As if having to monitor their blood sugar wasn’t enough of a concern, people with diabetes are more likely to develop complications from coronavirus. It is...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — I grew up in a family business and was accustomed to working for long hours at my desk. I had an innate discipline...
NNPA NEWSWRE — While Washington, D.C.’s Metrorail has been largely emptied of its professional class of passengers, reductions in the city’s bus service have made it...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Medical experts have also sounded the alarm that the virus could well be transmitted through the air. “Currently available research supports the possibility...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — "We constantly have to innovate, and we cannot rest on last year's medical advances," stated Nathaniel Miles, the vice president for strategic initiatives...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — In fact, heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the U.S., killing one woman every 60 seconds. It’s...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — How about facing each day without knowing if medical care is even available for your family? How about having to postpone necessary care...
INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER — As flu season begins, the Marion County Public Health Department is offering low-cost flu vaccine at special walk-in clinics in October. These clinics...
LOUISIANA WEEKLY — The estimated 15 million Medicare enrollees with diabetes or chronic kidney disease are eligible for the benefit, but the federal health insurance program...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Turning to our pastors was needed in the past, but as concerns have grown, more resources are available,” said Dr. Catherine Jackson, a...
CHARLESTON CHRONICLE — Egyptian ex-president Mohammed Morsi, persecuted by the current military regime according to rights activists, collapsed on the stand and died after giving testimony in...
OAKLAND POST — When a group of liberal lawmakers in the state capitol in Sacramento recently proposed legislation that would raise the amount of recycled plastic required...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report men in the United States, on average, die five years earlier than women. Each...
CHICAGO CRUSADER — On his regular rounds at the University of Southern California's Keck Hospital, Dr. David Armstrong lives a brutal injustice of American health care....
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The diseases are familiar. So are the state’s rankings. Alabama ranks 46th in obesity, 48th in diabetes, and 49th in high blood pressure,...
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Congressman Elijah E. Cummings (D-MD), Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, released a Committee Staff Report on the prices of...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — Macon started out smoking marijuana, eventually used cocaine and then crack cocaine. After retiring from the military, he was mostly using crack....
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our strategic partnerships with progressive and powerful organizations like the National Coalition of 100 Black Women are vital to achieving our mission because...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Schumer noted that African American gains under the health care legislation, commonly known as Obamacare, are threatened by Trump and Attorney General William...
SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW — We all need access to healthy food. Food insecurity, not knowing where your next meal will come from, contributes to multiple...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Generally, heart disease is considered a man’s disease, but more Black and White women die of heart disease than all cancers combined. About...
MINNESOTA SPOKESMAN-RECORDER — This week, we address motivation — how to get and maintain it.
CHICAGO CRUSADER — African American and Latino communities suffer from a higher prevalence of preventable, systemic illnesses.
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL — Rep. Donald M. Payne, Jr. recently underwent treatment for complications relating to diabetes.
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Leon W. Russell, Chairman of the NAACP National Board of Directors, will present Congresswoman Waters with the award at the 50th NAACP Image...