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		<title>Spring Cleaning for Your Mental Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Mar 2025 00:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Now that spring is upon us, it’s time to spring clean. And I’m not just talking about your living room or your kitchen. It’s also time for a mental health check-up. Studies show that warm weather is just the thing to give you a well-deserved mental boost. However, warm weather alone isn’t going to relieve [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Studies Show a Healthier Diet Significantly Protects Against Alzheimer’s and Other Degenerative Diseases</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2018 13:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A study on the Mediterranean-DASH Intervention for Neurodegenerative Delay (MIND) diet proves that changes in the way you eat can decrease the risk of Alzheimer’s by about 50 percent.  Another recent large-scale study shows that increased consumption of ultra-processed foods leads to an increase in risk for cancer. Scientists have been working on linking lifestyle [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Fierce Remembers</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2018 15:52:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[For their contributions to the health of black women Helen Octavia Dickens, MD (1909-2001) Dickens, a committed gynecologist and obstetrician, was the first female African-American fellow of the American College of Surgeons and first board certified African-American OBGYN in Philadelphia. She graduated from the University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago in 1934 as the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Viola Davis: Making Black History</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2018 22:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[This Black History Month Fierce is taking a look at the amazing and absolutely fierce black women among us who are changing our history every day and who will undoubtedly be among the black history heroes we will celebrate in years to come. &#160; It is easy to talk about a celebrity’s accolades. Being the [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Black Music: Then and Now</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2017 18:46:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[As Black Music Month ends, let&#8217;s reminisce on some of the musical contributions made by African-Americans. Established by President Jimmy Carter in 1979, Black Music Month was founded on the eve of the R&#38;B/Soul Era. R&#38;B/Soul music, arguably pioneered by African-Americans, combined classic funk era vibes with powerful vocals over smooth electronic beats. Black artists [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Study on the Status of Black Women Proves Disparaties Persist in the U.S.</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Black women face systematic inequality. A study by the National Domestic Workers Alliance shows black women face numerous socioeconomic and political disparaties despite improvements. Here are the facts: Black women, despite voting at higher rates, are underrepresented in state and national offices compared to their percentage of the population. In 2015, black women had 8.9 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Acting Surgeon General Discussed Preventing Childhood Obesity</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2017 22:02:24 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Acting U.S. Surgeon General Rear Admiral Sylvia Trent-Adams discussed the importance of prevention and education on childhood obesity at Howard Hospital. She presented the room of primarily health care educators, professionals and student with statistics and information on the epidemic. About 13.9 percent of high school aged students reported obese in 2015. Of children ages [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eating Healthier, the Mental Game; Join the 15 Day Challenge</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you eat better, you&#8217;ll feel better. Right? At least, that&#8217;s what every nutritionist, blog and friend tells you. What do you do, then, about that craving you have for that slice of cake for dessert? Or that milkshake? Some people may have God-given restraint; but if you&#8217;re like most, then maybe quitting cold turkey [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Zumba! Join the 15 Day Challenge</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2017/06/10/lets-zumba-join-the-15-day-challenge/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sydney Davenport]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jun 2017 02:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
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					<description><![CDATA[Many people think they need to workout for 1-2 plus hours a day to make progress toward their &#8220;goal&#8221; weight. Truth is, studies show that short periods of high intensity training (HIT), like Zumba, are as effective in the long-turn as strenuous endurance workouts. The Latin dance inspired workout craze, Zumba, varies between HIT and [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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