Health
A new trend is sweeping across TikTok, and it’s not another dance challenge—it’s sleepmaxxing. The new fad involves using a number of hacks to get better rest at night, but does it really work?
Stress can contribute to serious health problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
Living in a disadvantaged neighborhood contributes to a rare form of heart failure that disproportionately affects Black mothers.
The bacterial disease, which spreads person-to-person, has seen a rise in cases in the Portland, Oregon, metro area.
Here are eight engaging ways to celebrate National Child Health Day with your kids, a day designed to promote healthy lifestyles and strengthen family bonds.
A new study suggests that following a MIND Diet or Mediterranean diet may enhance cognitive function and memory in Black individuals.
September is Prostate Cancer Awareness Month and Black men must understand the challenges they face when it comes to this disease.
Black people are still are distrustful because of the way the system continues to treat them in disparate ways.
Black women are at an elevated risk of cancer, with specific types of the disease showing significant increases among women in their 30's.
Black women face a 40% increased risk of mortality from breast cancer despite having a 4% lower incidence rate of breast cancer compared to white women. Some types of cancer, such as triple-negative breast cancer — an aggressive form of the disease — is more prevalent among Black women and tends to be harder to treat. This can contribute to poorer outcomes compared to other racial and ethnic groups.
The commitment to first do no harm, even if unintentionally, is ignored over and over when pregnant Black women seek proper medical care. Racial discrimination leads to stunning disparities in not only healthcare access but quality healthcare even when access is available.
A racist kidney transplant test caused delays in Black patients receiving the transplants that they needed. Now, that's being corrected.