Keir Camp’s life-saving surgery Keir Camp’s cardiothoracic pericardial cyst resection surgery on Monday, July 6, 2015, was a success, according to her husband, Clifton Camp. He
There is great news out of Cuba in the fight against HIV. The World Health Organization announced late last week that Cuba has become the first country to
In what looks like a disturbing trend among Republican lawmakers, Wisconsin has recently taken steps to ban poor people who receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits from purchasing certain foods.
The African American community is riddled with health issues. According to The Department of Health and Human Services Office, “African American adults are 80 percent
For many years, it was assumed that muscle size was the primary factor that determined strength. Yes, bigger muscles do generally produce greater force. However,
Though new cases of HIV and AIDS have declined over the last 10 years, there is one age group that has continued to have its numbers rise over
Fit Fridays with Holly Lowe Jones and how to regulate your body temperature during exercise Have you ever wondered how someone can exercise or complete
Kimatni Rawlins’ Fit Father’s Day aims to inspire fathers year-round Kimatni Rawlins is a dad of two, a fitness trainer and founder of the Fit
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Debt is something many people face on a regular basis, but how a person deals with debt is important. Stress related illness such as anxiety
I visited a local GNC to find out what supplements they recommended for a triathlete trying to increase speed. I explained that I’d been competing in
Our children are growing up in a challenging world. Parents have a powerful role in helping their children navigate today’s complex world. Sometimes, it seems
Six-time Olympic Gold Medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee recently teamed up with global pharmaceutical giants AstraZeneca and Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. to raise awareness of opioid-induced constipation, or OIC.
If you put a frog in a pot of boiling water he’ll jump out; however, if you put him in a pot of cold water and slowly increase the temperature, he adjusts to the increasing heat until his system can no longer compensate. Then, stressed and overwhelmed with what he has endured, he dies. The frog will stay in the increasingly unhealthy, dangerous situation because it happened gradually over time and he ignored his natural ability to sense the danger and get out of the situation. Are African Americans behaving like this frog?
For years, I lived by the “eat more frequently” mantra.
As a personal trainer, I even urged my clients to eat every two to three hours, in an effort to boost their metabolism. My belief in this weight-loss method was founded in my own experience. I’d gone from being a pudgy adolescent to a fit and trim fitness buff and competitive triathlete.
What inspired you to open Pose Wellness? At 19 years of age, I was a healthy 115 pounds and a size 5. Then I became pregnant
I once had a co-worker who, in what appeared to be a drastically short amount of time, went from being a very plump 14, to a sporty
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For the past year and a half the entire world has been fixated on Ebola and the spread of the disease in Africa. With deaths
