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Banishing Man Boobs With No Drugs or Surgery

readthinkwriteteach wrote 4 days ago: by SARAH, THE HEALTHY HOME ECONOMIST Gynecomastia, better known as man boobs or “moobs”, is a benign … more →

Tags: gynecomastia, health

A plea for African-Americans to get screened for diseases

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 week ago: BY JACQUELINE MUHAMMAD     A diagnosis with stage three Hodgkin lymphoma at the age of 12 … more →

Tags: health

7 Delicious Ways To Make Water Work For You

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 week ago:     What are some easy, and delicious, ways to drink more water? If you’re like a lot of people, you … more →

Tags: bottle water, water, Water crisis, Clean Water Act

What’s e-health and what does it mean for you?

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 week ago:   One benefit of e-health is that providers will have a better way to coordinate care for patients. … more →

Tags: Electronic Health (e-health)

National Cancer Control Month: It's all about prevention!

saaphi wrote 2 weeks ago: By: Charles R. Rogers, MSAS [] Texas A&M University “Cancer changes your life, often for t … more →

Tags: Cancer, Health Programs, preventative health

IJS For the Week!

Wonder Woman wrote 2 weeks ago: http://blackgenocide.org/home.html Visit this site and learn about the new BLACK HOLOCAUST!!!!!!!!! … more →

Tags: Abortion, African American Interests, African American Media, African American Politics, African-American Republicans, african american women, American Politics, black abortion, black church

State Lawmakers Driving Up Costs of Abortion

readthinkwriteteach wrote 2 weeks ago: By Sharon Johnson WeNews senior correspondent Telemedicine for medical abortions, which controls cos … more →

Tags: Abortion, Women, Women's rights

5 Steps to Becoming GMO Free

readthinkwriteteach wrote 3 weeks ago: … more →

Tags: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs), organic food

Obama administration signals change from prison to treatment in drug war

readthinkwriteteach wrote 3 weeks ago: By Kay Steiger White House Drug Czar Gil Kerlikowske signaled that the Obama administration may be o … more →

Tags: Law, drugs, war on drugs

20 Pain Killers in your Kitchen

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago:   … more →

Tags: health

Hunger, Obesity, and Nutrition: Observations from the Field in Pittsburgh

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: by Zach Murray SOURCE: AP/Robert F. Bukaty Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack speaks at Maine Medi … more →

Tags: Cornel West, health, Nutrition, obesity, poverty, poverty tour 2.0, Tavis Smiley

Eating Disorders Actually Most Common in Midlife

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: By Cynthia M. Bulik WeNews guest author Typecasting them as teen afflictions is incorrect and poses … more →

Tags: Eating Disorders, health

Schools Struggle to Provide Dental Health Safety Net

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: Dental disease at the intersection of school performance and health for thousands of California chil … more →

Tags: Dental

The 12 Best Foods That Fight Belly Fat

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: by Whitney Greer, BlackDoctor.org It’s not just about working out, but eating healthy. Here are 12 b … more →

Tags: health, HEALTHY FOODS

Disability Fund to Be Depleted by 2016

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago:   By Phil Izzo Even as more people in the U.S. rely on disability benefits, the program that pa … more →

Tags: African American Employment, Disability

Health Alert: Feds Delay Health Care Program for Small Businesses

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: WASHINGTON — Small businesses may not have an insurance market set up specifically for them wh … more →

Tags: african american business news, Healthcare, Small Business

ACTOR WENDELL PIERCE LAUNCHES NOLA GROCERY STORE CHAIN CATERING TO LOW-INCOME SHOPPERS

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP Here’s a nice twist on a celebrity owned business! Actor Wendell … more →

Tags: african american business news, New Orleans, sterling-farms, wendell pierce

F.C.C. to Study Health Effects of Cellphone Radiation

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: By REUTERS Regulators are looking into how radio frequencies emitted by cellphones and other wireles … more →

Tags: Duracell, Federal Communications Commission(FCC)

African Americans want access to reproductive health care, not judgment and rhetoric

readthinkwriteteach wrote 1 month ago: By ELEANOR HINTON HOYTT As a long-time reproductive justice advocate, I have spent the better part o … more →

Tags: health, Reproductive Rights


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