Doctor's Orders: Black Men Are Taking Health Seriously
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- Published on Wednesday, 15 May 2013 02:16
- Written by Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
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Conventional wisdom says men, especially black men, won’t go to the doctor until it’s too late to stop or reverse illness, but you couldn’t tell by the thousands of black men who showed up recently for the 10th annual Minority Men's Health Fair at the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio.
Dr. Charles Modlin, a kidney transplant surgeon, urologist and founder and director of the Minority Men’s Health Center of Cleveland, said he and hundreds of volunteers saw thousands of minority men receive free health screenings in an attempt to reduce health care disparities in the African American male population.
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Move over Viagra, Make Room for the O-Spot
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- Published on Tuesday, 07 May 2013 21:58
- Written by Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
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Two California researchers have developed a procedure using growth factors from a woman’s own blood, which appears to have markedly improved a woman’s sexual response.
The researchers, Drs. Samuel Wood and Charles Runels , are encouraged by preliminary results from this simple office procedure that involves the injection of the blood platelet-derived growth factors (PDGFs) into the upper wall of the vagina and clitoris.
Wood and Runels presented their findings at the annual meeting of the A4M, the largest biomedicine convention in the country.
Kidney Problems Persist Among Blacks, Dr. Griffin Rodgers Raises Awareness
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- Published on Tuesday, 23 April 2013 21:43
- Written by Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
Dr. Griffin Rodgers is a familiar, comforting voice to radio listeners. His “Healthy Moments” commentaries are broadcast to audiences across the country and it is his mission to help black Americans understand what stands between them and good health and how to address it.
Rodgers is director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases and oversees NKDEP (a program of the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)) and recently led an initiative, Kidney Sundays, to help African Americans raise awareness of kidney disease in their local community and its link to other diseases seen disproportionately in the black community.
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Doctors Race to Better Themselves
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- Published on Tuesday, 30 April 2013 21:57
- Written by Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
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Jamil Abdur-Rahman and Idries Abdur-Rahman aren’t just another twin set of handsome faces.
The 36-year-old twin brothers from Chicago are both OB/GYN physicians and recent contestants on "The Amazing Race."
Eliminate Hair Loss Naturally with uGraft
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- Published on Wednesday, 17 April 2013 01:25
- Written by Jackie Jones, BlackAmericaWeb.com
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When most people think of cosmetic surgery they think of Botox, facelifts and tummy tucks, but a great deal of cosmetic surgery is designed to address far more serious problems that affect people’s ability to simply look and feel healthy, particularly people who suffer from various types of alopecia and other ailments that cause major hair loss.
After personally experiencing a botched hair transplant surgery, Dr. Sanusi Umar decided to find ways to help others who suffered from major hair loss.
A certified dermatologist, Umar started his career as a surgeon in his native Nigeria. After coming to the U.S., he became a researcher in the field of infectious disease and won a fellowship and an invitation to present at the 1998 International AIDS Conference in Geneva, Switzerland and at the International AIDS Conference in Durban, South Africa in 2000. He returned to the U.S., completing a residency in dermatology in Los Angeles and currently is on the clinical faculty at UCLA.
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