(BlackDoctor.org) – As yet another birthday rolls around, you probably worry more about the visible parts of your body, and not so much the ones you can’t see, like your heart. Blacks still suffer and die more from heart-related diseases, and recent research has found that each decade of your life is a crossroads, with new health concerns to worry about as you continue along. Be aware of what you need to know and ask your doctor about
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Putting in long hours at the office may help achieve satisfaction at your job, but a new body of evidence indicates that working 10 or 11 hours a day substantially increases the risk of serious heart problems, as opposed to clocking out after seven hours.
The finding, which was published in the European Heart Journal, found that individuals who regularly work beyond “the normal, seven-hour day” were up 60 percent more likely to suffer from heart-related
(BlackDoctor.org) – Most people are all too familiar with the concept that ignorance is bliss, but there are instances when ignorance can pose itself as a risk. As a case in point, look at the young, fit, African American male who may view a heart attack as something that could never happen to him.
Most young adults don't seem to know much about cardiac risk factors, but they rise steadily and sharply with age. This does not eliminate the chance, however, of a bout with
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but in 1838, at age 20, he escaped to freedom in New York. A few years later he went to work for abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, travelling and speaking on behalf of Garrison's paper The Liberator. Douglass published his memoir Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1845. Eloquent, smart and determined,
(BlackDoctor.org) – As yet another birthday rolls around, you probably worry more about the visible parts of your body, and not so much the ones you can’t see, like your heart. Blacks still suffer and die more from heart-related diseases, and recent research has found that each decade of your life is a crossroads, with new health concerns to worry about as you continue along. Be aware of what you need to know and ask your doctor about
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Putting in long hours at the office may help achieve satisfaction at your job, but a new body of evidence indicates that working 10 or 11 hours a day substantially increases the risk of serious heart problems, as opposed to clocking out after seven hours.
(BlackDoctor.org) – Most people are all too familiar with the concept that ignorance is bliss, but there are instances when ignorance can pose itself as a risk. As a case in point, look at the young, fit, African American male who may view a heart attack as something that could never happen to him. 
(BlackDoctor.org) -- Frederick Douglass was a former slave who became one of the great American anti-slavery leaders of the 1800s. Douglass was born into slavery in Maryland but in 1838, at age 20, he escaped to freedom in New York. A few years later he went to work for abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, travelling and speaking on behalf of Garrison's paper The Liberator. Douglass published his memoir Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave in 1845. Eloquent, smart and determined,
