NNPA NEWSWIRE — How about facing each day without knowing if medical care is even available for your family? How about having to postpone necessary care...
OAKLAND POST — When a group of liberal lawmakers in the state capitol in Sacramento recently proposed legislation that would raise the amount of recycled plastic required...
THE BIRMINGHAM TIMES — The diseases are familiar. So are the state’s rankings. Alabama ranks 46th in obesity, 48th in diabetes, and 49th in high blood pressure,...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — “Our strategic partnerships with progressive and powerful organizations like the National Coalition of 100 Black Women are vital to achieving our mission because...
NNPA NEWSWIRE — Generally, heart disease is considered a man’s disease, but more Black and White women die of heart disease than all cancers combined. About...
DALLAS POST TRIBUNE — More than 90 percent of women have one or more risk factors for heart disease. Women of all ages can get heart...
LAURAN NEERGAARD, AP Medical Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — One more reason to watch the waistline: New research says people’s weight in middle age may influence not...
(Bloomberg) – Americans are getting older, and heavier—and both trends are trouble for the country’s knees. The rate of total knee replacements almost doubled between 2000...
MARILYNN MARCHIONE, AP Chief Medical Writer Scientists have finally figured out how the key gene tied to obesity makes people fat, a major discovery that could...
By Jazelle Hunt NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Today, close to one in four Black children – as young as 2 years old – is...
Honor Whiteman, MEDICAL NEWS TODAY (Medical News Today) — A new study suggests weight-loss surgery combined with low-level lifestyle interventions may be a more effective...
(Medical News Today) – In a new study, researchers from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City, NY, found that the order in which different...
(The Washington Post) – Robert Zarr is walking from his Columbia Heights medical practice toward Meridian Hill Park, talking about what’s going on inside his head....
(News Quench) – An alarming 34.7 percent of Americans have a condition known as metabolic syndrome, which stems from high blood pressure and high abdominal fat...
Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly Sometimes celebrities or otherwise physically fit people will put on a fat suit and document their experience with...
(The Huffington Post) – It goes without saying that the United States’ childhood obesity rates are beyond problematic — approximately 17 percent of kids and adolescents in this...
(Politico) – Mississippi has a sickly reputation. The Magnolia State ranks at or near the bottom in most health rankings: worst infant mortality and most kids...
MARIA CHENG, AP Medical Writer LONDON (AP) — There may be more fruit, vegetables and healthy options available than ever before, but the world is mostly...
(Tech Times) – Puerto Rico has an obesity crisis. It has higher incidence of childhood obesity compared with mainland United States. In a bid to...
(The Week) – Just 20 minutes of walking a day could reduce your risk of early death by as much as 30 percent, according to a new study...
(Bloomberg View) – The decision by Europe’s highest court that obesity can be a disability will only make a bad problem worse. Too many people in rich countries...
(Fox News) – Some half a million cases of cancer a year are due to people being overweight or obese, and the problem is particularly acute...
by Stacy M. Brown Special to the NNPA from The Washington Informer Sharon Carter does everything that she can to lose weight. After years of overindulging,...
by Roberto Alejandro Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper Childhood obesity has quadrupled in teenagers, and more than doubled in children over the course of...
WASHINGTON, DC (AICR) — Two large new studies provide compelling evidence that obesity increases the risk of the most common type of postmenopausal breast cancer...
