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Mental Health

It’s Not All in Your Head – Four Steps To Improve Minority Mental Health in Your Community

Mental illness is one of the most prevalent health problems in this country. Roughly one in five people will struggle with mental illness, but despite its widespread impact, less than half will receive any treatment or counseling. Even though mental illness is among the leading causes of disability and one of the most expensive ailments plaguing our health care system, there remains a great divide between recognizing mental illness and embracing it as a legitimate and potentially serious medical condition.

Mental Health

It’s OK To Not Be OK – Six Mental Health Reminders that Minorities Need To Hear

Mental health is a complicated equation. It’s the product of your emotional, psychological and social wellbeing, and it affects how you think, feel and act. Mental health problems are so common they outnumber most other risks for serious health conditions, but the feeling that “it’s not OK to not be OK” causes many to ignore symptoms.

Is Inflammation Making You Sick? What Your Ailments Are Telling You About Your Immune System

Millions of Americans are struggling to make sense of difficult and sometimes inexplicable health issues. Increasingly, experts are pointing to inflammation to help answer some of the most pressing health problems – heart disease, Alzheimer’s, sleep apnea, cancer, depression, allergies and other problems can all be linked to an immune system stuck in overdrive.

Mental Health

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.

Women's Health

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.

Mental Health

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.

Heart Health

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.

Heart Health

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.

Diabetes

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.