Relieve back pain with five easy tips
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By HEALTH MARKETS Back pain can make daily life difficult and prevent you from taking part in activities you love. Just …
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Overcoming Opioids: A quest for a less addictive drug
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA By MARILYNN MARCHIONE Tummy tucks really hurt. Doctors carve from hip to hip, slicing off skin, tightening muscles, tugging at innards. …
Remembering history and black public health champions
Booker T. Washington PHOTO COURTESY OF HISTORY.COM Staff Report Courtesy of Black PR Wire In April of 1915, Booker T. Washington pro “National Negro Health …
Jessie Trice presents fitness and nutrition conference
Jessie Trice Community Health Center PHOTO COURTESY OF AMERITEMPAC.COM Black PR Wire MIAMI – As part of its yearlong 50th Anniversary Celebration, the Jessie Trice …
Healthy cooking tips from master chef
Chef Irie in the kitchen PHOTO COURTESY OF CHEF IRIE EDITOR’S NOTE: Culinary master Chef Irie will be the featured chef at ‘Spice It Up …
FROM THE EDITOR
By Isheka Harrison “Can you be black and depressed?” When that question was posed by one of my college classmates on Facebook, some people thought …
FMU murals win anti-tobacco contest
Two of the anti-tobacco murals painted by students at Florida Memorial University. PHOTOS COURTESY OF TRUTH INITIATIVE Staff Report MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – On Tuesday, …
GREAT HEALTH AT EVERY AGE : A DECADE-BY-DECADE GUIDE TO LIVING YOUR HEALTHIEST LIFE
By SHANNAN YOUNGER Courtesy of makeitbetter.net Getting and staying healthy should always be a priority, but you may not know all you could be doing …
For many blacks depression is not just the blues
PHOTO COURTESY OF WIKIMEDIA Courtesy of Mental Health America Not “Just the Blues” Clinical depression is more than life’s “ups” and “downs.” Life is full …
Cooking Healthy Soul Food
By JAY-J Courtesy of soulfoodandsoutherncooking.com What’s the secret to preparing healthy soul food? A better question is, is it possible to eat soul food that …