Health: A Quarter of Teen Girls Have Gotten Controversial Vaccine; S. Africa...
A quarter of teen girls have gotten cervical cancer vaccine. About a quarter of the nation’s teenage girls received the controversial cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil last year in its first full year...
View ArticleHealth: High Blood Pressure is on the Rise; Robin Roberts Had an “All-Time...
High blood pressure is on the rise. Increasingly, more Americans are being diagnosed and treated for high blood pressure, recent studies by the U.S. National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute have shown....
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Health: Sugary Foods Increase Obesity Risk; Gap is Growing Between Black and...
Sugary foods increase obesity risk . People who eat too many sweet foods increase their obesity risk, a new study found. Eating too much fructose – a sugar found in foods ranging from cookies to...
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Health: Today is the 33rd Annual Great American Smokeout; Exercise Can Cut a...
For many people, today could be the day the quit. Today marks the American Cancer Society’s 33rd Great American Smokeout, a day when smokers are encouraged to not smoke for at least one day in the...
View ArticleHealth: Your Tax Dollars May be Paying For Unauthorized Drugs; Teen HIV Rate...
Your tax dollars may be paying for unauthorized drugs. Tax dollars paid for $200 million in drugs that were never reviewed by the government for safety and effectiveness, an Associated Press...
View ArticleBreast Cancer Diagnosis Late for Black Women
Breast cancer screening is occurring far too late for most African American women, according to a new study in the Journal of American College of Surgeons. In fact, the study shows, one in 10 women...
View ArticleMany Black Breast Cancer Patients Refuse Treatment
About 20 percent of Black women with late-stage breast cancer refuse chemotherapy, and about 25 percent refuse radiation therapy, according to a new report. Experts say that if they are to address the...
View ArticleMany Black Breast Cancer Patients Refuse Treatment
Many Black Breast Cancer Patients Refuse Treatment About 20 percent of Black women with late-stage breast cancer refuse chemotherapy, and about 25 percent refuse radiation therapy, according to a new...
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News From Around the Web: March 16 Edition
In today’s top news, a new study stresses the importance of mobilizing Black voters, more Black families are turning to home schooling and Afghan president Hamid Karzai calls for U.S. troops to leave...
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News from Around the Web: March 29 Edition
In today’s top news, Trayvon Martin’s shooter appears uninjured in a surveillance video despite claims of self-defense, Spike Lee wrongly links elderly couple to George Zimmerman and a white alumni of...
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