health

Despite a recent article on The Root (and aggregated here on NewsOne) suggesting that recent reports of very high levels of herpes infection among Black women were inaccurate, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) stands behind its findings. According to data gathered by the National Health and Nutrition Survey, 48% of African-American women are infected […]

If you worry about spending hours on Facebook, then relax – it could be good for your health. The social networking site may help prevent the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases, a new study suggests. Researchers from the University of Colorado found that sexual health advice on the site encouraged condom use among teenagers, decreasing the […]

You would think that if you were living with HIV, you would certainly want to know that very important health news. But for a 31 year old Harlem woman, this was not the case. When it came to her HIV status, home girl was like Mario Winans, she didn’t want to know and is suing […]

  Put that Swisher Sweet down playa… New Study Shows That Men Who Smoke Mary Jane Run Higher Risk Of Testicular Cancer Young men who use Mary Jane have a higher risk of testicular cancer, a new study found. The study of 455 Californian men found those who had smoked piff were twice as likely […]

It’s simple, decrease your chances by practicing abstinence or safe sex period! A sexually transmitted disease that infects millions of people each year is growing resistant to drugs and could soon become untreatable, says the World Health Organization. The UN health agency is urging governments and doctors to step up surveillance of antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea, a […]

What up! I get it, sometimes questions like these are hard to ask parents and adults in general. But that doesn’t mean you should keep them in either. Better to know then not and make decisions that you might regret you know! I hope you continue to find insight with my posts and please, feel […]

As reported by Inside Edition: One of the fastest growing cosmetic procedures is also becoming a dangerous obsession with women trying to get the butt injections done at all costs including paying individuals not authorized to perform the procedures with concoctions of adhesives, cements and fix-a-flat placing numerous people at serious risk.

Now you know…we do not play with our hair! – RoDigga Vitamin B – 8 nutrients are found in Vitamin B. Vitamin B is the most important for healthy hair growth. Can be found in: Fish, Milk, Eggs and veggies Folic Acid– Makes new cells in the body, which ultimately help the hair grow.   Can […]

Spinning class may have just become a woman’s worst enemy. More specifically, the traditional bike seat we sit on as we cycle our way through such workouts may be affecting our sexual health. Previous studies have shown that those hard seats are linked to erectile dysfunction in men, but now women are at risk, too. Here’s the problem: […]

Do you remember what you were doing at the age of 10? Hopefully you weren’t in the hospital getting ready to give birth, but in the case of a 10-year-old girl from Manaure in Colombia, that’s exactly what she did. The young girl, according to CBS News, is from an indigenous tribe called Wayuu, and […]

While some celebrities can’t wait to show off their new bodies after they drop a few pounds, Raven Symone finds the positive attention on her slimmer figure just as annoying as the negativity aimed toward her when she was heavier. In an interview with The Huffington Post, the 26-year-old talked about her role in the […]

The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) is an infection that typically shows up on one pap smear and is gone by the next without any threat to a woman’s health, but researchers are finding that the infection tends to last longer in college-aged black women and this lingering could lead to a higher risk of cervical cancer. […]