‘African American Health’ Archives
Disempowering A Black Woman’s Breast »
By Charles S. Mombo On November 16, 2009, The United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) announced that it is changing its guidelines for mammography. USPSTF’s new recommendation says women in their 40's don't need to get mammograms if breast cancer is not in their family history. They suggest women should get one every [...]
Abdul-Jabbar Has CML »
According to former Los Angeles Lakers player and NBA Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he was diagnosed with Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) last December. Known for being a very private person, he decided to go public with the disease to shine a spotlight on CML. In a recent interview with CBS News, he said his intention for sharing [...]
Wayman Tisdale, musician and former NBA Star is dead »
Wayman Tisdale, 44-year-old, former NBA star and one of today's baddest jazz musician died on Friday after coping with cancer. Tisdale, died in a Tulsa, Oklahoma, hospital, after having problem breathing. (more...)
National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – Beyond »
Although February 7 is officially declared National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day; ChocolateCity.cc has decided to extend it to 365 days due to the seriousness of the epidemic and its rapid growth among the African American populations. National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, was established to encourage more blacks to be tested for human [...]
Exercise and sleep lower cancer risk in women »
The link between physical activity and a reduced cancer risk is well established, according to new research presented this month in Washington, D.C. at an international meeting on cancer prevention hosted by the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR). James McClain, Ph.D., a cancer prevention fellow at the National Cancer Institute and [...]
Black Chicagoan – highest breast cancer »
The Metropolitan Chicago Breast Cancer Task Force recently released its report – highlighting the alarming breast cancer mortality disparity between black and white since 2005. In 1980, black women and white women in Chicago with breast cancer were equally likely to die. New breast cancer mortality data from 2004 and 2005 provided a [...]
Surgeon General – leg pain signals deadly blood »
Source: http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/ Acting Surgeon General Steven K. Galson, M.D., M.P.H., today issued a Call to Action to reduce the number of cases of deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in the United States. Galson urged all Americans to learn about and prevent these treatable conditions. Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary [...]
High Army suicide rate, another negative effect of »
CNN's Pentagon producer, Mike Mount, reported today that the rate of suicides among-active duty soldiers is on pace to surpass both last year's numbers and the rate of suicide in the general U.S. population for the first time since the Vietnam war, according to U.S. Army officials. It’s no secret that some of the toughest battles our [...]
Bernie Mac, an original king of comedy dies at 50 »
Chicago Comedian Bernie Mac (real name: Bernard Jeffery McCullough), 50-year-old, died early Saturday at the Northwestern Hospital in Chicago from complications due to pneumonia, his publicist told the Chicago Tribune. Just couple of days ago, it was reported that Mac was "responding well to treatment," according to publicist [...]
CDC: African Americans hardest hit with HIV/AIDS »
According to the CDC, of all racial and ethnic groups in the United States, HIV and AIDS have hit African Americans the hardest. The reasons are not directly related to race or ethnicity, but rather to some of the barriers faced by many African Americans. These barriers can include poverty (being poor), sexually transmitted diseases, and stigma [...]
FDA in spicy hot pursuit of salmonella source »
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is advising consumers that jalapeño and serrano peppers grown in the United States are not connected with the current Salmonella St. Paul outbreak and consumers may feel free to eat them without concern of contamination. The FDA's advice to avoid raw jalapeño peppers, and foods that [...]
Black Women and Triple Negative Breast Cancer »
Triple Negative Breast Cancer is rare, aggressive and difficult to treat version of breast cancer. 15 percent of the estimated 180,000 women who will learned that they have invasive breast cancer this year in the United States will also have triple negative. The majority of triple negative patients will be young African-American women. Triple [...]
