By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Even as health care costs continue to cause concerns for the poor, nearly 40 percent African...
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper As the nation kicks off Alcohol Awareness Month, new research has come to light. It...
By Dr. Ro, America’s Nutrition Coach NNPA Columnist There’s a new diet craze that’s so crazy I have to sound off. It’s called mono-meals because...
Dr. David Tom Cooke, a graduate of the Oakland Unified School District and the son of two former principals in the district, is a winner of...
By Jovanka Beckles A quarter of a million people in Richmond and West Contra Costa County, a majority people of color community, will be without...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Short people have more risk for heart disease, and now researchers may know why: Genes that govern height also seem...
(HealthDay News) — An active ingredient in some psoriasis and multiple sclerosis medications has been linked to two cases of a rare and sometimes lethal brain infection. The ingredient, dimethyl...
(Raw Story) – Mumia Abu-Jamal, the journalist and former Black Panther convicted for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, had his death sentence...
(Raw Story) – Mumia Abu-Jamal, the journalist and former Black Panther convicted for the 1981 murder of Philadelphia Police Officer Daniel Faulkner, had his death sentence...
(HelpMeOutDoc.com) – This allergy season seems more potent than usual, causing watering eyes and itchy nose symptoms with increased intensity, experts warn. Dr. Ty Coleman...
WASHINGTON (CBSDC/AP) — Global warming isn’t just affecting the weather, it’s harming Americans’ health, President Barack Obama said Tuesday as he announced steps government and businesses will...
ALISHA GREEN, Associated Press LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Chronic understaffing and police attitudes toward victims contributed to thousands of rape kits going untested for years in...
Inkster, Mich. (AP) – A 115-year-old Detroit-area woman now listed as the world’s oldest living person still makes plans for a fishing trip each year...
Inkster, Mich. (AP) – A 115-year-old Detroit-area woman now listed as the world’s oldest living person still makes plans for a fishing trip each year...
by Valecia Weeks, CPT, LMT Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward-Times Osteoporosis is the thinning of bone tissue and loss of bone density over...
by Shantella Y. Sherman Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Cassandra Nivens has experienced painful periods since age 14. To cope with being...
LINDSEY TANNER, AP Medical Writer CHICAGO (AP) — Trying to slim down? Weight Watchers and Jenny Craig scored the best marks for effectiveness in a review...
(New York Times) – Sadly, for more than half my life, I had avoided some of nature’s most perfect and healthful foods: nuts and peanuts. I...
MARY ESCH, Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Fourteen attorneys general asked Congress to launch an investigation of the herbal supplements industry and to consider giving...
CLARENCE ROY-MACAULAY, Associated Press FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) — Sierra Leone found 10 new Ebola cases during a three-day countrywide shutdown, an official said Wednesday, declaring...
(The American Register) – The largest study till date on the rising suicide rate among military personnel is published on Wednesday in The Journal of the...
BALTIMORE (WJZ) — Billion dollar lawsuit. Hundreds of people, part of a horrific STD study, sue Johns Hopkins University. Nearly 800 former research subjects infected...
DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9 percent last year to the...
DAVID CRARY, AP National Writer NEW YORK (AP) — The number of foreign children adopted by U.S. parents dropped by 9 percent last year to the...
(Reuters) – China will almost double the number of its general doctors by 2020, trim its public sector and improve technology as it seeks to fix a...
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