many Women, One Voice; African American Women in HIV,” inspires women to take care of themselves. The film was designed to help Black women talk about HIV, featuring personal reflections, thoughts...
Read more →Encouraging healthy eating and diabetes prevention this holiday season, the American Diabetes Association offers helpful tips. 1-Get more physical activity; 2-Get plenty of fiber; 3-Choose whole grains; 4-Lose extra weight; and 5-Skip fad diets and make healthier choices.
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By Keli Goff, The Root From Martin Luther King, Jr. and the fight for civil rights in the 1960s to Rev. Al Sharpton and the fight against racial profiling and police brutality today, members of the clergy have been key leaders in some of the Black community’s most important battles. Yet there is one...
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Greater Than AIDS, in partnership with Philly Faith in Action, launched the first Greater Than AIDS faith focused campaign in Philadelphia with billboard placements, public service announcements highlighting the importance of HIV testing. Their hivtest.cdc.gov website offered free and low cost testing sites. Some pastors also produced video awareness sermonettes, including: Dr. Alyn Waller...
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By Jesse Brooks Joining the team that is putting AIDS on the defensive, the Oakland Raiders for the first time at an NFL game handed out over 7,500 condoms and offered HIV testing to the public at the Sunday game in Oakland against the Cleveland Browns. Making history one day after World AIDS Day,...
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Robin Roberts is home again after spending a week in the hospital with a virus. Roberts, who is still recovering after a bone marrow transplant she received in September, landed back in the hospital for a virus that wouldn’t respond to medication. In her blog post for ABC News she said, “Our immune systems...
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By Brazell H. Carter, MD Proposition N, the tax initiative aimed at fighting obesity by taxing foods containing excessive amounts of sugar, was a noble idea. Unfortunately it was ill conceived as it unfairly created a rise in food costs for Richmond residents. Fortunately it was defeated. As a physician, I agree that for...
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By Post Staff After Jonathan Jones was featured in the Post (09/13/2011), he was asked to provide Breathing Aerobics training to the staff and clients at Alzheimer’s Services of the East Bay. He has also appeared as a guest on several radio shows to talk about Breathing Aerobics and health. He is a regular...
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The West Oakland Middle School community recently celebrated the opening of a new school-based health and family resource center, made possible by Lifelong Medical Care, Alameda County, the City of Oakland, and Safe Passages. The health center offers comprehensive medical, dental health, health education and youth development services under one roof, as well as...
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The board of directors of Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan have named Bernard J. Tyson the next chairman and chief executive officer of the organization, the nation’s largest health care system. Tyson will succeed current chairman and CEO George Halvorson, who recently announced that he will retire next year. Tyson, current president and...
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By Jesse Brooks Darnell Livingston, an AIDS activist who was known for his willingness to stand up and speak out, died on Aug. 31. I met Livingston when he attended Alameda County Planning Council meetings, a group that allocates federal and statewide funds for people living with HIV. Though he was HIV negative, he...
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By Tasion Kwamilele Sherron and Stacy Hogg watched their mother Sharon Randolph battle breast cancer for two years before succumbing to the disease in 2000. Seeing the mental, physical, and emotional affects of breast cancer, the two sisters made a commitment to help women “face the life challenges cancer brings, with dignity and wisdom.”...
Read more →For information about options available during Medicare’s open enrollment period, staff from Legal Assistance for Seniors (LAS) will present an overview of the program, including benefits, eligibility, costs and enrollment. Learn about Medi-Cal and Medicare Savings Programs, and Medicare Part D, the Prescription Drug Plan. The free community education program will be held from...
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The providers of Coast2Coast Rx and the Alameda County Board of Supervisors are celebrating two milestone events: the third anniversary of the launch of their free prescription discount card and the more than $3.7 million that residents have saved on prescriptions costs since the program began in September 2009. The Coast2Coast Rx discount prescription...
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By Jesse Brooks With HIV/AIDS reaching pandemic levels in African American communities, some Black churches have stepped up to the challenge, merging science and religion, engaging the African American community about HIV – where we live, where we play and where we worship. This weekend Bay Area residents will be able to attend a...
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By David Sayen Medicare is stronger than ever, with more benefits, better choices, and lower costs to beneficiaries. Expanded Medicare benefits under the health care law (the Affordable Care Act) continue to be available – including certain free preventive benefits, cancer screenings, and an annual wellness visit. Whether you choose Original Medicare or a...
Read more →By Lauran Neergaard AP Medical Writer Free birth control led to dramatically lower rates of abortions and teen births, a large study concluded this week, offering strong evidence for how a bitterly contested Obama administration policy could benefit women’s health. The project tracked more than 9,000 women in St. Louis, many of them poor...
Read more →By Jeff Ritterman The issue of the Richmond Soda Tax is being hotly debated in the Richmond Community. I am grateful for the opportunity to address the readers of the Richmond Post on this important issue. To set the record straight, infant formula, ensure and 100 percent fruit juices will not be taxed. There...
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By Jesse Brooks September 27th marked the fourth National Gay Men’s HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, founded by National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA) to encourage gay men to remember how much has been accomplished in the fight against the disease and to commemorate the quarter million lovers and brothers who have been lost to...
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By Kristen Bole, UCSF The University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) has received a $20 million gift from philanthropist Chuck Feeney to build a new hub for Global Health Sciences at the UCSF Mission Bay campus. Feeney made the gift through The Atlantic Philanthropies, the foundation he created in 1982. This commitment brings Atlantic’s...
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Robin Roberts, anchor of Good Morning America, was set to undergo a painful bone marrow transplant on Thursday, three months after announcing to the world that she was suffering from the rare disease MDS. Her sister, Sally-Ann, will be her donor. Roberts, who has been on an extended medical leave to treat the disease,...
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The City of San Leandro in partnership with HEAL (Healthy Eating Active Living) will be screening a segment of the new HBO documentary “The Weight of the Nation”, focusing on childhood obesity and its effect on children, families and community 7p.m. to 9 p.m., on Thursday, Sept. 20 at the Senior Community Center, 13909...
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Contra Costa health officials this week called on residents to remain vigilant in taking steps to protect themselves from West Nile virus following an announcement of the county’s first human case of 2012. There were three confirmed human cases of the virus in the county last year. A state laboratory in Richmond last week ...
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