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Via: Hiphopdx.com In order to raise awareness about children suffering from diabetes, Ludacris teamed up with other celebrities for a three-day event in Los Angeles this weekend. Working with the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Police Department, a non-profit Developing Options, Wells Fargo, Powerade and Jim Brown, Luda will end everything with […]
Joshua, Shontae, Kasib, Tina 2Krucial is a local Hip Hop Dance Team from Cincinnati is headed to “Blaze the Stage” in New York on BET. If you’ve never caught on of their performances you must not be from the Queen City. they are all over. From Cincinnati’s music hall to the Midwest Regional Black […]
Via: singersroom.com R&B superstars Rihanna and Alicia Keyes are campaigning to get the word out about a little girl who needs a bone marrow transplant to live, reports People. Eleven year old Shannon Tavarez played the young Nala in The Lion King on Broadway before being diagnosed with an acute form […]
The Mid West Regional Black Family Reunion will be here this August inside Sawyer Point. Who wants to perform during the BFR this year? As always we want to showcase local talent. With that said the final set of auditions will held this Saturday, June 26. Stop in the Carl Lindner […]
Did you know we are only 3decades into this epidemic. Already there are more than One Million Americans living with HIV today. One in five people still are unaware they even carry the disease. HIV Testing Day is today. Get tested and know your status. Stop the spread. In its early stages there are often […]
Did you know: 3hours after school teens are likely to be involved or will commit a crime? They potentially become at risk. MRC- Music Resource Center of Cincinnati Address: 3032 Woodburn in East Walnut Hills Phone #513-834-8304 Hours of operation: M-F 2:15- 7pm Website: MRCcinci.org The MRC is open to all 7- 12 […]
Senator Eric H Kearney 9th District Ohio Statehouse 4th annual Walk for Children’s Health 107Mile Walk Started in Cincinnati at South Avondale School to the Steps of the State House in Columbus Issues include- infant mortality, childhood obesity, childhood hunger, physical activity in activity, and nutrition in schools. […]
VIA: WebMD.Com Some inheritances are a curse. I don’t mean your grandmother’s cabinet of porcelain fawns, nor your uncle’s portfolio of watercolor still lifes, nor the 40 years of Model Railroader magazines stowed in the rafters of your dad’s garage. Worse than any of these is the hand-me-down that could be hiding in your genes. […]
VIA: HealthyWomen.Org As a single, busy woman living in New York City, sick wasn’t a part of my vocabulary when I entered the last year of my 20s. Nonetheless, it soon found its way into my life. It began with a swollen toe joint, which I easily dismissed as a yoga injury. But when the […]
VIA: REUTERS.COM (Reuters Health) – People who get plenty of vitamin K from food may have a lower risk of developing type 2 diabetes than those who get less of the vitamin, a new study suggests. Researchers found that among more than 38,000 Dutch adults they followed for a decade, those who got the […]
VIA: WEBMD.COM COPD presents 13 million Americans with new challenges and opportunities for better health. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Quiz the average person on the street, and how many could tell you what it is? Would you know that it’s the 4th leading cause of death in the United States? Not likely. But that […]
Via: NIM.NIH.Gov If you frequent your local grocer, you may have encountered this dilemma while in the produce section–whether or not to buy organic. New research has found that there is no strong evidence that organic products have nutritional health benefits. The few studies that were conducted were short term and showed to have limitations. […]