Social Media Fitness Star: Butt Injections Nearly Took My Life
(Photo credit: Instagram) Being an online fitness trainer, Jenelle Butler, better known as @GetBodiedByJ on social media has helped literally thousands of people change their health, their bodies and their…
First FDA-Approved App Released to Help Treat Substance Abuse
Image: PearTheraputics.com This isn’t your average app. This app heals… Clinically proven to increase abstinence in patients suffering from substance abuse and expand outpatient retention in treatment programs, this app…
#BlackGirlHealing: Creating a Healthy Lifestyle
My name is LeighAnna Kingvalsky. I am 25 and a New Orleanian born and raised. I love pizza, beignets, snowballs, crawfish, pralines, red beans, greens, and so many other dishes…
Dr. James R. Gavin Discusses High Rate of Diabetes
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Dr. James R. Gavin Discusses High Rate of Diabetes in Blacks
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5 Ways to Use Petroleum Jelly for Skincare
Image: Shutterstock Vaseline has forever been a staple in the African American community. It’s an essential item you can guarantee to see in any medicine cabinet, hair drawer or atop…
Could Certain Hair Dyes or Relaxers Raise Breast Cancer Risks?
Everyone loves to switch it up sometimes. Any day of the week may call for a mood change, then it’s off to the salon for a new color or cut.…
Could Certain Hair Dyes Raise Breast Cancer Risks?
Everyone loves to switch it up sometimes. Any day of the week may call for a mood change, then it’s off to the salon for a new color or cut.…
The Link Between Certain Cancers, Diets & Exercise
Many Americans are just coming around to the correlation that “food is medicine”, let alone, the #1 top recommendation of good nutrition and regular exercise is still left ignored. In…
Breast-Feed Now, Avoid Diabetes Later
Breastfeeding has been known to come along with an over-supply of benefits for the mother. From weight-loss, speedy after-birth healing, decreasing breast and ovarian cancer risks, healthy hormone releases and…