Your Black Health: How to Have a Happy and Healthy Holiday

by Shani K. Collins, Your Black Health

The Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays are upon us.  We will enjoy many delicious meals prepared with love.  Also, the joy of being in the presence of our family and our friends will be an added highlight to the season.  Although the holidays are a time for food, fellowship, and giving thanks, they are not an excuse to take our focus off our health.

Doctors Unearth First HIV-Prevention Method Controlled by Women

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An HIV drug has been found to be effective against genital herpes when it’s applied as a gel. 

Five Diseases That Are More Common in Minorities

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Black Women Face Increased Risk of Type 2 Diabetes

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Iyanla Vanzant: God is Still Good

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Christina Edmondson, Ph.D - Dealing with Toxic Friendships

Shani K. Collins: When It Comes to Black Men and Prostate Cancer, It Takes a Whole Village

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Study: Pesticide Use Linked to ADHD in Children

Christina Edmondson, PhD: “My Kid has What?!?” Is ADHD Even Real and How Do I Care for My ADHD-Labeled Child

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A Grieving Mother Writes About the Pain and Tragedy of Gun Violence

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Dr. Christina Edmondson: Slippers, Switches and Belts: Understanding Black Folks loyalty to and love of Corporal Punishment

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Porn Star Re-Tests as HIV Negative

How to Prepare for Hurricane Irene: Things You Must Have Now

Professor Says Your Kids Can Catch Diseases from McDonald’s Playgrounds

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Global Warming Linked to Famine in Africa

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Montel Williams Keeps Addressing the Medical Marijuana Issue

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Mother Gets Probation After Circumcising her Baby with a Box Cutter

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E. Coli Outbreak Leads to Major Recall Across the United States

New Face of Chimpanzee Mauling Victim is Revealed

  

This might be considered a miracle of modern medicine.  A Connecticut woman was mauled two years ago by a chimpanzee and had her face disfigured.  After two years of surgeries, doctors are finally revealing the woman’s new face to the public.

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US Government Warns Americans Not to Travel to Haiti

Reports state that the cholera outbreak, high crime levels, and an unstable government are the primary reasons that the US government is not recommending that its citizens visit the country of Haiti.

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