Suicide and Black Men
The apparent suicide of Soul Train host Don Cornelius raises awareness of Black suicide, which, whi...
African-Americans Urged to Get Screened for Glaucoma
African-Americans are six times more likely to develop glaucoma compared to their white counterpart...
Study: U.S. Has Much Higher Obesity Rate than Canada
ATLANTA (AP) — American adults have a significantly higher rate of obesity than their ne...
Sleep Off The Weight | Body and Soul
(www.BlackDoctor.org) -- Rather than resolve to lose 20 pounds this month, to never eat refined sug...
Top Influencers In Medicine | Body and Soul
(www.BlackDoctor.org) -- Black History Month is a time to celebrate our past, as well as our presen...
Black, Poor Living Dramatically Shorter Lives Than Others
Posted March 24, 2008 – Living poor is increasingly more deadly than living affluently, according t...
Popular ‘Dancing Doctor’ Passes
Popular Boston physician | Dr. Michael W. Shannon | collapsed and died Tuesday after returning from...
Weight-Loss Surgery Safer Than Thought, Study Finds
Obese | but worried that surgery for it might kill you? See what a new study reveals....
Study: Breast-feeding would save lives, money
Study: Breast-feeding would save lives | money...
First Lady Echoes King's Call to Brace for Hardship
1st lady echoes King's call to brace for hardship....
Should Severely Obese Children Be Put in Foster Care?
Two Harvard experts maintain that severely obese kids should be taken from their families....
Gardasil for Boys? Slowly, but Surely
The HPV vaccine isn't just a girl thing anymore--it's being marketing for young men too....
Report: A bit more vitamin D is good, not too much
Long-awaited new dietary guidelines say there's no proof that megadoses prevent cancer or other ail...
African-Americans More Likely to Be Readmitted to Hospital
Older African-Americans are more likely than their white counterparts to be readmitted to the hospi...
Commentary: Do Black Women Face Less Backlash in Business?
New research out of Duke University calls into question the assumption that Black women aren’t buil...
Would-Be Haitian Contractors Miss Out on Aid
In a Port-au-Prince warehouse loaded with tarps, plywood, corrugated roofing, nails and other build...
