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Wondering whether you need to use weights to get in shape, or want to see the battle of resistance bands vs weights played out in full? We’ve got your back.  Due to this being a battle between both methods of strength training, we’re going to cover everything that each one has to offer as wellContinue reading “Resistance Bands vs Weights: Do You Need Weights?”

By Chikodili Emelumadu-BBC Africa Have Your Say It was only after losing a huge chunk of hair that I stopped straightening it with chemical relaxer – something I had done growing up in Nigeria since the age of six. My bald patch was dubbed the “helicopter landing pad” by my flat mates at university forContinue reading “The good, bad and ugly hair days”

Health care workers face potential COVID-19 exposure through their job. Data suggest that at least 200,000 health care workers have been infected with coronavirus as of November 2020, but this estimate likely vastly underestimates the number affected due to major gaps in data collection. Data further show that people of color account for the majorityContinue reading “COVID-19 Risks and Impacts Among Health Care Workers by Race/Ethnicity”

A GW research team found little evidence that the trend will improve any time soon and could worsen the impact of COVID-19 on minority communities. A new study from the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health has found a severe lack of diversity in the health care workforce, a problem that, according to researchers,Continue reading “New Study Finds Severe Lack of Diversity in the Health Care Workforce”

By Pumza Fihlani BBC News, Johannesburg South Africa is marketed to the world as Mandela’s rainbow nation, where everyone is proud of their race and heritage. But for some black South Africans there is such a thing as being too black. A recent study by the University of Cape Town suggests that one woman inContinue reading “Africa: Where black is not really beautiful”

Stereotypes:Negative Racial Stereotypes and Their Effect on Attitudes Toward African-Americans by Laura GreenVirginia Commonwealth University As human beings, we naturally evaluate everything we come in contact with. We especially try to gain insight and direction from our evaluations of other people. Stereotypes are “cognitive structures that contain the perceiver’s knowledge, beliefs, and expectations about humanContinue reading “NEGATIVE RACIAL STEREOTYPES AND THEIR EFFECT ON ATTITUDES TOWARD AFRICAN-AMERICANS”

Across the nation, children of all backgrounds are experiencing a time in which discussions about race, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and culture are at the forefront of their everyday lives. Many people avoid these discussions because they fear that conversations about race, bias, and racism lead to feelings of anger, guilt, discomfort, sadness,Continue reading “Understanding Race and Privilege”

By Connie Mason Michaelis Special to the Capital-Journal There is much written these days about the effect of loneliness on the senior population. Loneliness is now considered a significant health risk as we age, and one study revealed being lonely had the same health risk as smoking cigarettes! There is no medical test to diagnosisContinue reading “Are you lonely or bored? Recognize the difference between the two feelings.”

Written by WebMD Editorial Contributors When your child has Down syndrome, one of the most useful things you can do is learn as much about it as you can. You might search online for programs and resources to help your child. Along the way, maybe you talk with other parents whose kids have Down syndrome so youContinue reading “Parenting a Child With Down Syndrome”

Jennifer M. Silva and Tiffany N. Ford he United States of America is a race-plural nation – the American middle class is no different. If we define the middle class as those in the middle 60 percent of the household income distribution, with annual household incomes between $40,000 and $154,000, then 59 percent of the middle class is white, 12 percent of the group is Black, 18 percent is Hispanic,Continue reading “Navigating race and injustice in America’s middle class”