Monthly Archives: March 2012

CDC officials hope to interview 400 Queens residents (original article found here) BY LISA L. COLANGELO / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS Dr. Thomas Frieden, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was the city health commissioner in … Continue reading →

(original article) ICAP at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health is part of a network of research organizations that jointly released study results finding that the HIV infection rate of black women living in certain parts of the U.S. … Continue reading →

Stay clear of these inflammation-causing foods to instantly upgrade your health Taken from ‘The Conscious Life’ (original article) According to the statistics from the World Health Organization, about 12.9 million people worldwide died from some form of cardiovascular disease in … Continue reading →

by Carole Jacobs and Chef Patrice Johnson with Nicole Cormier, R.D. (original article) Inflammation is your body’s response to infection, toxins, and injury. By soaking up dead cells and tissues, your body helps prevent foreign organisms from entering. Inflammatory responses … Continue reading →

Community Wellness Centers of America, LLC is a minority owned company with its office located in Jamaica and founded due to the loss and lack of accessible critical and essential healthcare services in Jamaica. As founder, President and CEO of … Continue reading →

By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS (click here for the original article) We’re all used to hearing that everything we once thought was good for us is not. But even within that framework, the latest science about antioxidants, free radicals and exercise is … Continue reading →

While other problems–high incarceration rates, the education attainment gap, housing instability, disproportionate HIV rates, and violent crime in black communities — are often the topic of discussion and activism, domestic violence is rarely discussed. It should be. Domestic violence is … Continue reading →

While politicians and soon, the Supreme Court, are fighting about the fate of the Affordable Care Act, a new government study finds that a growing number of Americans are having difficulty coping with the high cost of health care. During … Continue reading →

written by Rich Wildzunas  The Official U.S. Government Site for Medicare (http://www.medicare.gov/quality-care-finder/ ) provides a wealth of information for all citizens regardless of age, and you do not have to be on Medicare to access this free information. The Official … Continue reading →

taken from AARP.org, click here for original article Plus, how to protect yourself from medical errors by: Katharine Greider | from: AARP Bulletin | March 1, 2012 American hospitals are capable of great medical feats, but they also are plagued … Continue reading →