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Top 3 Diseases That Kill Black Women

Top 3 Diseases That Kill Black Women

The good news? The leading threats to women’s health, at least the majority of them, can be prevented. The not-so-great part? Many people don’t know how. So, first step:…

Teachers Give Negative Feedback To Students Of Color

Teachers Give Negative Feedback To Students Of Color

  Black and Latino students may be getting less critical, but helpful, feedback from teachers than their white counterparts, a new educational study indicates. “The social implications of these…

White Teens Pay For The Best Birth Control, While Black Teens Just Have Babies.

White Teens Pay For The Best Birth Control, While Black Teens Just Have Babies.

  More teen girls now use the best kinds of birth control, a new government study says. About 60 percent of teen girls who have s*x use the most…

Study: Doctors Don’t Give Black Women All Treatment Options When They Have Breast Cancer

Study: Doctors Don’t Give Black Women All Treatment Options When They Have Breast Cancer

 A recent survey finds nearly one-fourth of African-American breast cancer survivors were not satisfied with the information they received about treatment options from their doctors. However, a majority (90 percent)…

Nomalanga: What society thinks about Overweight Women

Nomalanga: What society thinks about Overweight Women

I just read an article by a, self proclaimed, overweight feminist who is considering losing weight to expand her dating options. Of course, this is a rather delicate topic…

Nomalanga: 21 Children with 11 Women is a sad issue

Nomalanga: 21 Children with 11 Women is a sad issue

I just read about the 29 year old man who has 21 children with 11 different women . In this video, I discuss why I think this is not…

Black Women and Fibroids; the Silent Epidemic that’s Screaming in our Community Part 3: The Role of Hair and Skincare Products

Black Women and Fibroids; the Silent Epidemic that’s Screaming in our Community Part 3: The Role of Hair and Skincare Products

By Onleilove Recently, a study in the American Journal of Epidemiology linking hair relaxers to fibroids in Black women was released and made its rounds on the internet, shedding…

Should addicts be sterilized?

Should addicts be sterilized?

“Don’t let a pregnancy ruin your drug habit,” the slogan on the fliers reads.  Another says, “She has her daddy’s eyes…and her mommy’s heroin addiction.” Then: “Get birth control,…

Number of American Babies Born Addicted to Prescription Drugs Skyrockets [Video]

Number of American Babies Born Addicted to Prescription Drugs Skyrockets [Video]

A baby is born with signs of opiate drug withdrawal, according to a recent study by The Journal of American Medicine. Al Jazeera published highlights from the study, which found…

Dr. Boyce: Act Like a Brother and Think Like a Man – Having s*x on the First Date

Dr. Boyce:  Act Like a Brother and Think Like a Man – Having s*x on the First Date

Ree, The (Ree)lationship Guide recently wrote a very nice article on the reasons that it doesn’t make sense to have s*x on the first date.   While the article was very…