Losing someone close is one of the most painful experiences we can endure. Yet, even as I write this, some older Black adults are living through a quieter, ongoing loss, one that involves watching the people who once filled their...
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Effects of Social Media Stress on Teens
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...
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...
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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...
Purposeful Paths for Black Seniors’ Wellness
Albert King, one of the greatest Black songwriters, once said in his song Everybody Wants to Go to...
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...
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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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Men’s Health: Testosterone Decline and Aging
Two decades ago, Frank maintained a rigorous fitness routine and high energy levels. Today, like many men balancing work, family, and financial pressure, his lifestyle is more sedentary—and his energy has declined with it. After...
Rethinking Intimacy in Later Life
Ask most older Black individuals what their doctor discussed at their last visit and the answers are familiar. Blood pressure. Blood sugar. Cholesterol. Weight. What rarely comes up is sex, desire, or how intimacy changes over...
Why Black Women Outlive Black Men
In 2023, Vanderbilt University Medical Center reported that life expectancy is one of the best indicators of a population’s overall health. Careful observation of the United States would reveal one striking pattern: Black...