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…
Won’t He Do It! Weighlifting Icon C.T. Fletcher Survives Heart Transplant!
(Photo credit: CTfletcher.com) Fans, fitness trainers and the entire bodybuilding community were praying for the famous powerlifter and bodybuilding legend C.T. Fletcher. He suffered a major heart attack in June…
Americans unprepared for workplace cardiac emergencies
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How To Dramatically Boost Survival of Cardiac Arrest
A person who suffers a cardiac arrest in public has more than twice the chance of surviving if a bystander steps in to restart the heart with an automated external…
This Heart-Stopping Condition May Have Warning Signs
A heart-stopping condition that causes about half of all cardiovascular-related deaths seems to happen in an instant, with no symptoms. But several recent studies show that, sometimes, people who experience…
To Beef or Not To Beef: The Benefits of Red Meat
“To Beef, or Not to Beef?” That is the question. It’s the Great Cow Debate! There have been some observational studies that showed red meat is associated with cardiovascular diseases–some…