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Chemical relaxers, fibroids and black women: how it ALL started

Of all of my science writing that have put forth hoping to engage the African-American community, I think my reaction to Chemical relaxers being linked to uterine fibroids in African-American…

Community Walk Focusing on Mental Health

The chief focus will be mental-health disorders affecting African-American families, said Crystal Lucas, a physical education and health teacher at Blake Academy in Lakeland. The free event is open to…

Abused women let down

VICTIMS of abuse in fire-affected communities feel abandoned by authorities, an Australian-first study into domestic violence after natural disasters reveals. The Women’s Health Goulburn North East’s Report, The Way He…

Women need more contraception options that protect against pregnancy, HIV – News

In this Huffington Post "Black Voices" opinion piece, Vanessa Cullins, vice president for external medical affairs at Planned Parenthood Federation of America, responds to an announcement by the WHO in February…

For many black women, exercise a hairy dilemma

Cecilia Blakey has been a group-exercise instructor for 20 years. She teaches aerobics at the YWCA in St. Paul, Minn.’s Selby-Dale neighborhood, which has a significant black population. “I’d love…

Black Women, perms and uterine fibroids: A call for authentic science journalism in the Black Media

This story is still spreading like wildfire. People are sharing it via email, Facebook and Twitter. At natural hair blogs, comment threads are long and emotional.  As one of my…

Whites Outlive Blacks in the US, Study Suggests

In the United States, white males live about seven years longer on average than black men, and white women live more than five years longer than their black counterparts, new…

Univ. professor to study HPV vaccine doubt among black women

A university professor aims to study the source behind many black women's skepticism of the HPV vaccine in order to more effectively promote the procedure. Xiaoli Nan, professor at the…

Black Enterprise Holds Women Of Power Summit For Top Women Of Color Execs

     Nearly 700 of the nation’s leading African-American female executives, managers and business owners recently gathered in Orlando, Fla., for Black Enterprise’s seventh annual Women of Power Summit held at…