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Healthy eating: Binge eating myths you should ignore
There are many myths surrounding binge eating, or emotional eating as it is also referred to.
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Access to Wellness Resources and Healthy Food Started with a Nurse from the Neighborhood
Julia Means, community a nurse with Ascension Columbia St. Mary’s Hospital is known throughout her neighborhood as ‘The
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‘We must save lives now!’: Congresswoman leading charge for more COVID-19 testing
HOUSTON – Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee has always been a hands-on leader for the people of Houston, but these days, she can be seen front and center at community events and press conferences, leading the charge in demanding more testing in the fight against
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Jackson, Maynard, Jr. (1938-2003)
Thegreat-grandson of slaves, Maynard Jackson, Jr. was born in Dallas, Texas, onMarch 23, 1938.  His father, MaynardJackson, Sr., was a leading figure in the 1930s campaign for black votingrights in Dallas and a founder of Democratic Progressive Voter’s League in 1936.  His mother, Irene Dobbs
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Africa: The 2020 Global Nutrition Report Calls on Govts, Businesses and Civil Society to Step up Efforts to Address Malnutrition
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues to threaten health and food systems in Africa and around the world, the 2020 Global Nutrition Report calls on governments, businesses and civil society to step up efforts to address malnutrition in all its
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2020 Has Been Difficult For The Black Community. Discrimination At Work Only Adds Insult To Injury
worker getting fired from job concept, white boss dismissing depressed sad terminated black employee holding notice, unfair racial discrimination at work
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Does Vitamin D protect against Coronavirus? | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
African Americans and other minorities with darker skin are more likely to have Vitamin D deficiency because melanin prevents the production of Vitamin D in the
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Lifetime discrimination linked to increased risk of high blood pressure among African-Americans
African-Americans who had experienced the stress of lifetime discrimination were up to 50 percent more likely to develop high blood pressure than those who reported lower levels of
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Association of Black Cardiologists Creates COVID-19 FAQ Community Watch
May 18, the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC) issued patient-centered frequently asked questions (FAQ Community Watch) related to COVID-19 for its community health advocates and
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The Black crisis in the midst of the coronavirus crisis
“Even though Black people are in the emerging hot zones… Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, New Orleans…we lack the ethnic
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Madagascar reports first coronavirus death
Madagascar on Sunday announced the first death of a patient suffering from novel coronavirus, nearly two months after it was first detected in the
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Women’s heart services go virtual at Piedmont Hospital
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How The Crisis Is Making Racial Inequality Worse
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OP-ED: Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis
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Black People Suffer Disproportionately from Dementia Crisis – Free Press of Jacksonville
NNPA NEWSWIRE —By Dr. Lucille Ridgill – One major reason Black people suffer disproportionately from Alzheimer’s is we are underrepresented in dementia research, in part because many of us are unwilling to donate our brains to research or participate in brain studies due to distrust of the medical
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Quit Playin’: Virus In, Vanity Out!
“Don’t break a dollar to spend a dime” was Big Mama’s caveat of caution; think before you part with your hard-earned
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Blood Clots Fill Lungs of Blacks With COVID-19: Study
Autopsies of 10 Black victims of the novel coronavirus showed their lungs were filled with blood clots, medical researchers
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Looters Leave More Food Deserts In Black Communities | - Where Wellness & Culture Connect
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Barry White suffered for years from high blood pressure, which led to kidney failure. At the time of his death he was waiting for a kidney transplant and had also suffered a stroke.
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Systemic Racism Makes Covid-19 Much More Deadly For African-Americans
A long and well-documented history of systematic discrimination against Black people regularly leads to worse underlying health conditions for African-Americans that make it more likely they become severely ill during this pandemic and die from the
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America must not fail black Americans again
The murder of George Floyd on the streets of Minnesota in 2020, is still the problem of the color
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Can vitamin D protect you from COVID-19?
THERE has been a lot of talk regarding nutrition and COVID-19, expressing connections between proper nutrition, and, specifically, the roles of vitamins D, C, A, and minerals such as zinc in supporting immune system
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New campaign encourages pregnant women to seek health care
THE Ministry of Health and Wellness has embarked on a national campaign aimed at encouraging more expectant women to access health care in order to improve health outcomes for both mother and
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Will Indiana deliver on controlling new COVID-19 infections? | The Crusader Newspaper Group
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Herb man touts COVID cure
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NIH study links cigarette smoking to higher stroke risk in African Americans
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England and Windies players take a knee ahead of first Test - Voice Online
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