Hypertension is the term used to describe high blood pressure. Blood pressure is a measurement of the force against the walls of your arteries as your heart pumps blood through your body. African ...

“Food desert” is a term that has been around for years. Most of the time when people are using that term they are talking about Black and brown communities. Food deserts are geographic areas where ...

Black men are more likely to develop and die from prostate cancer than any other ethnic group. Scientists don’t know the exact cause, but it’s believed to be derived from a number of factors. This ...

Diabetes is a devastating disease that impacts millions of Americans. It, unfortunately, heavily impacts the African American community at a rate that is hard to ignore. Just why is diabetes so ...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer among American women, as well as among Black women. And although breast cancer is the most common cancer, it remains the second leading cause of cancer-related ...

(BlackDoctor.org) -- No matter the research study, scientific finding, or health care statistic, one of the most consistent men's health facts around is that men, in general, do not live as long as ...

“As a Black woman, I definitely advocate for other Black women to become a part cancer research, and here is why,” says Bridgette Hempstead, a Black woman with metastatic breast cancer. “Medications ...

Around 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the United States of America (USA). Nearly one in seven of these people are unaware they have HIV. The size of the HIV epidemic is relatively small ...

It’s estimated that 1 in 8 American men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer annually. The odds are even higher for Black men as they’re more likely to not only be diagnosed with the illness but ...

Black History Month is a time for many things. It is a time to celebrate all our hard-won achievements. It is a time to reflect on the challenging, often heartbreaking road we’ve endured for those ...

“Sleeping on grandma’s couch was the norm for our culture,” says Mattie Broxton. Ms. Mattie Broxton serves as the Social Services Coordinator and former Director of the homeless shelter for the ...

The daily use of low-dose aspirin against heart disease may have taken another knock. New research shows that the practice may not provide the added benefit of reduced heart attack risk to Black ...