Dear Healthcare Family:

As Medea Benjamin said the other day, I sometimes feel like a battered wife. I keep coming back to Congress to try to get them to support a national single payer healthcare system knowing full well that many of them are bound to the corporations from whom they get millions of campaign dollars. So they reject me and kick me down the stairs. But still, I continue to believe we can get the healthcare system we need. I know from experience that we can win this great victory....[more]

Microwave Cooking is Killing You!
By Stephanie Relfe B.Sc. (Syd.)

Microwave cooking is one of the most important causes of ill health. It is certainly one of the most ignored. There was a lawsuit in 1991 in Oklahoma. A woman named Norma Levitt had hip surgery, but was killed by a simple blood transfusion when a nurse "warmed the blood for the transfusion in a microwave oven!"....[more]

Chapter 10 Genocide: HIV/AIDs Theory
By ArtistCHD

First they ignore you. Then they laugh at you. Then they fight you. Then you win." (Mahatma Gandhi)

Mr. Charles Gibson ABC News: Certainly you are an intelligent man, with a positive and trustworthy image Sir. But, by treating this innocent retrovirus bystander, in which they are wrongly calling HIV; is precisely what is killing human beings who have suffered a false positive test result....[more]

Medical Testing: A Racially Bias Issue
By ArtistCHD

I've politely and kindly asked you guys, news reporters to stop using my racial name "African American" for your harmful Racial Profiling & Targeting, me and my kind, for medical treatment and testing. I don't personally have to put up with working with, nor being around you sick Euro-Caucasian Americans on some job; who persist to practice Clinical Institutional Racism & Discrimination....[more]

Barry Bonds and the Internalization of Technology
By Jean Damu

Is it time to consider legalizing drugs in sports?

With the breathlessly racist publicity campaign surrounding the publication of a book that alleges Barry Bonds began using performance enhancing drugs following the 1998 baseball season in full swing and truly scary performance enhancement schemes just over the horizon, perhaps now is a good time to look at the drug scandals in sports from a different angle....[more]

The Alliance Projects
Culled from Hanna Levy Diary- Field Operative Masheda (lap)
By Hanna psyfieldops@yahoo.com

In modern history, the civil rights movement era was an interesting period for many groups vying control of the same space, Negroes claimed was theirs. For the Negroes who later will be called African-Americans, this battle for the control of their destiny ended abruptly when two prominent figures namely, Martin Luther King and Malcom Shabazz X, leaders from diverging positions, were assassinated....[more]

Psychological Destruction of the Black Mind At Work

Why do you think Black America is constantly reminded of the negatives of Black life, such as the headline: "CDC Report Shows Increase of Syphilis, Chlamydia Among Black Women" published just recently by one of Black America's most frequented sites, BlackAmericanWeb. Is it for the purpose of information? Or humiliation?....[more]

Taking Responsibility for Your Health

Not so many years ago, people were subject to a variety of diseases over which they had little or no control. In the early part of the twentieth century, infectious diseases caused by organisms were the leading causes of death in the United States.......[more]

Red Wine Can Have a Positive Effect on Health

Health Benefits of Red Wines: One to Two Glasses a Day
Recent studies show that drinking one glass of red wine every day may have certain health benefits. Research indicates that moderate red wine consumption may help protect against certain cancers and heart disease, and can have a positive effect on cholesterol levels and blood pressure.......[more]

16 Tips to Looking & Feeling Great
Top Personal Fitness Specialist Reveals The Essential Strategies For Lasting Weight Loss And Lifelong Fitness
By Jesse Cannone CFT, CPRS, SPN

Do you want to improve the quality of your life? Do you want to look and feel better than you have in years - maybe better than you ever have before? Do you want to protect yourself from disease and injury? And do you want to live a longer, more vital life?........[more]

Little Known Facts about Black Hair Care

Black women cannot depend wholly on the products running in the mainstream for white hair, they must understand how to take care of their own Black hair. And if you have a tender headed daughter, here are some helpful tips on Black hair care.......[more]

Psychosomatic Illnesses: Balancing Mind and Body

The power of the mind to affect the health of the body is illustrated by psychosomatic illnesses. When a person is subjected to stress or emotional upset, changes in the body may manifest as diseases. The terms psycho (mind) and soma (body) emphasize the connection between the mind and the body with respect to health.......[more]

Body Image: The pressure to look good

Body image is a person's mental picture of his or her body. Nearly everyone has a body image. Nearly everyone judges that image as good, or less good, by comparing her or his body to a standard of the "ideal body" communicated to individuals by their culture and people who are important to them, such as lovers, family, and friends. The judgment a person makes about her or his body image is called body esteem. Individual with a positive body image tend to have higher body esteem than do individuals with a less positive body image......[more]

National Cancer Institute Cites Link Between Diet and Life-Threatening Diseases in African-American Men

NABJ Panel Discusses Benefits of Eating Five to Nine Servings of Fruits and Vegetables a Day

The National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) 5 A Day for Better Health Program released a summary today emphasizing the link between diet and health in African-American men. The summary discusses the health disparities between black men and other racial/ethnic groups, the impact of eating habits, and how eating five to nine servings of fruits and vegetables a day as part of a healthy diet can reduce the risk of many diseases that disproportionately affect black men......[more]

Source from: http://www.blackpressusa.com/

Dimensions of Health and Wellness

Emotional Wellness - requires understanding emotions and coping with problems that arise in everyday life.

Intellectual Wellness - involves having a mind open to new ideas and concepts. If you are intellectually healthy, you seek new experiences and challenges.

Spiritual Wellness - is the state of harmony with yourself and others. It is the ability to balance inner needs with the demands of the rest of the world.

Occupational Wellness - is being able to enjoy what you are doing to earn a living and contribute to society, whether it is going to college, working as a secretary, doctor, construction manager, or accountant. In a job, it means having skills such as critical thinking, problem solving, and communicating well.

Social Wellness - refers to the ability to perform social roles effectively, comfortable, and without harming others.

Physical Wellness - is a healthy body maintained by eating right, exercising regularly, avoiding harmful habits, making informed and responsible decisions about health, seeking medical care when needed, and participating in activities that help prevent illness.

Headeache Relief without Aspirin

Most people try to relieve a headache by taking aspirin or some other analgesic drug that can alter the physiological mechanisms that produce the pain. However, there are other, more natural ways to alleviate a headache......[more]