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Drug-Coated Stent Create Higher Risks For Blood Clots In Blacks According to PR Newswire, a recent study states that African-American are at a higher risk for developing dangerous blood clots after receiving a drug-coated stent. And despite taking the required anti-clotting medications, Blacks had more than double the rate than any other race. The stents implanted between mid 2003 and the end of 2 ...

The devastating effect of "cheap" food on Black America Our high cholesterol, high sugar, high salt diet is slowly killing us. In essence, we're eating to die ...

Hair Show Launches Fashion-Friendly Fitness Initiative For African American Women Today UntiedHealthcare and Bronner Brothers International Hair Show launched a hair competition that is designed to remove hair-related barriers to physical activity for women. The show will include three categories: low impact workout, a moderate impact workout, and a high impact workout. The stylist will be judged on the technical execution of the styles, styles, originality, suitability and head contour and new innovative ideas. The improving of health while still maintaining ...

Study: Vitamin D Deficiency May Lead To Arterial Stiffness In Black Teens Vitamin D deficiency is associated with arterial stiffness, a risk factor for heart disease and stroke in African-American teens, according to a new study accepted for publication on The Endocrine Society's website, Endo-society.org. "While we think of the sun as providing humans with most of our body's requirement of vitamin D, 95% of the 44 black teenagers living in sunny Georgia who took part in this study were classifi ...

Concussions & the cost of collision sport: An NFL obituary Is this the beginning of the end of the NFL? ...

CDC Report: AIDS Is A Black And Poor Disease The president and CEO of the Black AIDS Institute is now describing AIDS as a Black disease, The Seattle Medium reports. Although Blacks are 12.8 percent of the U.S. population, they represent 45 percent of all people infected each year with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. ...

Sex or sexuality education: The danger of 'saving ourselves' Sex education is about more than just delaying sexual activity. ...

Eating ourselves to death: A dispatch from Mississippi A family portrait puts our growing health crisis in focus. ...

African American Women May Not Get Depression Care African-American women may not be getting the care they need for depression, U.S. researchers found. Researchers at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland found racism and the expectation of being a "strong black woman" shape African-American women's views on depression care. ...

Blacks Have Poorer Health Following Cancer Diagnosis Blacks have poorer health than other races after cancer diagnosis. ...