Tag: health
Jefferson County approves UAB-led Healthcare Authority to Run Cooper Green
The Birmingham Times
Calling it a “defining moment” for indigent patients, a majority of Jefferson County Commissioners on Tuesday voted to create a UAB-led Health...
Drew: Keeping Your Home Safe During the Holidays
By Samuetta Hill Drew
The holiday season is quickly approaching. It starts in late November and goes to mid-January. This is a time of year...
Ellis: Beware of the Ancestry DNA Tests
By Glenn Ellis
Somewhere in America, there are millions of people who have paid to spit in a tube and have their genetic data analyzed...
The Personal Touch at Birmingham’s Life Touch Massage, LLC
By Jasmine Shaw
For the Birmingham Times
Lemar Storey, founder of Life Touch Massage LLC, has a perspective that he believes can bring people together—an idea...
Latrisha Redmon: Massage Therapy is an Essential Part of Self-Care
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Two years ago, Latrisha Redmon remembers being in a dark place. She was pinching pennies, trying to promote...
Herbert Gooden’s Ministry of Massage Therapy
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Whether working as a technician or playing instruments, Herbert Gooden II likes to work with his hands, and...
Tom ‘TJ’ Henderson Jr.: Erasing Misconceptions About Massages
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Tom “TJ” Henderson Jr., 41, wanted to help those who were hurting, so he became a massage therapist.
Massage...
Jackie Wilson Once Massaged Her Aunt’s Knee. That Led To Helping...
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
Jacqueline “Jackie” Wilson always wanted to become a massage therapist, but it wasn’t until a visit with her...
VaLesa Magee Wanted to be More Hands-On. Now She Is.
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For the Birmingham Times
VaLesa Magee worked her way up through the ranks of a massage clinic in Hoover’s Greystone area, even...
Study Shows Fears and Anxieties Factor into Gun Ownership
By Yvonne Taunton
UAB News
Fear and anxiety, especially about crime, are powerful emotions in the lives of many individuals. It’s easy to worry that we, or...
