tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15471325012845924362011-07-07T19:43:29.939-05:00Addressing African American Health 1 Pound at a TimeImani Sankofahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07563063790720190119noreply@blogger.comBlogger401100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1547132501284592436.post-79395177035687087442010-02-10T07:32:00.001-06:002010-09-10T14:48:03.983-05:00

Washington (CNN) -- Michelle Obama is telling America that it's time to get moving. In a news conference set for noon Tuesday at the White House, the first lady will introduce a national effort to combat childhood obesity. Read the FULL story

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In 1951, a scientist at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, created the first immortal human cell line with a tissue sample taken from a young black woman with cervical cancer. Those cells, called HeLa cells, quickly became invaluable to medical research—though their donor, who turned out to be Henrietta Lacks, remained a mystery for decades. Read FULL story

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Maggie Thornton Renfro will be 115 in November. She is the 7th oldest in the world. Her life will be celebrated alongside her three sister, Carrie, 107, and Rosie Thornton, 103.Maggie Mae Thornton Renfro spends her days singing. The 114 year old lived by herself until she was 106 years old, then adopted daughter Mattie Ellis moved in, helping with day to day chores like cooking breakfast. Read

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Watch CBS News Videos OnlineThis is a sad but all increasingly common story. We live in a instant, everything right now culture that promotes the must have "perfect" body. With constant bombardment of skinny women found on most women magazine covers, some women are pressured to seek extreme means to achieve what they believe to be the perfect body.You can find similar stories of many other women

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By JOHN ROGERS, Associated Press Writer John Rogers, Associated Press WriterLOS ANGELES – Although she liked her bacon crispy and her chicken fried, she never drank, smoked or fooled around, Gertrude Baines once said, describing a life that lasted an astonishing 115 years and earned her the title of oldest person on the planet.It was a title Baines quietly relinquished Friday when she died in her

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I was looking at Tonyatko's video tonight about different personality types based on the Myers-Briggs standard. Out of curiosity, I took my test on Similar Minds HERE just to see what the test would say. My results came back as: ISTJ. I then took this information over to Personality Page HERE to learn that ISTJ equaled a Duty Fulfiller. I read the description of a Duty Fulfiller. To my surprise,

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Her music brings me great joy! Learn more about Esperanza here

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I came across this page today...Miss Plus America Pageant.... Contestants must wear size 14W+ in order to participate. The Pageant also has a teen division starting from size 12+.I don't even know how to respond to this.I believe everyone should feel good about themselves. However, is celebrating being unhealthy really the way to go? I think not.I remember when I weighed 236 lbs. I didn't think I

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By LiveScience.com StaffAbout 70 percent of U.S. children have low levels of vitamin D, which puts them at higher risk for bone and heart disease, researchers said today."We expected the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency would be high, but the magnitude of the problem nationwide was shocking," said Dr. Juhi Kumar of Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center.Cases of rickets, a bone

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Experts Say Dr. Benjamin Gives Wrong MessageBy Susan Donaldson James, ABC News (Posted July 21, 2009) Dr. Regina M. Benjamin, Obama's pick for the next surgeon general, was hailed as a MacArthur Grant genius who had championed the poor at a medical clinic she set up in Katrina-ravaged Alabama.But the full-figured African-American nominee is also under fire for being overweight in a nation where

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By MIKE STOBBE (AP)ATLANTA — Nearly 36 percent of black Americans are obese — much more than other major racial or ethnic groups — and that gap exists in most states, a new federal study finds.About 29 percent of Hispanics and 24 percent of whites are obese, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday. Overall, about 26 percent of U.S. adults are obese.Racial differences in

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NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Urban black men in the U.S. typically fit few fruits and vegetables into their diets and most are unaware of how many servings they should be getting, a new study suggests.Health experts generally recommend that men eat at least nine servings, or about 4.5 cups, of fruits and vegetables each day. But in the current study, of 490 urban, mostly immigrant black men, the

