disease

Zoe Saldana revealed she's been dealing with Hashimoto's thyroiditis, an autoimmune disorder which causes the immune system to attack the thyroid.

The virus travels through Aedes mosquitos, which are common in all nations in the Western Hemisphere with the exception of Canada and Chile.

Indiana state health officials confirmed the recent HIV epidemic in Scott County is worsening, the New York Times reports. With reports of up to 130 cases…

The artist never afraid of a little controversy strikes again.  Chris Brown hit tweeter Sunday going into Monday morning with an early morning epiphany that ebola might be a form of population control.     After more thought on the issue, Brown decided he should just shut his trap.     There has been another […]

The North Cypress Medical Center released a statement saying they admitted a patient Monday with an “extremely low-risk” chance of having Ebola. The man traveled to West Africa, which got doctors attention. The hospital issued the following statement about the patient: “North Cypress Medical Center is treating a patient who has not been diagnosed with […]

October is Breast Cancer Awareness month, and with respect to all those affected by this deadly disease, the Radio One Family would like to shed light on the symptoms of breast cancer, so that those who may be experiencing symptoms can seek help before the disease gets unmanageable, and those who are not experiencing symptoms will be […]

With the unfortunate passing of Michael Clarke Duncan over the weekend, heart disease and the heart attack has been given a new face for the African American community. According to the Office of Minority Health, African American adults are 40% more likely to have high blood pressure and they are 10% less likely than their […]

Two more Houstonians have been diagnosed with West Nile virus. According to City Of Houston officials the two diagnoses are a southwest Houston woman between…

The U.S. Center for Disease Control and prevention is reporting a “dramatic” decline in activity among black teens and the number of those engaging in unprotected sex practices. The CDC’s report exhibits the percentage of black teens who reported having sex fell from 82 percent in 1991 to 60 percent in 2011. Check the full […]

via: cnn.com The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has suggested that parents have their middle-school-aged daughters vaccinated against a sexually transmitted disease closely linked to cervical cancer. Read More

Letting sleeping dogs — and cats — lie could make you sick, a paper to be published by a U.S. Centers for Disease Control journal warns. That pet in your bed could be passing on meningitis, toxocariasis or cat-scratch disease, among others. “We don’t want to scare people, but especially for children and people with […]

A man plans to ride his Harley-Davidson about 300 miles from the Mackinac Bridge in Michigan to the Ohio border without using his hands to steer to raise money for Parkinson’s disease research. Phil Comar of Adrian told The Daily Telegram that the Sunday ride is in memory of his father, Robert, who died in […]