By Nyesha Stone When Aida Green was born, the technology wasn’t available to detect her heart issues while she was still in her mother’s belly. As an infant, Green had trouble eating or being fed, which eventually led to her mom getting her daughter tested. The test results found four heart defects, main airway passage […]
African American Heart Health Is Vital
By Dr. Anisa Shomo NNPA Newswire Contributor Last month, February 2019, was not only Black History Month, it was also Heart Health Awareness Month per the American Heart Association. Heart disease is the number one killer of men and women in the United States. Generally, heart disease is considered a man’s disease, but more Black […]
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 […]