Posts Tagged ‘healthcare’
Health care expert and substance abuse advocate Dr. Calvin Trent Jr. passed away
Calvin Roger Trent Jr., a nationally recognized expert and advocate for substance abuse prevention, treatment and recovery, passed away on Saturday, March 28, 2020 at his home in Detroit. He…
Read MoreWhat you need to know about breast cancer in Black men
Each year during the month of October we turn our focus to bringing awareness to breast cancer in women, but now with the news of Mathew Knowles‘ diagnosis, we are…
Read MoreJeannine Blackman explains the importance of Mercy Care in Atlanta
Originally in the restaurant, retail, and hotel management industries, Jeannine Blackman is now a clinic nurse manager at Mercy Care. rolling out sat down with her to hear about how…
Read MoreEverything you need to know about breast cancer
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, rolling out is helping women (and men) understand the complicated aspects of the second most common form of cancer, breast cancer. According to the National Breast…
Read MoreBaltimore hospital guards dump patient on freezing street half naked
All it takes is a second for someone to care and save a life. This recently happened to Imamu Baraka, a Baltimore resident, and a mental health therapist. As he…
Read MoreDr. Lynette Wilson-Phillips continues to inspire with Kids Doc On Wheels
Dr. Lynette Wilson-Phillips of Decatur Pediatric Group was excited to announce the rollout of “Kids Doc on Wheels” a collaborative partnership. The program came out of her lifelong mission to…
Read MoreHead of DeKalb County Schools discusses Kids Doc On Wheels program
Dr. R. Stephen Green, superintendent of DeKalb County Schools, was excited to announce the roll out of “Kids Doc on Wheels” a collaborative partnership. He offered remarks regarding the program.
Read MoreDeKalb County School District launches Kids Doc On Wheels program
The Dekalb County School District in Georgia has unveiled a new way to keep students healthy. It is called the Kids Doc on Wheels and is part of a public…
Read More‘Skinny repeal’ not about health care; it’s about old White men who hate Obama
Obamacare remains the law of the land. In the early morning hours on July 27, 2017, the GOP senators failed to vote for a “skinny repeal” of Obamacare. The key…
Read MoreOnce again, President Trump engineers a great distraction
The presidency of Donald Trump has once again proven the business mogul to also be a savvy New York con man. The recent Congressional action to repeal and replace Obamacare…
Read MoreBreaking: Healthcare Bill pulled at Trump’s request! Obamacare survives
After weeks of negotiations to try to repeal Obamacare, the Republican-controlled Congress has pulled its controversial American Healthcare Act, presumably at the request of President Donald Trump. It is being…
Read MoreDonald Trump and Republicans mocked after failure to repeal Obamacare
President Donald Trump and his Republican cohorts failed to eliminate Obamacare. For the past seven years, the Republicans have attempted to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act that was…
Read MoreBlack children and the economics of autism
There is a silent epidemic sweeping America and it affects the black community the hardest. This epidemic is autism and what is known as the Autism Spectrum Disorders, ASD. This…
Read MoreDallas Ebola victim’s family settles with hospital
Thomas Eric Duncan is the only person to have died from Ebola in the United States. The care that Duncan received at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital, from all accounts, showed that…
Read MoreMental health care: Where are the black providers?
Over the past year, mental health care has recently been in the news mostly for negative reasons. But in 2013 and 2014, there has been an uptick in the number…
Read MoreAccenture takes over as lead contractor for Obamacare enrollment website
After the failure of launching healthcare.gov back in October 2013, which was built by CGI Federal, a subsidiary of CGI Group, Republicans went into immediate attack mode on President Obama.…
Read MoreTake charge of your health: 4 innovative medical apps for patients
Having information on your health at the tips of your fingers sounds great, right? Well, we have found four apps that do just that and more – from simple symptom…
Read More10 Ways Barack Obama and Mitt Romney Are More Alike Than Different
There are just a few months left before the November presidential elections. The choice has been made for many by voting in simple terms — Democrat or Republican and Obama…
Read MoreAIDS/HIV in the Black Community Examined in ‘ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America’: Watch Now
Every day, 152 people are infected with HIV — half of those diagnosed are black. Phill Wilson opens the film, ENDGAME: AIDS in Black America by revealing those shocking numbers…
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