Posts tagged with Health

Why Black Women Struggle With Vulnerability

0 comments, 17/11/2017, by Janae Grier in Black People, Exclusive, Factoid, Guest Blog, Health, I Am Not A Rapper, Lecture, Life Antics, News, Politics As Usual, Protest/Activism, Rant, Stories, Writings

Black women are never happy. Black women never cry. Black women never show their weaknesses. We work tirelessly to provide for not only ourselves, but also others. We are the epitome of strength, and the backbone of our communities. Still, we are underestimated and oftentimes, ridiculed. There ... Read more...

State Hearings Explore Health of Minority Males

0 comments, 11/04/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health, News

When it's 17-year-old Eric Gant's turn to testify today at an Oakland legislative hearing on the health and welfare of California's minority men and boys, he will ask for a safe way to get to school. "Students deserve a safe path to school, like an adult wants a safe path to work," Gant, wh... Read more...

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New Israeli Law Bans “Too-Skinny” Models In Ads

0 comments, 29/03/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News, World News

Israel has passed a law banning the use of underweight models in advertising. The legislation, known as the "Photoshop Law," also requires that agencies tell their audience if they've digitally altered pictures to make models look thinner. "This is such a happy day for me, and it should be for ... Read more...

Sink Taps Source Of Infection That Killed Three Babies

0 comments, 22/03/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health, News, World News

Sink taps were the source of an infection which killed three babies at a Belfast hospital, the Northern Ireland health minister has confirmed. Edwin Poots told the NI Assembly that the Pseudomonas bacteria had been traced to taps at a neo-natal unit in the Royal Jubilee Maternity Hospital. The un... Read more...

African Children’s Book Fair Returns to the CCP Tomorrow Feb 3rd

0 comments, 03/02/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in African-American Awareness, Black People, Blair History Month, Books/Magazine, Do The Knowledge, E-Book, Edu-tainment

LIBRARIES MAY seem obsolete when compared with digital media but there are still many who believe that giving a child a real book can make a difference in his life. Of those people, Vanesse Lloyd-Sgambati stands proudly as the founder of a once small book fair that is celebrating its 20th yea... Read more...

Manipulation of Prescription Drug Research Data: Merely an Ethical Breach or a Fraudulent Claim?

10 comments, 25/01/2012, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in General

Pharmaceutical companies are intimately involved in the modern research and development (R&D) world. They conduct clinical trials to satisfy the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) regulatory requirements to file new drug applications (NDAs), prove the efficacy of new “uses” for exist... Read more...

Study: Kids Exposed To Secondhand Smoke Miss More School

1 comment, 21/12/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in News

Children who live with smokers miss more school due to illness than those who live in households with non-smokers, according to a new study published in the journal Pediatrics. Researchers analyzed data from the 2005 National Health Interview Survey that tracked, among other things, how many da... Read more...

Second Neti-Pot Death From Amoeba Prompts Tap-Water Warning

0 comments, 20/12/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health, News, World News

Washing noses with neti pots or squeeze bottles has become increasingly popular as a home remedy for colds, allergies and sinus trouble. But it's not such a great remedy if it kills you. Now that two people have died from infection with brain-eating amoebas after using neti pots, doctors are warn... Read more...

Physical vs Mental & Spiritual Health: Tips to Keeping Both Inline

0 comments, 22/11/2011, by IAmNotARapperiSpit.com in Health, mac

Physical Health Good and balanced diet is one of the requirements to achieving good physical health. We should always bear in mind that eating is not just about filling an empty stomach and following our nafs. As students, we tend to neglect our dietary intake especially during hectic examinatio... Read more...

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