[BLACKDOCTOR.ORG] When I wrote the article on the “7 Reasons Why You Need To Stop Using Coconut Oil & Shea Butter On Your Hair” a lot...
[BLACKDOCTOR.ORG] It was late and I was hungry. So naturally, one of the few places that is open will more than likely be fast food. So...
By Pat Maryland NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist The passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) promised to improve the delivery of healthcare services in America—especially...
Patricia Maryland NNPA News Wire Guest Columnist Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the rate of new cases of diabetes in the...
By Freddie Allen NNPA News Wire In an effort to increase awareness about HIV/AIDS among young Black men, a group disproportionately impacted by the epidemic, health-care...
[YAHOO] Less than 24 hours after Charlie Sheen‘s rep confirmed that the actor is receiving treatment for HIV, Sheen sat down with the Today show‘s Matt...
By Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA News Wire from the Washington Informer In statistics revealed last year by the Centers for Disease Control and...
By Andre Loftis Special to the NNPA from Black Voice News The Meridian System, a foundation principle of ancient and traditional Chinese medicine; and, the essence...
LONDON (Reuters) – The first patient has been treated in Britain in a pioneering trial of a new treatment co-developed by Pfizer and derived from embryonic...
TORONTO (EurekAlert) – More than half of older adults with clinical depression don’t get better when treated with an antidepressant. But results from a multicentre clinical...
The Obama Administration Updates its Vision By Carma Henry Special to the NNPA from The Westside Gazette “We’ve come a long way in the fight against...
Alan Zerembo, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES (The L.A. Times) – On most health measures, blacks fare much worse than whites — differences that have...
(Slate) – A few months ago, I treated a patient for a case of pinworm, a parasitic infestation that affects roughly 400 million people worldwide, with...
(CNN) – Two more states are now in the spotlight for failing to handle examinations in alleged rape cases. DNA from what are known as rape...
(University Herald) – A new research study has shown that many people who think they are depressed might actually be suffering from obstructive sleep apnea or...
(The Washington Post) – Most Americans who go to the doctor will get a diagnosis that is wrong or late at least once in their lives,...
TOM MURPHY, AP Business Writer Employers are leaving a bigger chunk of the bill for care to workers who use their health insurance, and benefits experts...
WASHINGTON (New York Times) — With the third open enrollment season under the Affordable Care Act beginning in about six weeks, Obama administration officials said Tuesday...
(PBS) Editor’s Note: Journalist Philip Moeller, who writes widely on health and retirement, is here to provide the Medicare answers you need in “Ask Phil, the Medicare...
MARIA CHENG, Associated Press RAPHAEL SATTER, Associated Press KRISTA LARSON, Associated Press KENEMA, Sierra Leone (AP) — Something didn’t smell right. As a worker at Kenema...
(CNN) – When you’re first diagnosed with diabetes, you may feel like your life has been turned upside down. I know I did. But I’ve learned...
MATTHEW PERRONE, AP Health Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — Hillary Rodham Clinton’s plan to rein in prescription drug prices by reshaping how drugmakers do business is being...
By Freddie Allen NNPA Senior Washington Correspondent NEWS ANALYSIS WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Heterosexual Black men were largely invisible at the 2015 United States Conference on AIDS...
Laura Ungar and Jayne O’Donnell, USA TODAY (USA Today) – It’s a frustrating reality of the medical marketplace: Prices are all over the map....
Mary Clare Jalonick, ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON (AP) — Add another item to lawmakers’ busy fall agenda: Congress must decide whether to do battle again with...
