Well Elev8-ers, I spent some time now providing you with fitness information/workouts, now it’s time to get serious again and talk health and wellness. There’s no better way to start things off than with a little controversy, so here it goes. I found a four part interview with one of the world’s most highly respected […]
I was watching the local news Sunday morning in Atlanta and I came across a story which I found frustrating and inspirational. The story dealt with children turning to weight loss surgery to lose excessive amounts of weight. The story mentioned that Georgia is ranked second in the country to Mississippi for child obesity.
From Michael Blake, Associate Director in the White House Office of Public Engagement coordinating African-American outreach: Health care is very personal for me. I was born with a heart murmur, my mother is a breast cancer survivor but lost her mom at the age of 3, an aunt who lost her life due to cancer, […]
*An unknown third-year Harvard Law student has caused outrage at law schools around the country with an email suggesting that blacks are genetically predisposed to be less intelligent than whites, reports Above the Law. The writer emailed this to only a select few, one of whom forwarded it to more people. It eventually made its […]
Ludacris and Jamie Foxx have teamed up with the Center for Disease Control and Prevention to promote safe sex in the African American community with the “I Know” Campaign. The campaign, which primarily plans to use social media outlets such as Twitter and Facebook, is an effort to encourage dialogue in the community about HIV […]
