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Lifestyle, Model, Restauranteur, Author and TV Show Personality Barbara “B.” Smith passed way in her Long Island home Saturday Night. Smith was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in 2013. She work with her husband Dan Gasby, to bring more awareness about Alzheimer’s in the African-American community. They Co-authored, “Before I Forget: Love, Hope, Help, and Acceptance in […]
After a bad sew-in weave left Taraji P. Henson’s hair reeking of a mildew smell when the weave was taken out, she went on a quest to find a haircare product to solve the problem. As Henson explains it, she’d been washing her hair but it was not drying properly, which led to the smell. […]
The Edgerton Community Center hosted a health forum on Thursday, March 5, focused on addressing the racial disparities in dementia research and patient care. In attendance were 250 people, including dementia patients, their families, caregivers, and members of the community. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) notes that disparities do exist across racial/ethnic groups, which […]
As a co-host of the daytime TV talk show “The Real,” Loni Love’s 2019 partnering with WW (formerly branded as Weight Watchers) prompted some comments on this week’s show. Love is a brand ambassador for WW toward her goal of losing weight while also inspiring and influencing others to improve their health. Love became visibly […]
The magazine Hype Hair features a radiant Garcelle Beauvais on its March cover. In a sit-down chat with Hype Hair, Beauvais discussed why she has recently embraced her natural hair. It was actually at the recommendation of Kimberly Kimble, her hairstylist, when Kimble told Beauvais to “stop relaxing.” And “relaxing” didn’t have anything to do […]
New Yorkers are all shaken up by the latest and only confirmed case of the Corona virus in the state, but right here in Monroe County we still have to worry about the flu. According to the Monroe County Health Department, the total deaths in Monroe County has reached 10 this flu season. My question […]
A man on a flight from Toronto to Jamaica wanted to go viral by doing a prank that actually backfired on him. The man had his phone out to record and said he had the deadly caronavirus while on his flight causing the pilot to turn around the plane carrying 243 passengers and head back […]
The Affordable Care Act – often referred to as Obamacare – was enacted 10 years ago. However, the Supreme Court looks set to hear a challenge to the healthcare act, which provided millions of Americans with insurance, when it begins its next term in the fall. A decision on the challenge to repeal Obamacare is […]
Monroe County Health Department reports five people have now died from the flu since October 1, 2019. The February 1, 2020 reports 3011 people have been confirmed to have the flu. That’s the total of 1106 cases with Flu A and 1905 cases with Flu B. There are 402 reported number of hospitalizations for the […]
Proposed legislation that could affect the entire state of New York would make sex education mandatory for students beginning in kindergarten. Rochester’s Mayor Lovely Warren sent a letter to Albany to voice her opposition, which echoes what many parents also believe. Not only does Warren think the “government should not be pushing for that at […]
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