Washington Informer
MIAMI -- Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport administrator here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test for Prostate Specific Antigen (PSA), a screening test for prostate cancer. “I’d rather know early on so that it…
The Presidential debate included an extensive discussion about Medicare's future, mostly about the Romney-Ryan plan to privatize and likely end Medicare as we know it. Unfortunately, the facts and real-life experiences of the 49 million people and their families who…
As a woman, you most likely experience aches and pains from your daily activities no matter what your lifestyle entails. In fact, a recent study shows 89 percent of women experience some type of muscle or joint pain every year,…
Discussion to Include Essential Health Benefits Plan and Exchange Certification Members of Executive Board of the Health Benefit Exchange Authority will hold its regularly scheduled meeting from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m., Sept. 24 at the D.C.…
LARGO, Md.— Improve your health and explore the arts during October at Prince George's Community College. All events are open to the general public. Annual Art Faculty Exhibition, October 1 – November 8, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.…
Almost 67 million Americans have high blood pressure, and more than half of them do not have it under control. High blood pressure is a major risk factor for heart disease and stroke, two of the leading causes of…
No one can creditably deny the burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the Black community. Although Blacks represent only 12 percent or the U.S. population, they accounted for 44 percent of all new HIV infections. Black women accounted for…
Many people who are bitten by an infected mosquito won't get sick—many others aren't as lucky. Since 1999, more than 30,000 people in the United States have been reported as getting sick with West Nile virus. Occasionally, an infected person…
Program Combats Obesity in Young Children, Teenagers Video games, iPods and other technology have replaced playgrounds and ball fields as many American children continue to adopt sedentary lifestyles. Youngsters weigh more today than any generation in American history…
The Global Village, one of the highlights of the 19th International AIDS Conference, humanized the AIDS epidemic from an international perspective. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a global village to defeat AIDS. In…
TD.C. Department of Health Interim Director Dr. Saul Levin released the following statement Aug. 22 on West Nile Virus in the District of Columbia: "Since the beginning of the summer, the District of Columbia Department of Health (DOH) has identified…
The Global Village, one of the highlights of the 19th International AIDS Conference, humanized the AIDS epidemic from an international perspective. If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a global village to defeat AIDS. In response…
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