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...
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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...
Teen Health: Summer Break Wellness Tips
Black teenagers’ views on summer fall into four groups: some attend camps to learn new crafts or sports; others will chase exciting parties; a third group take on summer jobs at pools or restaurants; and some simply relax and do...
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The Significance of Spiritual Health and 7 Practices to Boost Your Mental Health
In a world that never stops spinning, it’s pretty easy to get carried away and overlook the key to our inner peace and happiness: Spiritual health! But here is the thing—our spiritual health and our mental well-being are like two...
How Church Can Positively Impact Mental Health
The United States is going through a mental health crisis, worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. In...
Resilience in Rhythm: Music and Movement Heal
Long before wellness apps and clinical prescriptions, healing in the Black community pulsed through...
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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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Can AI Detect Birth Defects?
The World Health Organization estimates that 240,000 newborns are lost annually within 28 days of birth due to birth defects or congenital (acquired in the womb) disorders. It is usually difficult to identify a single cause of...
Medication Safety During Pregnancy
Salvi Schostok & Pritchard estimate that there are over 1.5 million medical injuries in the US alone, and pregnant women are among those affected. As common as medical injuries are (to the mother and child, alike), many...
Representation and Prevention: HIV in Black America
HIV continues to affect Black communities in the United States and around the world more than other groups. Black people make up a larger share of new HIV diagnoses than their proportion of the overall population. This disparity...