Changes in the consistency, color, smell, or frequency of stools are often the first clue that a person with UC is moving from a period of low disease activity (remission) to an active flare.

Growing up, there were tons of advertisements promoting the benefits of drinking cow’s milk. If you were around in the 90s, you may remember the start of the ‘Got Milk?’ advertisement campaign where a ...

The village needs healing. Suicide ranked 14th as a cause of death among Black children in 1993-1997, but increased to 9th in 2008 - 2012. In a 2015 study published in JAMA Pediatrics looking at ...

Experts recommend that women at least consider starting breast cancer screening once they turn 40. Now a new study suggests that is especially critical for Black women. Looking at data on U.S. breast ...

Indications are that this year's flu season is going to be particularly nasty, making the annual influenza vaccine even more important than usual, infectious disease experts say. People already are ...

No man wants to hear that they have prostate cancer, but after diagnosis, learning about the disease and how it is treated is essential to managing the disease. Prostate cancer affects one in seven ...

On April 20th, 12 incredible and noteworthy honorees, who were chosen from over 250 of the most accomplished Black healthcare professionals in America, were honored at the 8th Annual Top Blacks in ...

When most people discuss heroes in Black history, many remember names like Frederick Douglas, Mary McCleoud Bethune, Benjamin Banneker and Sojurner Truth. While all those names are great, many forget ...

Onjalai Brown knows pain. Just a year after losing her sister to triple negative breast cancer, she was diagnosed.

It can be overwhelming to consider everything you will need to get through the first year, let alone the first semester, of college at an HBCU when you are getting ready to start school. Considering ...

The main factor that influences whether or not you should drain your lesions at home is the state of the lesions. While they ...

Diabetes is a devastating disease that impacts millions of Americans. It, unfortunately, heavily impacts the African American community at a rate that is hard to ignore. Just why is diabetes so ...