WHAT EXACTLY IS A STROKE? It is a neurological disease that occurs when an artery in the brain or going to brain gets clogged or breaks, this causes blood flow to an area of brain to be cut off. When this happens, brain cells are deprived of oxygen and begin to die. When brain cells […]

  Mark Moore led a healthy lifestyle and still found himself as the victim of two strokes. He and his wife Brenda Moore, a registered nurse have become Ambassadors for the Empowered to Serve program. They talk to the Tom Joyner Morning Show about educating the masses about stokes and how to recognize the symptoms. Women vs. Men: […]

Since 2009, Dr. Paul Underwood has been a medical director at Boston Scientific, a global company that develops and distributes minimally invasive implantable medical devices such as cardiac stents, pacemakers, defibrillators and heart valves. He is also the medical director for Close the Gap, a Boston Scientific solution-oriented health equity initiative committed to eliminating cardiovascular health […]