Topic: Black Culture
HOW BLACK RELATIONSHIPS LAST: LOVE IS WORK
BLACK RELATIONSHIPS Too many people think Black relationships should last because they're in a relationship and like or love each other. The reality is that's not the secret to a lasting relationship. At the core of African American health is…
African Americans Are Not Getting Their Pain Adequately Treated
A Black Doctor Needed Pain Medicine and Didn't Get It When I suffered from appendicitis a few years ago, I was admitted to the hospital and had emergency surgery. I woke the next day with all sorts of tubes and…
Surge of Black Patients Die After a Brazilian Butt Lift
Black Patients LOVE the Brazilian Butt Lift But the CDC Warns . . . The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) has recently released a warning to American citizens about going to the Dominican Republic to have a Brazilian Butt lift…
Secret to Stronger Healthier Nails for Black Women
It is no secret that African American women value their appearance in every way. Their attention to detail extends to the smallest aspects of their look. Their fingernails and toenails must be strong and attractive but distinct and unique. Healthier…
Elizabeth Clarke, Master Teacher
While cleaning a closet I found this article from the Plain Dealer about my 6th grade teacher Elizabeth Clarke. Mrs. Clarke was legendary in many ways. As the teacher of more than a generation of successful African Americans in Cleveland,…
Love Your Kids, Not Your Guns
Love kids not guns It’s silly that I have to write an article about something so obvious: Love your kids, not your guns. I’ve wrongly stayed neutral about gun control because so many of my patients have and love guns. …
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study
The Tuskegee Syphilis Study (originally called "Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the Negro Male") was originally formed to record the natural history of syphilis with the hope of justifying the funding of public treatment programs for African Americans. The…
The health and social issues with tattoos
Almost half of people between 18 and 35 have tattoos, and almost one in four regrets it, according to a 2016 Harris Poll. Based on an estimate of about 60 million people in that age group, that would mean that…
Cleveland Clean Indoor Air Committee 2004
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the US among both Blacks and Whites, accounting for more than 480,000 deaths every year, or about 1 in 5 deaths. Now pause and count to five .…