Health Section
Can You Be Fat and Fit?
By Javacia Harris Bowser – via www.sistersletter.com – If you’re among the 80 percent of sisters who are overweight or obese, find out why the scale may not be the best way to determine if you’re […]
Health
How to Protect Your Black Skin from Cancer
NNPA NEWSWIRE — via www.blackpressusa.com – By Merdies Hayes, Our Weekly News – The AAD has reported that people with darker skin tones do not receive a diagnosis until the cancer is in its later […]
Bed Bugs: Where They Hide & How To Stop Them
via www.thewestsidegazette.com – A new report conducted by the National Pest Management Association (NPMA) and the University of Kentucky has found that bed bug infestations in the United States are growing at high rates. The […]
Mental Health: Healthy Heritage, Churches Offer Resources
PRECINCT REPORTER GROUP NEWS – By Precinct Reporter News – By Dianne Anderson – (Article retrieved from blackpressusa.com) – “I have always felt that if you educate the women in the household, you educate the […]
Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic, Nurses of Color in Florida Face Issues Surrounding ‘Structural Racism’
By Issac Morgan – July 14, 202 – via www.floridaphoenix.com – The nursing field has been rife with systemic racism and inequities in health care settings across the country, with nurses of color disproportionately affected by […]
How This Therapist Runs a Black- and LGBTQ-Focused Counseling Group While Prioritizing Her Own Mental Health
WRITTEN BY MIMI MONTGOMERY – PUBLISHED ON JULY 15, 2021 – Article retrieved from www.washingtonian.com – “I have learned to respect my own boundaries around my self-care time, because nobody will respect my boundaries if I don’t.” […]
You Are Not Alone: Baptist Health and Voices Institute Partner to Support Mental Well-Being in the Black Community
By Selena Webster-Bass, Founder/CEO, Voices Institute – As the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice unfold, communities of color experience stress, anxiety, depression, and racial trauma. According to the National Association of Mental […]
Black Male Doula is Encouraging Men to Help Black Women Have Safer Deliveries
By: Maximillian Boudreaux – (Original News Source: www.bnc.tv) – Dustin Young was inspired to become a doula after his sister suffered a miscarriage. Young man from Carson, CA is creating a movement around getting men […]
Reconnecting With Self: Having Some Fun
NEW ORLEANS DATA NEWS WEEKLY – June 20, 2021 (Source: BlackPressUSA) – By DIONNE CHARACTER, Female Empowerment Columnist – We have to realize that peace provides direction and insight as we continue on a course […]
Dispel Myths About Clinical Trials and Vaccines to Protect the Black Community
LOS ANGELES SENTINEL – Source: (www.blackpressusa.com) – Black Americans are under-represented in clinical trials. And that’s a problem for Black Americans. By Van Johnson, vice president of Business Development and Global Alliances at Benchmark Research – As […]