Health
Health reform, access are not necessarily linked
Insurance coverage from the health reform law may not bring access to health care for Tennesseeans newly insured under the law, especially minorities and especially in the Memphis area, according to a new study from BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee. Nearly 600,000 Tennesseans are expected to get health insurance when or if the Affordable Care Act [...]
African Americans Should Ignore The Recent Prostate Cancer Test Recommendation
Thomas A. Farrington, PHEN President & Founder – I was in Atlanta, Georgia the past few days attending the American Urological Association’s (AUA) Annual Conference. While there we heard from the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) that it had ignored the voices of prostate cancer specialist, patients and patient advocacy organizations and that [...]
How Black Churches Can Fight HIV/AIDS
Since the beginning, African-American churches have been the most power social institution in our communities. It’s always been more than just a place for Black folks to worship — people learned how to read there and political movements started there. But with religion comes serious tensions around topics such as sex, sexual orientation and the [...]
Michelle Obama promotes healthy lunch contest
Children from across the nation will have a chance to dine like dignitaries and politicians at the White House this summer as part of a contest to promote healthy eating. Michelle Obama is asking children ages 8 to 12 and their parents to create nutritious lunch recipes that represent each of the food groups. Winners [...]
African American families face Alzheimer’s disease
“He was saying that some fellow across the street was taking gas out of his truck,” said Ann Small about her husband James Small. “I know that he [the neighbor] would never do such a thing… and then he accused someone of taking tires off of his truck. I didn’t pay much attention to it. [...]
