Angela Bassett Receives Third Degree from Yale! A Doctorate!
(Photo credit: Instagram) She’s a wife, she’s a mother, she’s an award-winning actress, she’s a woman of faith, and she happens to be fine at 59, but that’s not all!…
Three Black Doctors Show The Power Of Perseverance
Doctors Pierre Johnson, 37, Max Madhere, 37, and Joe Semien, 40, are proof positive that it doesn’t matter where you start, it’s amazing what a little perseverance can do. The…
Semonia Crusted Catfish Steaks
(Photo credit: DariusCooks.tv) Growing up in Chicago, we always had catfish steaks. These days, they’re hard to find. I found a place in Atlanta that sells the whole fish and…
AHA: Blood Test Could Offer Life-and-Death Clues for Black Diabetics
It is no secret that there is a strong genetic component to type 1 and type 2 diabetes, this holds solid in the African American community where you can commonly…
Type 1 Diabetes Could Be Causing Your Muscle Weakness
The facts are clear. According to The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the diabetes epidemic sweeping the U.S. is hitting the African American community particularly hard.…
Interested in Participating in Clinical Trails? Look To Twitter To Be Recruited
For years, studies have found that Black people have a profound mistrust of doctors and scientists. Consequently, we participate in clinical trials at far lower rates than other ethnic groups,…
Black Americans Still Wary of Clinical Trials
Facts are facts, without higher levels of participation among African Americans, we will never unlock the root causes of the disparate impact of illnesses, diseases, and ailments plaguing black communities…
What’s The Hold Up? Many with Depression Often Delay & Avoid Treatment
Did you know, according to Mental Health America, African Americans are only 20 percent more likely to report serious psychological distress issues than whites? However, we face the hardest time…
Depression Could Increase Risk Factor for A-Fib Strokes
Along with financial obstacles, including higher poverty rates and lack of health insurance, the stigmatization of mental illness and mistrust of the health care system among the African American community…
8 Types of Specific Tardive Dyskinesias You Should Know About
Tardive Dyskinesia is a rare condition affecting the nervous system, often caused by long-term use of some psychiatric drugs that treat common conditions like bipolar and Alzheimer’s disease. Although there…