By Dr. Ahunna Freeman In my few years in community pharmacy, I can attest that numbers don’t lie when it comes to chronic diseases and African-American women. With May being blood
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Cynthia Brown Guest Columnist It is a known fact that heart disease is the leading cause of death; the number one killer of women, particularly African-American women. Thanks to several
In above photo: Ayana Hardin creates natural hair twists. (Photo by Erin Mizelle for the Winston-Salem Chronicle) Editor’s note: This is the last part of a two-part series. By Felecia Piggott-Long,
In above photo: Ayana Hardin, back left, owner of Ayana’s Glory Locs, catches up with client Angel Lee as Hardin provides her expertise in “sister-locking” Lee’s natural hair, interlocking her hair
WSSU takes health project to Piedmont Park (pictured above: Hazel Neely, president of the Piedmont Park Resident Council, is among the
Doctors have known for years that atrial fibrillation (AF), or irregular heartbeat, increases the risk for stroke, but now researchers
Breast Cancer continues to be one of the leading causes of death among women, particularly minority women, in the United
On July 1, when newly elected members of the UNC Board of Governors begin their four-year term, pay close attention
A fertile period of labor organizing in the tobacco industry during the 1940s fed into the Civil Rights Movement. A
Black Girls Run!, a fitness organization with chapters across the land, will convene a national conference in Charlotte later this
