by NIAAH Editors | Apr 23, 2023 | EDC & Black Women, Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
By Essence Maston, PhD & Greg Hall, MDMany of the plastics that we use could be damaging to our health. Do you store food in plastic containers or even wrap food in plastic wraps? Science has shown that small amounts of dangerous chemicals are absorbed by the...
by NIAAH Editors | Jan 9, 2023 | NIAAH Scholars, Our Health
Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Mississippi State University A calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius (2.2 pounds by 1.8...
by NIAAH Editors | Nov 7, 2022 | Our Health
Rajesh Balkrishnan, University of Virginia and Randy A. Jones, University of Virginia African-American men have the highest risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer as well as dying from it compared to any other ethnic group in the U.S. This trend has remained...
by NIAAH Editors | May 16, 2022 | Our Health
Loren Henderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County I spent the 2020 spring break week setting up to teach my college courses online while helping to care for my 14-month-old grandchild, whose daycare had closed. At the same time, I couldn’t help thinking, being...
by NIAAH Editors | Apr 28, 2022 | Our Health
Neil Roberts, Williams College It took less than a nanosecond before The Slap was seen around the world. It took a little longer – about two weeks – before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to ban Will Smith from appearing at another Oscar awards...
by NIAAH Editors | Apr 28, 2022 | Our Health
Cara Anthony November 29, 2021 When Ashlee Wisdom launched an early version of her health and wellness website, more than 34,000 users — most of them Black — visited the platform in the first two weeks. “It wasn’t the most fully functioning platform,” recalled Wisdom,...
