Tag Archives: Healthcare
The Cutting Edge: Lowering Your Healthcare Costs
Finding ways to get affordable coverage, medicines
Whether you’re searching for health coverage or have a plan, here are a few tips…
By Renita Burns
World AIDS Day: Where Do Blacks Stand?
CDC director urges community participation in prevention
Dr. Kevin Fenton, director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Factchecking the Candidates
During and after the one and only vice presidential debate the McCain-Palin and Obama-Biden campaigns…
By Deborah Creighton Skinner
Palin vs. Biden
The debate is over. To her credit, Palin made no gaffes and gained confidence as…
By Deborah Creighton Skinner
Obama Pounces, McCain Skirts the Issues
Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama released new attack ads this morning.
In his ad,…
By Renita Burns
The Costs of Cancer
Insurance coverage disparity linked to heightened mortality
There aren’t any studies that prove that African Americans, when diagnosed with cancer, carry a…
By Marcia Wade Talbert
Good for What Ails America?
In two new reports, the journal Health Affairs took a critical eye to Sens. Barack…
By Deborah Creighton Skinner
High-End Healthcare
Get top-of-the-line services without the luxury budget
Critics say concierge medical services only go further in widening the gap in access to…
By Andrea King Collier
America’s Leading Doctors: Psychiatry
The leading medical practitioners of treatment of mental health issues including depression, eating disorders and substance abuse
Mental health remains a critical issue in America. A recent study funded by the National…
By Cliff Hocker
Making Ends Meet
Dana and Julius Williams struggle with finances and eldercare
Unexpected events are apart of life. And perhaps no one knows this better than Dana…
