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Although the cause is still being debated, we do know that heart failure is one of the leading causes of death in the Black community ... is a chronic progressive condition that affects the pumping ...

Every year, around Christmas time, you may hear some Black folks talking about celebrating Kwanzaa. many of them jokingly because they don't know the history or roots behind the holiday. Here's how it ...

Though Halle Berry is well known for her acting these days, she actually started out as a model. This venture eventually led to her being crowned the first runner-up in the 1986 Miss USA pageant. It ...

"'You beat cancer by how you live, why you live, and in the manner in which you live' ~Stuart Scott." After posting that quote on his Facebook page in 2014, information about NFL player Eric Berry's ...

I love introducing kids to ordinary people who did amazing things by reading picture book biographies for kids. Don't you?

The civil rights icon served as a catalyst for social justice demonstrations when in 1955 she refused to give up her seat for a fellow bus rider, simply because they were white and she was Black.

When discussing your skin, bear in mind that you might not have all the symptoms at once. Eczema can also look different for Black people. While those with lighter skin might have red patches, Blacks ...

The disease is most common in women between the ages of 20 and 40 but can occur earlier or later. Black women, in particular, have been found to have a higher risk of developing endometriosis. Other ...

BDO’s Black History of Health series is designed to show the correlation between the health of historical black figures and Black Americans today. Many of the health disparities we currently ...

"I'm the most doctor-tested man alive." Eric Wilson "Hank" Gathers Jr. was an American college basketball player for the Loyola Marymount Lions in the West Coast Conference. As a junior in 1989, he ...

Frank Sinatra called him “the only true genius in show business.” Billy Joel said that he” was more important than Elvis Presley.” To his fans, he was just Ray. Ray Charles had to pull himself up from ...