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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 →

Med centers protest, but report says rates of infection and readmissions are among worst in U.S. By Heidi Evans / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS THIRTY NEW York-area hospitals were given a code blue for patient safety by Consumer Reports — … Continue reading →

By GARDINER HARRIS Published: February 28, 2012 (to see original post on nytimes.com click here) Federal health officials on Tuesday added new safety alerts to the prescribing information for statins, the cholesterol-reducing medications that are among the most widely prescribed drugs in … Continue reading →

By TARA PARKER-POPE By the time 64-year-old Laura Milson decided to undergo total knee replacement after 12 years of suffering from arthritis, even a short walk to the office printer was a struggle. After her surgery last August at the Rothman Institute at Thomas … Continue reading →