November is “National Diabetes Awareness Month” Protect your vision for tomorrow. Learn the facts today. By Cheryl L. Dejewski With diabetes at epidemic levels, you probably know (or are) one of the 30+ million Americans with the disease. Whether or not the cause is due to lifestyle (poor diet, lack of exercise), genetics or both, […]
For Communities of Color, the Fight against Diabetes is Far from Over
Recently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the rate of new cases of diabetes in the United States declined by about 20 percent from 2008 to 2014. This represents the first sustained decrease in diagnosis since the disease emerged as a major threat to public health over the course of the past […]
Black Women’s Wellness Day: Eliminating Health Disparities and Creating a New Vision
By Jasmine Zapata, MD July 31, 2015 Women listen to keynote speaker Queen Afua at last year’s Black Women’s Wellness Day. Photo by Hedi Rudd “[We] have decided that our lives and our wellbeing are too precious to neglect. We’re no longer willing to be the subject of disparity reports, to bury our mothers and […]
What is Your Obesity Costing You?
April 10, 2015 More than 20 million Americans have Type 2 diabetes; most are overweight or obese. (Courtesy of Atlanta Black Star) Special to the NNPA from Our Weekly — Sometimes celebrities or otherwise physically fit people will put on a fat suit and document their experience with a video camera, usually to […]
Black Men Run: A Culture of Brotherhood, Unity & Health
By Vanessa Jenkins March 20, 2015 Aaron Perry understands the importance of a healthy lifestyle and pushes his fellow African-American brothers to do the same. In 1989, Perry was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes at the age of 29. In 2004, he took control of his disease and 362 days later became the World’s first […]