Eat Carbs-No Weight Gain!
By Dr. Ro
NNPA Columnist
The much-maligned carbohydrate (an essential, macro nutrient) has been touted as the bane of your dietary existence for too long. Don’t...
Seattle Woman Grateful For Two Kidney Transplants
By Elaine Porterfield
Special To The Medium
Twice a year, Iris Clay celebrates the anniversaries of the days she received each of her two kidney transplants...
Black Women Endure Menopause Longest, Study Shows
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Howard University News Service
(Trice Edney Wire) - Sarah Finney, 57, said she gets hot flashes...
Blacks Dying For Lack Of Black Help
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Howard University News Service
(Trice Edney Wire) - Bi’ja Thatch sat nervously beside her mother when her...
Food Rx For Upset Stomach
By Dr. Ro
NNPA Columnist
Ever get that queasy feeling in the pit of your stomach for seemingly, no reason at all?
You’re not alone. Although many...
Proposed Bill Would Make HIV Testing Part Of Routine Medical Care
OLYMPIA – A bill heard earlier this week in the Senate Health Care Committee would make screening for HIV a routine part of diagnostic and screening...
Non-Medical HIV Workers Flunk Test On Knowledge Of Virus
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Most non-medical HIV health care workers earned a “D” when surveyed on the science and treatment of the virus, according to...
Blacks Gain Most From Obamacare When Medicaid Expanded
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – As families prepare to choose health insurance coverage during the open enrollment period, a recent report by the Urban Institute shows...
Study Says Funding Cuts Spirred Ebola In West Africa
Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from Global Information Network
(Trice Edney Wire) - Spending cuts, pushed by an international lender, “weakened health care...
Blacks Still Trail Whites And Latinos In Getting Treated For HIV
WASHINGTON (NNPA) – Blacks who have been diagnosed with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) continue to lag behind Whites and Latinos when it comes...
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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.
