Black Women Are More at Risk for Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is more common in the Black community than we once thought....
Are Genes to Blame for High Alzheimer’s Rates Among Blacks?
DNA may help explain the racial disparity in Alzheimer's rates....
Alicia Keys Launches HIV Awareness Campaign
Alicia Keys launches HIV awareness campaign. "Empowered" will support community-based programs that...
NFL Player Junior Seau Had Brain Disease CTE
Star linebacker Junior Seau had a degenerative brain disease when he committed suicide last May, ac...
Does Being Black and Poor Increase Our Risk of Kidney Disease?
A new study says low-income African-Americans are more likely to suffer from kidney disease compare...
May Is National Lupus Awareness Month
The Lupus Foundation of America estimates there are 1.5 million women in the U.S living with the ch...
Kris Humphries Denies Giving Woman Sexually Transmitted Disease
The NBA player sued by woman who claims to have been infected by him....
Star Jones Continues to Bring Heart Disease Awareness to the Public
The spokesperson says it's her "entire life's work."...
A Huge Breakthrough in Black Heart Disease?
Researchers in South Carolina believe they may have discovered one of the reasons behind why Blacks...
Commentary: Heart Disease the Top Killer of Black Men
Coronary complications now kill more people than AIDS and cancer combined, but there are many ways ...
Nick Cannon Says He Has an Auto-Immune Disease
Nick Cannon has been diagnosed with Lupus-like disorder....
Haiti Cholera Vaccine Blocked by Bureaucracy
Although a life-saving cholera vaccine is ready for distribution in Haiti, the rollout has been sta...
Bobby Womack Reveals Alzheimer's Diagnosis
The soul music legend is in the early stage of the "frustrating" disease....
Cleotha 'Cleedi' Staples Dead at 78
The Staples Singers member had Alzheimer's disease....
Blacks and Heart Disease: Q&A With Dr. Williams
BET.com talked with Dr. Marcus L. Williams, president of the Association of Black Cardiologists, ab...
Duck Down Artists Bring Awareness to Alzheimer's Disease
The song "Run to Remember" will raise funds for the Alzheimer's Research Foundation....
Missy Elliott Explains Her Graves' Disease Diagnosis
The rapper says the thyroid condition hasn't slowed her down....
Former South African Miners Sue Over Lung Disease
Hundreds of Black South African miners have banded together to bring a lawsuit against South Africa...
“Macho Man” Savage Died From Heart Disease, Not Car Crash
Wrestler Randy “Macho Man” Savage died from heart disease, reveals an autopsy report....
The Wire 's Robert F. Chew Found Dead
Morbidly obese actor, 52, died of cardiovascular disease....
