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October is Depression Awareness Month and Kid Cudi’s recent tweet about his personal struggle with depression has brought the issue of depression and specifically depression in African-American men to ...

Ricki Fairley, co-founder of TOUCH and a survivor of stage 3A triple-negative breast cancer survivor. While Breast Cancer Awareness is top of mind for most during the month of October, another ...

Osteopenia is a medical term used to describe the loss of bone mass. It is the step before osteoporosis, meaning that your bones have only begun to lose mass. Essentially, osteopenia is when a body ...

The facts are indisputable: African Americans and Latino Americans who are at high risk for heart disease are less likely to receive life-saving treatments. Age and gender are also significant risk ...

According to recent statistics, it can take as long as a decade for women to be diagnosed with endometriosis. For Black Americans, the wait can be even longer. One of the best ways to ensure that your ...

From mental health to public health policy, social media to mentorship, this panel shattered old narratives and offered a ...

Shockingly, the CDC says one in three adults aren't getting enough sleep. Here are nine ways to fix your sleep schedule.

From mitigating post-surgery isolation to addressing disparities, voice apps offer a novel means of delivering care that’s ...

We can Agitate. We Can Educate. Yet, we must also Execute. We must Get. Things. DONE. Write that book. Start that business. Go back to school. Grind for that job, for that promotion. Be sure your ...

(COURTESY OF AMERICAN ACADEMY OF FAMILY PHYSICIANS) Although more than 80 percent of maternal deaths are preventable, women of color have the highest rates of pregnancy-related death, according to a ...

Life brings its ups and downs. When my father passed away last year, I needed some time alone…apart from courteous “How’re you doings” and polite “You need anythings”…to process the solemn reality of ...