Category : Parenting/ Health

3 Things To Never Do To Chocolate Skin

Having radiant, youthful, healthy skin isn’t a birthright. Nor is it as simple as washing your face twice daily. In fact, factors such as genetics, drinking coffee or alcohol, smoking, sleep patterns, even the temperature of water you use in the sh...

Halle Berry was Misdiagnosed with ‘Worst Case of Herpes’

(Photo by Kamil Krzaczynski/Getty Images) Actress Halle Berry has recently opened up about a health scare that turned out to be something totally different that what doctors originally diagnosed. It was a shock to her and now shocked fans are seeing...

The Consequences Of Blacks Missing From U.S. Cancer Clinical Trials

Four out of five participants in cancer clinical trials are white, a discrepancy that calls into question whether other races and ethnicities are receiving good cancer treatment, researchers say. Women and the elderly also are underrepresented in c...

How Cleaning Can Affect Your Asthma

When you have allergic asthma, it’s a sad reality that the very place you love and spend the most time may be your #1 site of allergen triggers. Keeping a clean home free of dust, pet hair and other particles floating through the air is a large...

Black History of Health: James Brown

When James Brown died on Christmas Day 2006 at age 73, officials at Atlanta’s Emory University Hospital Midtown cited congestive heart failure as the cause of death. Nearly a decade later, the medical team that signed Brown’s death certificate...

3 Great Benefits Of Using Dead Sea Salt On Melanated Skin

Studies show that not only does psoriasis look differently on Black skin, but treatment options may not work as quickly or effectively. That’s why you need to find other ways to supplement your treatment program. One natural ingredient that may help...

The All-Natural Ingredient to Ease All Digestive Issues

Honey: The Ultimate Gut Healer Alright, picture this: you’re relaxing at home after a night of indulgence, maybe one too many tacos or slices of pizza. Suddenly, your gut starts staging a full-on rebellion. Bloating, cramping, and all-around d...

How Clinical Trials Make Black Families Healthier

Historically Black Americans have had a mistrust of doctors and the medical community. And consequently, we participate in clinical trials at much lower rates than other ethnic groups. So what does that mean for us? For as long as we do this, we wi...

Is Yoga Or Pilates Better For You?

For the longest time, yoga was all the rage until Pilates came along and stole the show. A favorite of health nuts around the world, famous and not, yoga and Pilates both have loads of benefits from weight loss to improved heart health, but which on...

Why is DME So Much More Common In OUR Community?

DME, or Diabetic Macular Edema, is a condition that you may have heard of. Occurring in people with diabetes, DME happens when damaged blood vessels in your eyes swell, weaken, and leak fluid. According to the CDC, if you’ve been diagnosed with diab...

Feeling Okay Sis? 5 Tips for Feeling Better During Cancer Treatment

The “Big C” is a word none of us wanna hear, especially nowadays. With times tough and money harder to come by, we’re all working longer, stressing more, and sleeping less than we should be. Unfortunately, cancer doesn’t care. Coming in more forms a...

3 Simple Ways To Stress Less

Discomfort is one thing, but stress can affect your health. It’s a well-known fact that stress can cause a host of very dangerous conditions. RELATED: The Most Dangerous Effects Of Stress Regardless of the particular situation that stressing...

It’s 3:15! 3 Recipes You Can Make In 15 Minutes (Or Less!)

So it’s getting to be late afternoon and you have no idea what to cook for dinner. You’re tired of ordering out and your bank account shows it. And you don’t want to spend too much time in a hot kitchen either. How can you make som...

Clinical Trials & Black Folks: 5 FAQs Answered

Clinical trials (also called medical research and research studies) are used to determine whether new drugs/treatments are both safe and effective. In addition, they help researchers decide if a drug’s risks are worth its benefits (risk/benefi...

Black Men, You’re At Risk for Breast Cancer Too!

As a Black man, you’ve got a lot on your plate. Whether it’s grinding day and night to put money in the bank, dealing with the kids and fam, or living the life of a single ready-to-mingle, time is always ticking. And the last thing you wanna be worr...