Sickle Cell Disease: Coping With Pain
Sickle Cell Disease (SCD) patients often require higher doses of pain medications to get relief than the average person. It’s a balancing act with potentially serious drug adverse effects for…
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Don’t Mix Grapefruit Juice and these 7 Classes of Drugs
Hippocrates1 , an ancient Greek physician who is traditionally regarded as the father of medicine, said, “Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food.” In most cases, this is a good…
I’m catching Hell: What are you going to do?
“Is the glass half full, or half empty? It depends on whether you’re pouring or drinking.” This quote by Bill Cosby summarizes life in the United States for Black Americans….
3 Conditions that Increase Your Risk for Heart Disease
Heart Disease was the leading cause of death among African-Americans in 2014 according to a National Vital Statistics Report1. Over 73,000 Black Americans died of heart disease in 2014! We…