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<strong>Doctor: ‘Healthy Aging’ Starts With These Tips</strong>

Rapidly declining health, little to no retirement savings, and premature death. That’s what the picture of Black aging in the U.S. looks like.  While Blacks experience inequities in nearly every
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<strong>It’s Bigger than Kanye: 5 Bipolar Disorder Facts You Should Know</strong>

Like reports of gun violence and the weather forecast, Kanye West is always in the news.  If it’s not for the release of his Netflix documentary, “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy,”
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5 Reasons Why Marriage is So Worth It For Men

For many men, bachelorhood is cast as this Shangri-La. Want to spend your weekends day-drinking and gorging on cheeseburgers before getting wasted at the club? There’s no one to stop
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How These Sleep Problems are Claiming Black Lives

What do the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion, Chernobyl nuclear disaster, and the Exxon Valdez oil spill all have in common? Sleep deprivation. People who held important roles in each scenario

Black Male Mental Health Matters with Joel K. Johnson

Black men are in the crosshairs of two separate disorders that tend to converge: mental illness and substance abuse.  With the added complications of racism and the Covid-19 pandemic, rates
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The 6 Benefits of Religion and Spirituality

The Covid-19 pandemic has altered our lives, causing infection, loss, social isolation, financial strain, and/or mental health issues for many. So, it’s no surprise that people are turning to religion
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10 Life and Wellness Quotes from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Martin Luther King Jr.: 10 quotes on Health and Wellness
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Advice on How to Treat Your Seasonal Affective Disorder

For the majority of the U.S., January and February are the coldest and darkest months of the year. These are the peak months for the “winter blues.” As we explained
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15 Health and Wellness Resolutions for the New Year

Every new year brings new resolutions.  We write out the goals we plan to accomplish, like buying that property, getting that real estate license, or fully utilizing that gym membership. New
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The Real Deal About Seasonal Affective Disorder

‘Tis the season of frigid air and overcast skies, where daylight and sunshine are in shorter supply.  For millions in the U.S., year after year, the coming Winter causes a
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