Is The End of One Emergency the Beginning of Another?
By Mekel Harris, Ph.D., NCSP, PMH-C, CAGCS
Today, May 11, 2023, marks the expiration date of the federal public health emergency for COVID-19. Nearly three...
Helping Health Care Providers Support Black Breastfeeding Families
PHILADELPHIA - Despite breastfeeding being recommended for at least two years, only 36 percent of all infants are still breastfed at their first birthday....
80% of Black women will experience fibroids. Do you know the symptoms?
Following the sixth annual Black Maternal Health Week, we’d be remiss if we did not mention the topic of uterine fibroids, a medical issue...
Weight loss for older adults may be life-threatening
Losing weight may not always be cause for celebration, in some cases it could be cause for concern — in older adults, for instance.
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For Allergy and Asthma Sufferers, Climate Change Means Worse Symptoms and Harsher Season
If you suffer from asthma or nasal allergies, you’ve probably noticed pollen season getting worse, and negatively affecting your symptoms. Experts from the American...
Ozempic and Wegovy: UMT Breaks Down the Basics of the New Weight Loss Drugs
Urban Media Today spoke with Dr. Aziz Ur Rehman, MD, to learn about how these drugs work, how patients attain the drug, racial disparities...
U.S. autism prevalence continues to rise as race and sex gaps shrink, new stats...
Roughly 1 in 36 8-year-olds in the United States has autism, according to 2020 prevalence data released today by the Centers for Disease Control...
Obstructive sleep apnea may directly cause early cognitive decline
Obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) is a potentially dangerous condition. During sleep, the throat muscles of people with OSA relax and block the airflow into...
How Cigna Saves Millions by Having Its Doctors Reject Claims Without Reading Them
by Patrick Rucker, Maya Miller and David Armstrong
This story was originally published by ProPublica. ProPublica is a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for...
Does discrimination accelerate aging in African American cancer survivors?
Study reveals link between major discrimination and frailty
Cancer and its treatment can accelerate the rate of aging because they both destabilize and damage biological...
