Women’s Health

Some diet advice may actually slow your weight loss.  Blackdoctors.org are helping us thru the maze of Weight Loss Myths. Click here to READ MORE.

The First Lady has some great health advice that we could all benefit from.  Blackdoctors.org have listed 6 of her top health practices. Click her to read more.

We’ve been talking about weight, weight-loss and the benefits of healthy weight forever, it seems.  Now, CNN.com explains why the time to get fit is now.  Read More:

A Los Angeles-based porn star says he regrets hiding his test positive test results for syphilis from a producer. An STD scare recently shut down the porn industry temporarily so that the actors could be tested. You may not have plans to star in a professional, amateur, for that matter, porn film, but knowing your […]

U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee announced Friday that she is free of breast cancer after being diagnosed last year.  The Houston Chronicle has the complete story.  Read More:

Getting buttocks injections, is it worth the risk?  It could cost you your life.  That’s exactly what happened to Shatarka Nuby. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/news/top-news/fake-doctor-charged-buttocks-injection-death

As the 19th International AIDS Conference in Washington, D.C started July 22-27, 2012, 22,000 leaders, experts and other individuals gathered to end the AIDS pandemic. Their focus was to spread the awareness of HIV/AIDS and capture the sense of hope and optimism for people living with the virus. One of the advocates to add her powerful […]

Roland Martin featured celebrity fitness trainer Jeanette Jenkins on the Tom Joyner Morning Show to address the recent study that indicates “black girls don’t benefit from exercise compared to their white counterparts”. Jenkins doesn’t agree and says that their are quite a few factors that the researchers didn’t take into account such as puberty, estrogen […]

Grammy award winning artist Regina Belle, once an r&b performer  has now made a brilliant transition to singing gospel and was on the TJMS this morning to reveal a health diagnosis that no one knew about! Belle shocked everyone in the studio when she shared with us that she has a brain tumor and is now deaf in her […]

The week began with honoring mom and all that she does for her children. The week continues with the National Diabetes Education Program continuing to…

Alice Randall has written and interesting essay/article for the NY Times on fat black women. http://www.blackamericaweb.com/?q=articles/life_style/fitness_life_style/39863

Girl, you better listen to yo’ mama.  Get your own stash of cash.  According to a report posted at BlackDoctor.org, young women whose significant others are their primary source of spending money are more likely to report that they don’t use condoms.  Read More: