Black Health Matters

AUGUST 13, 2024

Increasingly, people under the age of 50 are being diagnosed with various forms of cancer. Today, a woman in her 30s faces a higher risk of being diagnosed with cancer compared to her grandmother at the same age, according to Scientific American. Taking Action This is a reminder that cancer doesn’t discriminate by age.

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ProMED

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

This long-term partnership will integrate ProMED’s OneHealth infectious disease alerts directly into the samdesk platform, providing samdesk users with near real-time insights into disease outbreaks and health threats worldwide. ProMED has been at the forefront of reporting on public health threats for the past three decades.

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Mercola

DECEMBER 17, 2024

While genetics play a role, lifestyle and environmental factors significantly influence your risk. Among these, sleep disorders like insomnia and sleep apnea stand out as modifiable risk factors linked to Alzheimers. Further, if youre looking to protect your brain health, melatonin might be your nighttime guardian.

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Black Health Matters

JUNE 6, 2024

Although white Americans have a higher rate of diagnosis, Black people are at a greater risk of having advanced testicular cancer as well as experiencing death from testicular cancer. So, stay informed, and good health is within reach with the right medical care. These include: Being between the ages of 20 and 34.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

It's vital for brain and spine development, helping reduce the risk of birth defects. 4 Using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS), a tool that documents autistic-like behaviors, they assessed the toddlers (ages 3 and 4) born to these women. But while neural tube defects have declined, other health conditions have increased.

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Mercola

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Health experts are unsure why unrefreshing sleep occurs, although it's been associated with some health problems (more on this later). Dr. Sonja Schuetz, a neurologist who specializes in sleep medicine at University of Michigan Health, says there is a certain amount of deep sleep that is essential to get high-quality sleep.

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Black Health Matters

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Health Education Advocacy and Learning (HEAL) is a non-profit collaborative created to provide every community with access to resources that will help them thrive. states, HEAL is collaborating with key pillars in Black communities, such as churches, to share information about the Kidney PATIENT Act.

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Black Health Matters

JUNE 13, 2024

A special report by the Alzheimer’s Association indicates that 19% of Black adults aged 65 and older have Alzheimer’s dementia compared with 10% of white older adults. Having trouble recalling information about themselves, like their address or telephone number and the high school or college they attended.

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Maternal Health Task Force

MARCH 18, 2024

She is currently a Fellow in the Commonwealth Fund Fellowship in Minority Health Policy and is enrolled in the Harvard School of Public Health MPH-45 program in Health Policy with a concentration in Maternal and Child Health. By: Jodian Pinkney , Infectious Diseases Physician.

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Mercola

OCTOBER 28, 2024

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH), during ancient times, members of the Chinese royal court even consumed ginkgo nuts to counter senility. These compounds are associated with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and neuroprotective properties, making them valuable for cognitive health." 19 Anxin Wang, Ph.D.,

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Gideon

JULY 7, 2021

What is the importance of biogeography studies like this one to public health management? The occurrence of disease cases is related to social factors but also to environmental variables that determine the degree to which certain environments favor the occurrence of disease, even where it has not been recorded.

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Mercola

OCTOBER 26, 2024

Dean Ornish, clinical professor of medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is perhaps best known for his pioneering work in how to use food and simple lifestyle strategies to improve health. But the important point is that most of their destructive health habits will be changed at that point. They said, 'No.

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Fund for Public Health NYC

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Years NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams and New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan today unveiled “ HealthyNYC , ” an ambitious plan to improve and extend the average lifespan of all New Yorkers. Read “ Using Law to Advance Population Health Planning ” in Health Affairs.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

This condition can affect individuals of all ages and genders, though they are more prevalent in men. Inguinal Hernia Epidemiology and Risk Factors Inguinal hernias represent a significant medical condition affecting approximately 7.7% of the general population, 1 with striking demographic variations in their occurrence.

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Gideon

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Whether you are a student of nursing, health sciences, public health, or another specialty, you may be interested in expanding your knowledge of epidemiology. Public health and government agencies prevent the spread of emerging infectious diseases on their shores. We can see this visually represented with outbreak or case maps.

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Mercola

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

million Americans ages 18 and older drank one alcoholic beverage in the past month. 3 These are concerning figures, as alcohol consumption is strongly linked to an increased risk for gout. 3 These are concerning figures, as alcohol consumption is strongly linked to an increased risk for gout. Moreover, 60.4 Moreover, 60.4

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Gideon

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As our world continues to shrink due to globalization, it is getting harder for public health agencies to monitor and prevent Salmonella outbreaks from imported foods. Public health agencies worldwide continue to worry about keeping cases down in their respective countries. Data sourced from GIDEON. GIDEON also has case count maps.

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Better Health For All

JUNE 17, 2024

In addition, the evidence base identifies potential increased risk of acquiring HIV in several subgroups of trans people, including young people, migrants, sex workers and people of the global majority [4] [6]. 4] There are also issues with inconsistencies in sexual health services and access to PrEP for trans people across the UK.

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Frontiers

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Emotion regulation and contraceptives “When prescribed COCs, girls and women are informed of various physical side effects, for example that the hormones they will be taking will abolish their menstrual cycle and prevent ovulation,” Brouillard explained.

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