Breast Cancer Awareness Month: Raising Awareness And Saving Lives
(Trice Edney Wire) - “Too often, precious lives are interrupted or cut short by cancer. Breast cancer, one of the most common cancers among American...
Eye Problems May Signal Onset Of Schizophrenia
By Carl Blesch
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from North Star News
(Trice Edney Wire) - A link between vision problems and schizophrenia is...
Straight Black Men Sidelined In AIDS Fight
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WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Heterosexual Black men were largely invisible at the 2015 United States Conference on AIDS last week, a long-term absence that...
Study: Racism Has Long-Term Health Impacts On Blacks
(Trice Edney Wire) - Racial discrimination experienced by youth can have far-reaching health impacts well into their adulthood—and that is especially true for Black...
Changing the Color Of What You Eat
By Valecia Weeks
Special to the NNPA from the Houston Forward Times
Have you ever just stopped and taken a close look at the variety of...
ElderPlace Celebrates 20 Years Of Service To The Community
By Cynthia Flash
Special to The Medium
As the daughter of Seattle civil rights leader Randolph Carter, Carolyn Lewis-Carter has lived a full life. She has...
Study: Too Few Blacks, Hispanics Becoming Doctors
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from NorthStar News
(Health Day News) - Too few members of minority groups are pursuing careers in U.S....
Oral Contraceptives Cut Down Endometrial Cancer Risk, Provide Long-Lasting Protection
By Alexis Taylor
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper
Oral contraceptives provide long-term protection against endometrial cancer, according to new research published by scientists...
Black Entrepreneurs Address Community Health Concerns With Businesses That Focus On Wellness
By Curtis Bunn
Urban News Service
Bad knees forced fitness enthusiast Kendra Blackett-Dibinga to quit her passion of running and training. But those same knee troubles...
Lupus Disproportionately Affects Black Women
By Shantella Y. Sherman
Special to the NNPA from the Afro-American Newspaper
Lupus, or systemic lupus erythematosus, is a chronic and often debilitating autoimmune disease that...
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How Scott Colom Defied More Than A Century Of History To...
Just six years after Mississippi removed the Confederate stars and bars from its state flag, CNN’s Decision Desk projects that Scott Colom will become the first Black senator from the state since Reconstruction and the first Democrat to win the seat since 1982.
