Month: September 2018

My name is Vinson Smith of Charlotte, North Carolina. In 2007, I weighed in at 500 pounds; 280 pounds more than my current weight of 225 pounds. After my father’s…

When we were just kids, many of us wanted to be some type of superhero. For boys, it was mainly Superman or Batman and for girls, it was usually Wonder…

Statistically, black Americans are more likely to serve as family caregivers, spend more hours caregiving and devote a higher percentage of their earnings toward that care than other Americans. If…

Did you know black Americans have lower sitting heights and different metabolism of cigarette smoke, which can be associated with COPD? Blacks are also disproportionately exposed to more secondhand smoke…

In 2014, it was reported that blacks were almost three times more likely to die from asthma related causes than the white population. Just a year later, black children were…

There is an expanding gap in the U.S. for minorities to access innovative health care, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) is preparing to make important decisions…

September is National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month and Ovarian cancer ranks fifth in cancer deaths among women, accounting for more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system.…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by Ivy’s Tea Co. ☕? (@ivysteaco) on Sep 11, 2018 at 1:26pm PDT Drinking tea can have many benefits, but if you’ve…

https://www.instagram.com/p/BoFUF1uDeI9/?utm_source=ig_embed Jada Pinkett Smith/Instagram There’s an old saying that goes something like, “if you want to know what a woman will look like when she gets older, look at her…

Some days, all you can do is think of excuses to skip a workout, even when you know all the reasons why you should workout. Try as you might, you…