Is Plastic Damaging Black Women’s Health?
NIAAH Editors
April 23, 2023
By Essence Maston, PhD & Greg Hall, MD Many of the plastics that we use could be damaging to our health. Do you store food
NIAAH will lead in African American health education and research serving as the nidus for best practices in medical education, clinical care delivery, patient outcomes, and provider education. Using the health and welfare of African Americans as our guiding principle, we will partner with hospitals, universities, public health organizations and others to examine problems, address disparities, evaluate study proposals, develop educational curricula, and more. We will offer research opportunities to our students at all stages of education, as well as allow our medical experts the opportunity to drive ground-breaking research to address the most pressing problems in the African American community.
Not all calories are equal – a dietitian explains the different ways the kinds of foods you eat matter to your body
NIAAH Editors
January 9, 2023
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
Doctors need to talk through treatment options better for black men with prostate cancer
NIAAH Editors
November 7, 2022
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
I’m a Black sociologist, and a mom – by listening to other Black mothers, I’ve learned about their pandemic struggles and strengths
NIAAH Editors
May 16, 2022
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
Revisiting Will Smith’s slap and what it means to protect a loved one
NIAAH Editors
April 28, 2022
Neil Roberts, Williams College It took less than a nanosecond before The Slap was seen around the world. It took a little longer – about
Black Tech Founders Want to Change the Culture of Health Care, One Click at a Time
NIAAH Editors
April 28, 2022
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