June is Men’s Health Month and today’s Get Well Wednesday is part of a Radio One initiative to represent for the brothers. Far too many studies show that African-American men are near the top of the leaderboard for deaths due to heart disease, cancer and diabetes. And when it comes to being proactive about our […]
APRIL IS PARKINSON’S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH Phillip and Tonja Cooper have been married for 35 years. Tonja is a LOUD Crowd® assistant at the Parkinson Voice Project. Phillip was diagnosed with Parkinson’s 7 and a half years ago and has been a LOUD Crowd® member at the Parkinson Voice Project since that time. His symptoms started years before […]
WHAT KIND OF GLUCOSE TEST SHOULD A PERSON ASK OUR DOCTORS TO TEST FOR DIABETES? IS IT COVERED BY INSURANCE? Two tests are commonly used to screen for diabetes—a fasting glucose test, or an A1C test. Both are routinely covered by insurance. WHAT IS THE A1C TEST AND WHY SHOULD PEOPLE GET IT? The A1C […]
May is National Lupus Awareness Month. Lupus is a chronic autoimmune disease that can damage any part of the body (skin, joints, and/or organs). “Chronic” means that the signs and symptoms tend to last longer than six weeks and often for many years. Lupus is an often invisible but devastating disease. Many celebrities with Lupus […]
Dr. Whitney Dunham is a Board certified OBGYN, with concentration in routine and high risk obstetrics, adolescent gynecology and Robotic surgery. A native of Philadelphia, she obtained her undergraduate degree with honors, from Howard University and Medical Degree from Meharry Medical College, graduating at the top of her class. After completing her training in OB/GYN, […]
WHAT IS ANXIETY AND WHAT ARE SOME OF THE MOST COMMON ANXIETY DISORDERS? Anxiety is a feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, typically about an imminent event or something with an uncertain outcome. It is a normal reaction to stressful situations however in some cases, it becomes excessive and can cause sufferers to dread everyday […]
TIPS FOR PREVENTING/MANAGING ALLERGIES AND ASTHMA HOW CAN YOU TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HAVING A COLD AND HAVING ALLERGIES? Some allergy symptoms like congestion are also common with colds, so a lot of people have a hard time telling the difference between them. In fact, a recent survey found that nearly half of allergy sufferers […]
Dr. Stacy Loeb is an assistant professor of urology and population health at New York university (NYU) specializing in prostate cancer and is one of the prostate cancer foundation’s funded young investigators. Dr. Loeb is an internationally recognized expert in prostate cancer with more than 285 peer-reviewed published articles and 11 book chapters. […]
Many of us first heard about the disease sarcoidosis when it was revealed comedian Bernie Mac had been diagnosed with it. Since that time, we’ve learned that Tisha Campbell Martin has also been diagnosed. In the United States, sarcoidosis is more prevalent among African-Americans, presenting 10 times more common in Blacks, and occurring two times […]
Too many African-Americans languish on bone marrow donor lists because there are fewer African-American donors. For 8-year-old Darian Smith, that deficiency is a life or death issue. Darian is on the donor list, hoping to find a match, but only if more African-Americans would consider becoming donors. Darian and his doctor, Alecia Nero, hope that […]
It is National Minority Cancer Awareness Week and Dr. Carol Brown wants you to know exactly what your risk factors are and when its time to see a doctor. She is a board-certified gynecologic oncologist which means her specialty is diagnosing and treating cancers that affects a woman’s reproductive organs. For more than 25 years, she […]
WHAT ARE THE SECRETS TO AGING WELL? A major key to aging well is exercise of some type, not necessarily a gym, but housework or gardening for at least 45 mins a majority days of the week can be of benefit. New studies suggest adults that are not socially isolated – those with family or […]