Six Steps to Better African American Mental Health – Getting the Care You Deserve
If you’re African American and struggling with mental health, finding care may not be as easy or straightforward as you might think.
Too Many Women Put their Health Needs Last: National Women’s Health Week is out to Change That
Nearly 80 percent of women put their own health needs last, behind children, pets, elders and spouses. This reality is the genesis for National Women’s Health Week – a time devoted to ensuring more women make their own health a priority – which fittingly kicks off on Mother’s Day.
Teens are Struggling with Mental Health Issues. Here’s How You Can Help.
May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a reminder that as a community we all have a role in the mental health of our family, friends, neighbors and peers. Here are four things you can do to support the young people in your life who may be suffering.
How to Instill Heart-Healthy Habits in Your Kids
Most people think a heart-healthy lifestyle is something only adults need to worry about, but good heart health starts when we’re young.
Is Your Heart Older than You?
On your next birthday, add seven candles to your cake to account for your heart age. That’s how much older the average adult heart is compared to its chronical age, thanks to these five things.
Do These Five Things to Dramatically Improve Your Cardiovascular Health
Cardiovascular disease claims more than 830,000 lives each year, accounting for one out of every three deaths in the U.S. Every 38 seconds, someone dies from cardiovascular disease, and today, 92 million people are living with some form of it.
Are You Playing Diabetes Roulette?
More than 100 million Americans are affected by diabetes, and an astounding number have no idea. Only one in four people with full blown diabetes are aware of their condition, and only one in 10 with prediabetes know they’re heading down a dangerous path.
You Don’t Have to be a Smoker to Get Lung Cancer
This year, more than 230,000 people will be diagnosed with lung cancer, bringing the number of people living with the disease to over half a million.
Worried About Your High Blood Sugar? Do These Four Things to Prevent Diabetes
Diabetes doesn’t just appear out of nowhere. In fact, most people with diabetes start out with prediabetes, when their blood is higher than normal, but not high enough to have diabetes.
Shattering Stigmas: What Women Need to Know About Lung Cancer
In the last 40 years, the rate of lung cancer has dropped 35 percent for men, while rising nearly 90 percent for women. Once thought of as a male smoker’s disease, lung cancer is shattering stigmas.