Health

by Dr. Renee Matthews, BDO Contributing Writer Breast cancer is the most common cancer among African-American women. It is also the second leading cause of cancer deaths among African-American women. Unfortunately, in recent years you […]

By Shawna Davis Asthma attacks can prove deadly to kids, but a study shows that black American children are six times more likely to die of the illness than their white or Hispanic peers. The […]

By Ana Fadich Tomsic, MPH, CHES, Vice President, Men’s Heath Network Prostate cancer is the most common form of cancer in men and will strike approximately 192,000 men this year – and kill more than […]

by Mary Toscano, BDO Nutritionist & Contributor 1. If you’re on a diet, you can go off it. This is a major reason diets don’t work: They are temporary. Eating right is for a lifetime. […]

By Dr. Lucille Ridgill Alzheimer’s disease (the most common type of dementia) is the 6th leading cause of death among White people, but the 4th leading cause of death for Black people like me. The […]

Dr. Maya Johnston-Stone, BDO Health Contributor The entertainment world was in shock this past weekend as the news of actor Chadwick Boseman, who played many iconic characters such as Jackie Robinson, Thurgood Marshall, James Brown, […]

SOURCE: Blackdoctor.org With modern medicine finally confirming the long-held healing power of honey, which has been found to be more effective than antibiotics or over-the-counter medications in treating coughs and colds, it is a great […]