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Submitted by Style News Wire on Friday, 3 April 2009Despite government efforts to address disparities in the past decade, beginning with President Clinton’s 1998 Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities Initiative, there has been very little progress. African-Americans have more disease, disability, and early death than Caucasians(1).The statistics are alarming:African-Americans are 1.6 times more

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Living in the present moment is the key to true happiness. If you can stop wrestling with your mind and learn to trust your true self, you will be rewarded.A natural state of peace is easily available to you any time you choose to accept it. And the flow of spontaneous joy is yours when you simply let go of the need to control your thoughts and allow the moment to unfold.Reality passes us by as

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Do you want to know the secret to Youth? Let me tell you the things to avoid, if you want to stay looking younger longer.Poor DietWhat you eat affects your health more than anything else you do. When you eat a poor diet of fatty, processed, or fried foods and simple sugars--the aging process speeds up. Stay away from additives and trans-fats, which rob you of your health and deprive your body of

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The last 2 weeks have been quite busy for me. Busier than usual...My stress level has been higher than normal.I told myself I could have 1 chocolate bar. After all, I've been eating really good. One chocolate bar turned to many chocolate bars. "Ding dongs", I thought. Hubby said, "NO!" Well I'll just have some chicken salad from Chic-fila and some sunflower seeds instead. Before I knew it, I was

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I went to the doctor today for my first mammogram and pelvic ultrasound. This is my third doctor interaction over the last 60 days. My first visit was for a routine physical check-up. During that visit my PCP (Doctor #1) inquired about fibroid tumors and getting a mammogram, which explains my follow-up visit today.I took my daughter to the doctor a week ago after she presented with flu-like

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Cleansing the liver is just as important as cleansing any other organ in the body. Some people focus heavily on colon cleansing not realizing that the liver needs cleansing too.How the Liver WorksThe liver regulates most chemical levels in the blood and excretes a product called bile, which helps to break down fats, preparing them for further digestion and absorption. All of the blood leaving the

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This movie will make you think twice before eating fast food.

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by Patricia WagnerTake charge. Get inspired. Help others. What are you doing to improve your own attitude and renew your sense of purpose? It's a take-charge situation. Make it happen.Just how critical is attitude to achievement? Well, take a look at one of the greatest inventors of the last two hundred years - Thomas Edison. Every time you turn on a light switch, you experience the result of his

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Many of us find that our diets and lives get off balance – we celebrate the holidays and eat more sweets than we'd like, or we have a big project due at work and stay up all night drinking diet cola.For some people, the solution to getting your mind and body back in order is to follow a self-cleanse. The purpose of going through a self-cleanse—or a detox--is to rid the body of poisonous toxins

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Avoid TOXINS Foods that Kill Margarine and other hydrogenated fats refined salt, Table saltChlorinated WaterAntibioticsASPARTAMEMSG - Mono Sodium GlutamatePesticidesCARCINOGENSHormones - MILKFood additivesSugar, cane sugar, corn syrup, chocolate and other foods containing similar concentrated sweetenersrefined oilsbaking powderhard and dry bovine milk cheeseJunk foods (hamburgers, pizza,

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Click the picture to read the numbersBlood Pressure BasicsRecent studies show that about 40% of U.S. citizens have been diagnosed with high blood pressure, also known as hypertension. This increases the risk for stroke, heart attack, heart disease or failure, kidney failure and arterial aneurysms, including strokes.Hypertension is a condition in which the force of the blood against the arteries

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Are you looking for a way to get more fit? Perhaps you have heard that walking for fitness is a good way to start, but you may wonder if fitness walking really brings results. After all, it doesn't seem like work so can fitness walking really work? Yes it can.Here's the simple fact about walking, it does what your body needs, and gets it moving.Unfortunately, as a society we have forgotten about

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Ginger has been used for its health benefits for over 5000 years and is a favorite medicinal as well as culinary herb. Unlike most spices, the part that has the most medicinal value grows under ground. Often mistakenly called “ginger root” this is actually the rhizome of the plant which is more of a subterranean stem than a root. Although you can use dried ginger and powdered ginger for health

