Health

8th Annual Multicultural Healthcare Awards

AMERICAN LEGACY MAGAZINE’S EIGHTH ANNUAL MULTICULTURAL HEALTHCARE AWARDS

B. Waine Kong, JD, PhD, Executive Vice President, The Heart Institute of the Caribbean

Debra A. Toney, PhD., RN - President, National Black Nurses Association and Owner, TLC Health Care Services

New York, NY (BlackNews.com) - American Legacy Magazine–premier magazine of African-American history and culture–and Bayer® Aspirin partner for the fourth year to salute extraordinary individuals at the Eighth Annual American Legacy Multicultural Healthcare Awards to be held on Thursday, June 19, 2008 and sponsored by the Bayer Aspirin brand. "It is with great pride that American Legacy and Bayer® continue this partnership in honoring individuals that have taken a personal role in helping eliminate health disparities for minorities," says founder and publisher Rodney J. Reynolds. This year’s healthcare award recipients are:

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WEIGHT-LOSS ATTEMPTS FAILED?

WEIGHT-LOSS ATTEMPTS FAILED? 4 TIPS TO GET BACK ON TRACK

By Makeisha Lee, Health and Nutritional Advisor

Have you struggled to lose weight in time for summer-fun, beaches and vacations? Has your attempts left you feeling worse than you did before you started? If so, don’t despair; many people get discouraged after falling off the wagon.

Don’t give up! Use these 4 simple tips to help you to climb back on the wagon:

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Sexual Teens

We’re here. We’re sexual. GET USED TO IT.

By Barbara Miner

AS BEFITTING AN ARTICLE about schools, here’s a pop quiz taken from the sex education website Teenwire.org: In 1937,
studies claimed that nine out of 10 children caught masturbating were: a) severely punished; b) told they would go insane or blind; c) threatened with having their penises cut off or their vaginas sewn closed; or d) all of the above.

The answer? d) all of the above.

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Global Warming Warning

Scientific Academies Urge Action on Global Warming

In environmental news, the scientific academies of thirteen countries, including the United States, are urging intensified global action to combat global warming. In a joint statement posted by the US National Academy of Sciences, the academies say nations should move beyond last year’s pledge by the Group of Eight to consider halving carbon dioxide emissions by the year 2050.

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WFP Extends Haiti Food Aid

WFP Extends Haiti Food Aid

In Haiti, the World Food Program has announced it’s extending school feeding programs through the summer to deal with an ongoing crisis. WFP Haiti Country Director Mamadou Mbaye said the expansion of food was just a start for desperate need.

WFP Haiti Country Director Mamadou Mbaye: “We intend to increase those kind of—that program up to 450,000 children. If we have the resources, we will expand it progressively to cover new areas, which might cover also the northwest of the country.”

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