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Claimants opt out of proposed BP medical settlement
By Susan Buchanan Contributing Writer A medical portion in the proposed, $7.8 billion class-action settlement with BP will satisfy some residents who became ill from
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Bob Johnson launches neck tie collection to help fight malaria
By Dorothy Rowley Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer) – Robert L. Johnson, founder and chairman of The RLJ Companies, has
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By Rochelle Sharpe Contributing Writer HARTFORD, Conn. (Special from Connecticut Health I-Team/New America Media) -- One of the most disturbing trends in American public health is that women’s life expectancy is shrinking ... Minorities, poor breathe worse air pollution, study finds
By Cheryl Katz Contributing Writer (Special from Environmental Health News and New America Media) — Tiny particles of air pollution contain more hazardous ingredients in non-white and low-income communities than in affluent ... Six reasons you should try yoga
By Brittany Gatson Contributing Writer (Special to the NNPA from The Michigan Chronicle) – Besides being “in,” yoga is an incredibly beneficial activity for all ages and abilities. The health benefits ... Demolition of former Methodist Hospital begins
On Wednesday, Oct. 31, partial demolition of the former Pendleton Memorial Methodist Hospital structure began. The demolition and removal of portions of the existing hospital complex will make it possible ... Parental stress linked to obesity in their offspring
By Alexis Taylor Contributing Writer (Special to the Trice Edney News Wire from the Afro American Newspapers) —Parents who are stressed out could be negatively impacting their children’s health, according to a ... HANO residents in 9th Ward still suffering after Isaac
By Zoe Sullivan Contributing Writer Evella Pierre lives in the last house at the end of Agriculture Street in the area where the Desire Project used to stand. Now it is called ... Prostate cancer hits African-American men especially hard
By Erin Marcus Contributing Writer MIAMI (Special from New America Media) — Marc Henderson, a 63-year-old African-American airport executive here, isn’t afraid to ask his physician to do a blood test ... Breast cancer takes heavier toll on Black women
By Maya Rhodan NNPA Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON (NNPA) — When Kimberly Higginbotham was 23 years old, she received some devastating news. It was January. Higginbotham was in her last year of graduate school ...
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