HEALTH

Black doctors’ group turns focus to prevention The stats are distressing. More than 75 percent of us are overweight or

My cousin recently died at the age of 45. He passed just shy of his 46th birthday and nearly lived

On September 1st, Dr. Toni Flowers presented at the Black Health Matters Summit on healthy living to combat the epidemic

African American women are diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age and with more aggressive tumor biology, so early

You can go ahead and thank the melanocytesin your body for the skin color you were blessed with. Melanocytes are

Dr. Anna Serur, chief of colorectal surgery at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, shares the latest recommendations about screening and

The world wouldn’t be the same had it not been for Henrietta. Hardly anyone knew of Henrietta Lacks’ life story

There is an urgent need to recognize the crisis in culture and spirituality in our society today. This is especially

A recent arrest is preventing an Atlanta father from donating a kidney to his ailing son. A two-year-old boy born