When it comes to fighting for heart health, Black Americans have been at the forefront. As early as 1893, Dr. Daniel Hale Williams performed the world’s first successful heart surgery. Since then, Black physicians...
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Stress Fuels Diabetes Risk in Black Adults
Stress has a sound. Sometimes it’s the soft hum of worry that follows you from room to room. Other times it roars—the bills, the job, the neighborhood, the news, the quiet moments that don’t feel quiet at all. For many Black...
The Silent Dialogue: Pain and Mental Health
Pain does not only live in the body. It speaks quietly but insistently to the mind, shaping mood, memory, and mental well-being. For the nearly 50 million U.S. adults coping with chronic pain, this dialogue often spirals into...
Digital Detox for Teens: Can you do it?
Digital devices have the potential to improve our lives in meaningful ways—such as making telehealth accessible—but they also have the capability to cause serious harm. For example, the original idea behind the creation of social...
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Resilience in Rhythm: Music and Movement Heal
Long before wellness apps and clinical prescriptions, healing in the Black community pulsed through drumbeats, danced in sacred circles, and soared in song. The ancestral rhythms of Africa, uplifting gospel harmonies, and...
The Significance of Spiritual Health and 7 Practices to Boost...
In a world that never stops spinning, it’s pretty easy to get carried away and overlook the key to...
How Church Can Positively Impact Mental Health
The United States is going through a mental health crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
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Nutrition Influencing Mental Wellness
Many Black individuals are silently facing various mental health challenges. While this issue affects every community, statistics reveal that only 25 percent of us are likely to seek treatment when needed, compared to 40 percent...
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Improving Eye Health With AI-Powered Technology
Our eyes are the window to the world. It is the primary sensory portal through which we perceive our surroundings. Sadly, there is a disproportionately high burden of vision loss within the Black community, driven mainly by...
Can Hormones Affect Vision in Black Women?
Our hormones as women influence more than our mood and reproduction. They journey with us from our menarche all through the rest of our menstrual cycle, pregnancy, and menopause. But that’s not all hormones do. They also...
Grassroots Vision Screenings in Black Communities
Dr. Nishan Pressley, OD, is an optometrist advancing eye health in the Black community. During her optometry training, she was the first and only Black woman in the optometry program. Years later, the lack of Black representation...