Real Health Fall 2006
Real Health Fall 2006
In every issue of Real Health, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
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Strength, Courage, & Wisdom: India.Arie has been called everything in the book: Self-righteous. A head wrap-wearing phony. Oprah with a guitar.
India.Arie has been called everything in the book: Self-righteous. A head wrap-wearing phony. Oprah with a guitar.
Inside the Issue
The 4-1-1 On Pot
How to talk to your kids about marijuana use
Sets and Violence
Television and video game violence can make children more likely to fight, smoke and have sex at an early age.
Her First Gyno Visit
A girl should start going in her early teens
Are Vitamins Better Than Veggies? The best way to get your daily nutrients
The best way to get your daily nutrients
I (Heart) My Health
Black women are 72% more likely to have heart disease than white women.
HIV News
25th anniversary in June, news reports confirmed its genealogy, updated today’s treatments and raised hopes for tomorrow
The 20-Minute Morning Workout
Before taking in that balanced breakfast and multivitamin, try this equipment-free series of exercises.
Ed Letter-Fall 2006
An SOS for Health
Letters To The Editor-Fall 2006
I found Kai Wright’s “From Night Into Day” (Summer 2006) about HIV and men released from prison to be sad yet timely and informative.
Extreme Makeover: Kitchen Edition - For a healthier household, give your fridge a fresh look
For a healthier household, give your fridge a fresh look.
Ask The Sexpert
Gail Wyatt, PhD, director of the sexual-health program and associate director of the AIDS Institute at UCLA, assists us between the sheets.
HRT And Breast Cancer
Taking hormone replacement therapy (HRT) increases breast cancer risk.
Diabetics Do It Too
Physicians typically tell diabetic patients to eat right and watch their sugar intake.
A Look At The Walking Wounded
Most often associated with veterans, PTSD is increasingly prevalent in our communities, as residents struggle to cope with violence .
Pound By Pound
After a family health scare, Kellyann D. Williams chose to reexamine her own lifestyle.
Gone With The Wind
What happens to black people when there are a few black doctors? New Orleans residents find out.
Holding Up The Banner
Think HIV is more prevalent up North? Think twice. States below the Mason-Dixon Line make up the disease’s new epicenter.
Whole Grains 101
By now, we know that whole grains are good for us—but how many of us know what they are, how to choose them and how to cook them?
