*A new study by University College London shows a correlation between literacy problems and health problems. Adults with trouble reading are twice as likely to die within five years as adults with no trouble reading. To be fair, what the study actually focused on was the ability of senior citizens to read and comprehend aspirin instructions. More » *via Gawker Tweet Share on [...]

*A new study released shows that college-age African American women have a more difficult time clearing HPV than European-American women. The results were released at the American Association of Cancer Research’s annual 2012 meeting. Black women are also most likely to have an abnormal pap test than European American women. “African-American women are 40 percent more likely to get cervical [...]

*On Wednesday, the drug company Pfizer announced the recall of more than 1 million packets of Lo/Ovral-28 (and the generic Norgestrel/Ethinyl Estradiol) due to a packaging error. The problem stems from placebo pills that were possibly misplaced in monthly blister packs. So on days when women thought they were taking active hormones they may have been taking sugar pills. The [...]

*Most healthcare plans will be required to cover birth control without charging co-pays or deductibles starting Aug. 1, the Obama administration announced Friday, says TheHill.com. The final regulation retains the approach federal health officials proposed last summer, despite the deluge of complaints from religious groups and congressional Republicans that has poured in since then. Churches, synagogues and other houses of [...]

Put your unwanted designer goods to work by Letting It Go to a good cause! The HIV Intervention Project (H.I.P.) is now accepting your unwanted new or used designer clothes, shoes and accessories i.e. belts & precious metals. Read More Tweet Share on Tumblr

Ladies here is another excuse to buy or have your significant other purchase you a pair of Louboutins. Will wearing the infamous Red Bottom shoes really increase your sex drive? Shoe Designer Christian Louboutin thinks so. “She got red on the bottom of her shoe and she can get it” Christian Louboutin believes stilettos have a far more powerful effect [...]

*(Via LA Times) – If you’re over 45 and wear glasses, you’ve probably got more than one pair. Or you’re using bifocals or progressive lenses. As most people get older, their eyes have more trouble focusing on objects that are close, which is why you need that extra help for things like sewing, drawing – or reading this article. But [...]

*Uninsured patients who show up for non-emergency care at Grady Memorial Hospital, and live outside of Fulton and DeKalb counties, will have to go through financial counseling and pay in full before receiving services. The hospital instituted a sliding fee scale based on income for out-of-county patients in 2009. Patients were asked to pay a portion of the fee up [...]

*The sneaker maker on Thursday said it has created a limited-edition shoe based on a glowing pair that appeared in the popular 1989 movie “Back to the Future II.” The 2011 Nike Mag is designed to be an exact replica of the fictional sneaker, including a glowing Nike name on the strap. But unlike the movie version, these shoes won’t [...]

The U.S. Postal Service does not have the money to meet an obligation to a retiree health care trust fund coming due at the end of the month, but if there’s a default, officials promise no interruption in the mail, the payroll, or payments to suppliers. Privatizing USPS more Tweet Share on Tumblr

*In Kingston (Jamaica), Mikeisha Simpson covers her body in greasy white cream and bundles up in a track suit to avoid the fierce sun of her native Jamaica, but she’s not worried about skin cancer. The 23-year-old resident of a Kingston ghetto hopes to transform her dark complexion to a cafe-au-lait-color common among Jamaica’s elite and favored by many men [...]

The 45-year-old actor and author revealed his illness in an interview with NewsOne to discuss his new book, “The Wealth Cure.” “I started by talking about my own personal journey,” Harper said. “That’s the cure side of the book.” “The Wealth Cure” grew out of Harper’s work to cultivate financial literacy with his Manifest Your Destiny Foundation. Harper says that [...]

Today, 13 organizations kicked off Childhood Cancer Awareness month by launching a new initiative to help fight childhood cancer. The Stop Childhood Cancer Alliance was created to be the driving force in increasing awareness of childhood cancer and enhancing support for the young people fighting this disease as well as the clinicians and researchers who are helping them. The alliance [...]