by News One | Oct 21, 2019 | Health & Science, State & National |
Negative social attitudes, such as racism and discrimination, damage the health of those who are targeted by triggering a cascade of aberrant biological responses, including abnormal gene activity. It is not surprising that reports documenting lifespan and causes of...
by News One | Aug 11, 2019 | Health & Science, State & National |
African Americans are disproportionately affected by the growing diabetes epidemic. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Black adults are 80 percent more likely than whites to be diagnosed with diabetes. A new Chicago-based nonprofit is...
by News One | Mar 13, 2019 | Health & Science, State & National |
By a vote of 11 to 6, a federal appeals court upheld an Ohio law on Tuesday that strips Planned Parenthood of government funding for a variety of health services that benefit low-income women. See Also: Trump Signs Bill Pushing States To Defund Planned Parenthood In...
by News One | Mar 5, 2019 | Health & Science, State & National |
Actor Luke Perry died Monday at the age of 52 after he suffered a stroke last week. Not only was his age relatively young for someone to die from a stroke, but that fact that he was white also made him an exception to what is all but a rule: Strokes take the...
by News One | Oct 18, 2018 | Health & Science, State & National |
African Americans could have further access to a ground-breaking treatment in the future to prevent contracting HIV. The treatment, known as Truvada for PrEP, is stopping the spread of HIV in Australia, and researchers hope to test it in populations globally,...
