Melanin Fitspiration provides safe space for all to workout
We’re moving away from the days where you scroll down your Instagram timelines and see fitness instructors who are like bodybuilders. Muscles protruding from...
Researchers’ novel mind-body program outperforms other forms of treatment for chronic back pain
Chronic back pain is the leading cause of disability worldwide. In the United States, patients spend up to $300 billion each year to treat the condition, according to a 2012 study...
Hesitancy About COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Highest Among Black Parents
Nearly half of Black parents (48 percent) were hesitant about the COVID-19 vaccine for their child, compared to 33 percent of Latinx parents and...
MIND Diet Linked to Better Cognitive Performance
Aging takes a toll on the body and on the mind. For example, the tissue of aging human brains sometimes develops abnormal clumps of...
Dying at home, lack of healthcare contribute to COVID’s hidden death toll
The official US death count for COVID-19 has now surpassed 650,000, but the true death toll is likely much higher. Recent research indicates that...
Do doctors treat pain differently based on their patients’ race?
UCLA study shows physicians dispensed opioids for back pain more frequently to their white patients than to their patients of color
Physicians prescribed opioids more...
Five Facts about Thyroid Cancer
The thyroid, a key part of the endocrine system, is a small gland at the base of your neck that produces a hormone that...
OPINION: Why anti-abortion laws like Texas’s SB 8 are a danger to Black women
The Supreme Court allowing SB 8, also known as the heartbeat law, to take effect has now led to the nation’s most rigid restriction...
5 Simple, Natural Ways to Boost Immunity
Your body’s immune system protects against illness and infection, fighting off threats before you even know there’s a problem. Even though your immune system...
New study: Nursing home residents, health care workers lose more than 80% of their...
A new, multi-institutional study led by Case Western Reserve University—in partnership with Brown University—found that COVID-19 antibodies produced by the Pfizer vaccine decreased sharply...
