Category: Health & Wellness
Taking Charge of Your Breast Cancer Risk
Posted by Sheree Crute | Oct 27, 2022 | Health & Wellness, Health News, Top Feature, Uncategorized | 0
2022: A New Year of Hope and Healing
Posted by Sheree Crute | Jan 7, 2022 | COVID-19, Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Kicks, Tricks and Flips: The Fearless Life of a St...
Posted by Sheree Crute | Nov 22, 2021 | Fitness, Health & Wellness, The Fierce Interview, Top Feature | 0
Pandemic Shows Black Americans Among Groups at Hig...
Posted by Sheree Crute | Aug 24, 2021 | COVID-19, Family, Health & Wellness, Top Feature | 0
Rural Black Women Turn to Each Other, Mutual Aid a...
Posted by Connie Green Freightman | Nov 12, 2020 | COVID-19, Family, Health & Wellness, Health News, Ties, Top Feature | 0
A Closer Look at ER Wait Times
by Fierce Contributor | Jul 8, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Long ER wait times are problems for patients and hospitals overburdened by serving as alternatives to doctor’s offices and urgent care facilities.
Read MoreSurviving Heatwaves: How to Stay Cool When It’s Hot
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 24, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
With temperatures soaring near 100 degrees or more around the country, experts are warning people...
Read MoreThe Scorching Truth: Extreme Heat is a Wake-Up Call to Act on Climate Change
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 24, 2024 | Health & Wellness, COVID-19, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
Heat waves cause or exacerbate a host of illnesses. Air quality is generally worse during extreme heat — a wake-up call to tackle the climate crisis head on.
Read MoreSelling a Mirage: The Delusion of Advanced Plastic Recycling Using Pyrolysis
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 22, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
Here’s an inconvenient truth: Not much is being recycled at all, nor is the pyrolysis technology capable of curbing the plastic crisis. Not now. Maybe not ever.
Read MoreHow to Mend the Bias on Older Women’s Health
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 22, 2024 | Aging Fiercely!, Health & Wellness, Health News, Top Feature | 0
Medical research has shortchanged women for decades, leaving physicians without critically important information about how to best manage older women’s health.
Read MoreAir in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Is Even Worse Than Expected, Real-Time Data Show
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 20, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Environmental Health, Health News | 0
Ethylene oxide levels in the heart of Louisiana’s Cancer Alley are more than double the threshold above which the EPA considers cancer risk to be unacceptable.
Read More‘Creamy Crack’ — Why Relaxers Are Still Being Pushed on Black Women
by Fierce Contributor | Jun 13, 2024 | Beauty, #Trending, Health & Wellness, Health News, News, Top Feature | 0
Linda Villarosa spent a year going to the root of the hair relaxer problem. Here are takeaways on why Black women are being harmed — and what’s being done.
Read MoreThe Chicken and Egg Problem of Fighting Another Flu Pandemic
by Fierce Contributor | May 31, 2024 | Health & Wellness, Health News | 0
Avian flu infections in multiple species far and wide raise the threat that further mutations could create a virus that spreads from human to human through airborne transmission. If they do, pandemic prevention starts with the egg — or alternatives still under research.
Read MoreFormaldehyde Ban in Relaxers Is ‘Essential,’ Experts Warn
by Fierce Contributor | Apr 21, 2024 | Beauty, Health & Wellness | 0
FDA ban on formaldehyde in relaxers, which is associated with breast and ovarian cancers, is now pending for July.
Read MoreThis Earth Day and Beyond: Taking Action for Our Health and Climate
by Fierce Contributor | Apr 21, 2024 | Environmental Health, Fierce Voices, Top Feature | 0
Climate change is the greatest challenge of our time. It’s essential for communities — especially Black women — to push for solutions to protect our health.
Read MoreUnderstanding Wendy Williams’ Health and What It Means for You
by Yanick Rice Lamb | Feb 24, 2024 | Health News, News, Top Feature | 0
By Yanick Rice Lamb FierceforBlackWomen.com Wendy Williams says she has been touched by the outcry...
Read MoreBreathing Justice: EPA’s Bold Move Against Soot Reclaims Our Air and Dignity
by Fierce Contributor | Feb 7, 2024 | Fierce Voices, Environmental Health, Health & Wellness, News, Top Feature | 0
By Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali Today marks a pivotal moment in our ongoing battle against the...
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