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Church-Based Weight Plan Peels Off Pounds for BlacksMembers dropped 5% of body weight and sustained it for 6 months, study findsTUESDAY, March 10 (HealthDay News) -- A 12-week church-based weight loss program helped many overweight/obese Blacks lose 5 percent or more of their body weight, and most of them maintained their weight loss for at least six months.The study included 35 men and women,

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One good option for weight loss, especially for those who want to eat a healthy diet even while they lose weight, is a fruit fast. During a fruit fast, dieters generally eat and drink nothing but fresh fruit and freshly squeezed fruit juices. By eating fruit, dieters get all the nutrients their bodies need to be healthy, but cut most of the fats out of their diet.The human body was actually

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The areas where you store your body fat shows the balance of hormones and activity within your major endocrinal glands. What this means is that eating certain foods dependent on your body shape will make it more likely to cause weight gain or prevent fat lossesFat storage patternsDifferent people store their body fat in different areas. It may be that you store your fat on your stomach only, or

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Walking meditation is a form of meditation in action. In walking meditation we use the experience of walking as our focus. We become mindful of our experience while walking, and try to keep our awareness involved with the experience of walking. Actually, there are several different kinds of walking meditation. We’ll just be looking at one of them in detail, although we’ll touch on the others.

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An affirmation is a positive statement you can use to keep your mind focused on creating an outcome you desire. So many of us, by default, tend to focus instead on what we don't want. If you'll take a moment to observe that "little voice" in the back of your head, you may find that you do it sometimes, too. Today, we'll look specifically at the use of spoken affirmations to enhance desired health

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Now modern medicine is backing this up with research that has shown that smiling and laughing cause physiological changes in your body. There is a reduction in cortisol, a chemical that indicates stress in the body, and an increase in mood elevating endorphins. Laughter is also thought to improve circulation, stimulate the nervous system, heighten the immune system, and make the heart

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Heal a Woman to Heal a Nation, Inc. is a community based organization,that promotes holistic wellness for women and families through education, physical and mental health, economic and self empowerment. We heal our communities by first building and repairing the lives of women. HWHN believes that healthy, educated and empowered women produce healthy, educated and thriving communities. Heal a

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The immune system is one of the most important health topics. Immunity is an issue of daily life, for the immune system protects us from both acute and chronic illness. Hard to define precisely, the immune system is a complex of various organs and body functions. Low immunity represents an overall general weakness in the individual- a lack of vital energy, or life force.Anything that increases

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Just like the rest of your body, your brain needs to be well-cared for in order to function at its highest level. For example, your memory will be sharper if you practice a daily regimen that includes a challenging cognitive workout. Your body and your brain will both benefit from a varied exercise routine. And, if you incorporate good nutritional habits, this also helps the brain to

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by Jerzy GeorgeDo you know how to care for your skin? Unfortunately, skin doesn't come with an instruction booklet or care instructions. Thankfully, there are some natural skin care tips that can help keep your skin young and supple.The skin care tips listed in this article may be slightly different from most other skin care tips that you may come across. This is largely due to the fact that

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by Ismansjah I. Soekardi For years, the prevailing wisdom was that men and women became weaker and weaker with age. But more and more research has revealed the benefits of exercise on not only a person’s quality of life but also their longevity.The benefits of strength or resistance training have been especially evident with elderly women. Evidence has shown that even some of the frailest elderly

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Compared to the general population, African Americans are disproportionately affected by diabetes: * 3.7 million or 14.7% of all African Americans aged 20 years or older have diabetes. * African Americans are 1.6 times more likely to have diabetes as non Hispanic whites.Diabetes ComplicationsDiabetes is associated with an increased risk for a number of serious, sometimes life-threatening

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Click HERE to purchase bookIn 2004, the death rate for African Americans was higher than Whites for heart diseases, stroke, cancer, asthma, influenza and pneumonia, diabetes, HIV/AIDS, and homicide.So how do African Americans combat these disease?SOLUTION: There's a new movement to help African Americans lose weight, and its called the 50 Million Pound Challenge. Led by Dr. Ian Smith, an author

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