Health Section
By Lequita Brooks LCSW MSW/The Social Work Incubator – The Social Work profession has been around since the late 19th century. Social work pioneers like Jane Addams, Ida B. Wells, Dr. Ruby Pernell, Whitney M. […]
By Selena Bass – September was Suicide Prevention Month. In the state of Florida, suicide is the 14th leading cause of death overall, the third leading cause of death for 10-24 suicide and the second […]
Florida Blue Foundation awards additional $3.3 million to support community programs that are improving access to healthy foods and providing nutrition support – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Oct. 4, 2023) – Florida Blue Foundation, the philanthropic affiliate for the state’s […]
Healthcare disparities still persist in 2023. It’s a problem that has plagued the U.S. for decades. A report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), shows Black people and other minorities have higher mortality rates […]
Mayo Clinic in Florida has opened a new Community Health Collaborative in downtown Jacksonville. The office aims to understand the healthcare needs of Mayo Clinic’s neighbors and share health education and biomedical research that supports […]
As we continue to learn more about what happened at a neighborhood store in Jacksonville on August 26, what is clear is that a racially motivated hate crime was committed – people lost their lives […]
Standing at the forefront of Mayo Clinic’s genomics advancements, Yan Asmann, Ph.D., and Aaron Mansfield, M.D. are working to tailor the diagnosis and treatment of certain cancers to a person’s unique genomic makeup. As a bioinformatician, Dr. Asmann […]
More than 53 million Americans provide unpaid caregiving to family members in their home. This difficult responsibility challenges caregivers with life and death decisions they are sometimes unprepared to make. Local nonprofit ElderSource has spent […]
August is National Minority Donor Awareness Month. It’s a time of celebrating organ donation and educating people about transplantation by encouraging donor registration and promoting healthy living. Dr. Shennen Mao, a Mayo Clinic transplant surgeon, says having a […]
Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver. The five main strains of the hepatitis virus are referred to as types A, B, C, D and E. While they all cause liver disease, they differ in geographic prevalence, […]
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