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Women’s heart disease hotline

  The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched a telephone hotline yesterday to provide women with personalized health..

March 20, 2009 with 4,824 Comments

Alzheimer’s disease

Finding the Right Kind of Help at Home Dealing with the devastating effects of Alzheimer’s Disease takes its toll on everyone involved...

March 20, 2009 with 3,075 Comments

Black men dying from prostate cancer at an alarming rate

A recent study has shown that African American men are more likely to die from prostate cancer then men in other racial groups. The study,..

March 20, 2009 with 4,851 Comments

Teens helping teens quit smoking

TEXT-2-QUIT celebrates World No Tobacco Day 2009 High School and College Students will celebrate World No Tobacco day with the Text-2-Quit..

March 20, 2009 with 7,721 Comments

Toll-free hotline answers questions about proven prostate cancer treatments

Some medical issues are difficult to discuss, but in the case of prostate cancer—an often curable disease—talking can be a lifesaver...

March 20, 2009 with 4,198 Comments

The Women’s HIV/AIDS Behavioral Risk Factor Project

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) have been identifying risk factors and barriers to prevention associated with women..

March 20, 2009 with 5,063 Comments

Three questions every woman should ask her physician

If your obstetrician-gynecologist is also your primary physician, then your conversation should extend beyond reproductive health to..

March 20, 2009 with 0 Comments

A journey to healing: finding the path

African American Community to convene in Long Beach Recent news headlines have sparked widespread and much needed dialogue about several..

March 20, 2009 with 0 Comments

Authentic wellness

I was sick for 42 years. Not the kind of sick that kept me bed-ridden, although I have experienced nine surgeries. You’d never know it to..

March 20, 2009 with 4,165 Comments

Fresh produce plays an important role in a healthy diet

We all know that “an apple a day helps keep the doctor away,” but the Dietary Guidelines for Americans released in January by the USDA..

March 20, 2009 with 4,437 Comments
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