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Renowned Leader In Kidney Research: There Is A Link Between Cardiovascular Disease And Kidney...

By Francie Fitzpatrick Special to The Seattle Medium When Michael E. Wiley, Sr. found out his kidneys were failing in 2000, he knew he needed...

Jannine Young: Being Athletic Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Have Health Issues

By Cynthia Flash Special To The Seattle Medium       Jannine Young had been a healthy athlete her whole life. She played basketball for the University of...

Kidney Health Fest For African American Families Aims To Educate The Community On Kidney...

   The Northwest Kidney Centers will hold its 11th annual Kidney Health Fest for African American Families from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.  on...

Perseverance And Family Support Help Diabetes And Kidney Patient See The Future

By Cynthia Flash Special to The Medium       The unspoken message Jackie Brown remembers hearing from the time she was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at...

Kidney Health Fest For African American Families To Take Place This Saturday

   This Sat., June 22 Northwest Kidney Centers will hold its 11th annual Kidney Health Fest for African American Families, featuring free health screenings, education,...

Sulfur Emissions from Exxon Mobil Leak Harmful to Human Health By Michael Patrick Welch

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Louisiana Weekly (TriceEdney Wire) - A leak in one of Exxon Mobil’s sulfur recovery units in...

Hampton U Receives $13.5 Million Grant To Combat Health Disparities In Minority Men

Hampton, Va. – Hampton University President William R. Harvey recently announced that Hampton University has received a $13.5 million grant from the National Institute on...

More Moms Breastfeeding, States Report

Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Richmond Free Press (Trice Edney Wire) - More mothers in the United States are breastfeeding their...

What The Affordable Care Act Means To You

By Edna Kane-Williams (Trice Edney Wire) - We’ve heard about it in bits and pieces over the past three years – the Affordable Care Act...

‘Baby-Friendly’ Hospitals Bypass Black Communities

By Rita Henley Jensen Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Women's eNews. (Trice Edney Wire)-Very few of the maternity wards that have won a...

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How Jussie Smollett’s Overturned Conviction Is Similar To Bill Cosby’s

The Illinois Supreme Court has overturned Jussie Smollett's hate-crime hoax conviction due to prosecutorial issues, mirroring the Pennsylvania Supreme Court's decision to vacate Bill Cosby's 2018 sexual assault conviction, as both cases involved unfulfilled prosecutorial promises.