Obama Care is in full swing. Health insurance companies can’t turn away anyone because of their medical histories or pre-existing conditions. Prices can’t be higher for people with chronic ailments, or for women, and older individuals can’t be charged more than three times what younger customers pay. Basic benefits like hospitalizations, prescription drugs and mental […]

Has “I want to get in shape,” or “I want to lose weight,” been your New Year’s resolution for the last (fill in the blank)…

Health & Wellness

If you’re planning to make a champagne toast this New Year, great your brain will thank you later! As Lil’ Wayne suggested, a 24-hour champagne…

2014 will be here before we know it and my favorite place (the gym) will be packed. As a group fitness instructor, I absolutely love…

The hustle and bustle of the holiday season means you will probably be sleeping less, feel over stressed and eating much more. No Bueno! Cut…

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OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — With a family fighting a hospital to keep their brain-dead daughter on life support just days before Christmas, a California judge on Monday ordered a second medical evaluation for 13-year-old Jahi McMath. Jahi experienced complications following a tonsillectomy at Children’s Hospital in Oakland. As her family sat stone-faced in the front […]

Did the flu knock you off your feet last year? Count yourself among the tens of thousands hit by one of the worst flu seasons…

A recent study done by the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine examined the metabolic differences between black and white women when it comes to weight loss. The study concluded that black women may need to eat fewer calories or burn more than white women to lose the same amount of weight. Previous studies just […]

Before you open up your medicine cabinet, step into your kitchen. It’s no secret that food can effect the way we feel and function, but…

Gearing up to travel by air this holiday season? You may have to sacrifice your carry-on space for all those gifts, and you may have…

Life & Style

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Wondering what Evelyn Lozada is up to when she is not filming Vh1’s “Basketball Wives” or glowing from her second pregnancy? She’s sweating. With YouTube…