Tag: health
Life-changing stories from pioneering marathoners
Blavity.com
A few weeks ago, more than 50,000 people completed the New York City Marathon — a record-breaking number, making it the largest marathon ever held. Despite...
What black women need to know about endometrial cancer
From Wire Reports
Recently, we lost legendary journalist Gwen Ifill.
The host of “Washington Week” and “PBS NewsHour” was a trailblazer for African Americans and women in the...
Registration open for AARP forum
Special to The Times
The Black Women’s Agenda, Inc., AARP, Inc. and several other organizations will hold a forum Saturday, Dec. 3 to prepare families...
International HIV symposium comes to Birmingham
By Alicia Rohan
Researchers and advocates from around the world will gather at the University of Alabama at Birmingham for the Inter-Center for AIDS Research Symposium...
Surgeon general report: ‘Addiction is not a character flaw’
By Carla K. Johnson
AP Medical Writer
In what may be his last significant act as President Barack Obama’s surgeon general, Dr. Vivek Murthy released a...
Black Friday bargains and you
By Samuetta Hill Drew
Looking through the sale ads for Black Friday bargains has almost become as common on Thanksgiving Day as looking at the...
3 Health Musts Before Trump Takes Office
From Wire Reports
The President-elect ran on a campaign that promised (over and over again) to repeal Obamacare and make major changes to women’s access...
‘Chicago Med’ TV star in Birmingham to educate about diabetes
By Monique Jones
The Birmingham Times
Television and theater star S. Epatha Merkerson visited Birmingham last week to talk about an issue she knows about all...
Smithfield & Elyton Walk Club marks three years of promoting healthy...
By Joseph D. Bryant
Housing Authority of the Birmingham District
What began as a gathering of five women just three years ago has quickly grown to...
Food Safety and Holiday Preparation
By Samuetta Hill Drew
This is the time of year we dust off “mamma’s and grand mamma’s” famous family recipes because food during the holidays...
