black women's health

HOW to ENTER PROMOTION. Participants can enter the She Did That with Heart $1,000 Cash Giveaway by going to www.blackamericaweb.com or www.rickeysmileymorningshow or www.getuperica.com and click the link to take the pledge. The pledge is a reminder to make selfcare a priority and to improve heart health. They will then submit a screen shot of their pledge entry along with their name, email, and phone number for consideration.

WHAT EXACTLY ARE FIBROIDS? Fibroids are made of the muscular layer of tissue in the uterus. Although they are called “tumors”, they are benign. The size can vary from barely detectable, pea sized, round or heart shaped, egg to eggplant, and up to small pumpkin or grapevine-sized. Fibroids can distort the anatomy within a woman’s […]

  Dr. Afriye Amerson is a board-certified obstetrician and gynecologist. During her training at George Washington Medical School, Dr. Amerson also studied Eastern and African healing arts. She became a Reiki Master, and practices holistic healing as well as traditional Western medicine. In private practice for the past fifteen years, Dr. Amerson has encountered a […]

Sistas, we may all be in trouble according to a new report. It says that fibroids and some cancers may be the result of the products we use in our hair. I mean, who hasn’t at one time had a perm? Even women wearing their hair natural use Black hair care products, don’t they? L. […]

  Uterine fibroids are the most common benign tumor in African American women with 60% of African American women being affected by the age 35.…

  Annabelle S. Volgman, M.D., FACC, FAHA is Professor of Medicine and Senior Attending Physician at Rush Medical College and Rush University Medical Center in Chicago.  She is the Medical Director of the Rush Heart Center for Women. She is the recipient of the  Madeleine and James McMullan-Carl E. Eybel, MD Chair of Excellence in […]

Racial profiling and the mass incarceration of Black people will always be an important topic to address. But according to an op-ed in The New York Times, the issue may also be connected to the growing number of women who are dying from AIDS. As for the specific cause of the increase, it is unknown. […]

It’s no secret that Black women suffer disproportionately from obesity and other largely preventable illnesses. That’s where Toni Carey and Ashley Hicks come in. This dynamic duo are the founders of Black Girls Run, a national organization to help Black women help themselves get more fit and healthy. By March 2011, Black Girls Run had […]

  “I consider myself a channel for people to heal themselves. My work reminds me that when we are given good food & herbs, and as such, our bodies have the power to heal themselves. Our bodies want balance. I’ve been blessed to tactfully combine the wisdom of nature with research and observation.” Eshe Faizah ‘The Herb Lady’ […]

With all the conversation that you’re having with your girlfriends, who’s having the conversation about your health? There are countless blogs about Black women’s hair–what’s…