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Healthy Churches 2030 Roadmap Tour – Free Community Health Event! This event is FREE and Open to the General Public! Don’t miss out on this FREE, one-day in-person event designed to transform your health and well-being. This in-person event will feature insightful speakers, interactive workshops, exhibitors and more. Date: May 3, 2025 Time: 10AM – 2PM Location: Norfolk State University […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes, the 67-year-old pastor of The Potter’s House, spoke to a packed congregation on Sunday, revealing the miraculous details of his recent health tragedy. “I told you last Sunday that I would see you this Sunday, and so here I am,” Jakes told the crowd, thanking God for his recovery after a life-threatening […]
Bishop T.D. Jakes of The Potter’s House reportedly experienced a medical emergency while praying during Sunday service. While details about the nature of the emergency remain unclear, a statement from The Potter’s House confirms that he has received medical care and is now in stable condition. Click here to learn more
Bronny James Jr. graced his first-ever cover shoot as the latest face of Men’s Health magazine, where he spoke candidly about his life-changing cardiac arrest in July 2023. Click Here for Full Story
Protecting, Connecting, and Thriving: We Are All Public Health Register: Create your team and don’t forget to make a self-donation. Register and donate before March 15, 2024, to ensure you receive your participation giveaways prior to the run/walk. Recruit: Invite friends, family, and co-workers to join your team as walkers, runners, and fundraisers. Fundraise: Set a team fundraising […]
The only cure for painful sickle cell disease today is a bone marrow transplant. But soon there may be a new cure that attacks the disorder at its genetic source. On Tuesday, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration will review a gene therapy for the inherited blood disorder, which in the U.S. mostly affects Black people. Issues […]
The damage chemical hair relaxers can have on Black women is coming under intense scrutiny. Several landmark studies have been published in the last year highlighting the link between chemical hair relaxers — which break down proteins in hair to straighten it — and increased rates of uterine cancer For more information click here: Hair Relaxer
For people living with the disease, a sickle cell crisis can happen at any time. When it does, their rigid, sickle-shaped red blood cells become stuck in their blood vessels, blocking flow and causing extreme pain or breathing difficulties. A crisis can escalate into life-threatening complications such as strokes, seizures, and sepsis. “I have to […]
In individuals who reported experiencing high levels of discrimination, the photos of unhealthy, high-calorie foods triggered a larger response in the reward processing region of the brain, called the frontal-striatal region. This part of the brain is also involved with motivation and executive control. That heightened response can lead people to reach for sugar and high-fat foods, […]
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