In January, President Obama enacted the Precision Medicine Initiative, allocating $215 million to personalized (or precision) science.
Lil Wayne is not letting any seizures hold him back from greatness. According to reports, Wayne entertained attendees of the Electronic Entertainment Expo just days after suffering “two minor seizures.” The rapper performed at the company’s booth inside the Los Angeles Convention Center, less than a week since being hospitalized when his private jet was forced by a medical […]
Dr. Charles Modlin, M.D., MBA, is a Kidney Transplant Surgeon & Urologist in the Cleveland Clinic Glickman Urological & Kidney Institute. In 2008 he was named as the Cleveland Clinic Executive Director Minority Health. He founded & directs Cleveland Clinic’s Minority Men’s Health Center (MMHC). In 2011, The Atlanta Post selected him as one of […]
Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., is Director of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), where he oversees the third largest Institute at the NIH, with an annual budget of more than $3 billion and a staff of 917 employees. Dr. Gibbons’ research program is recognized for its […]
According to a recent poll conducted by NBC News and the Wall Street Journal, President Obama has garnered his highest approval rating since the second time he was inaugurated. The results show that 51 percent of voters approve of how Obama is running the country; 46 percent of those polled don’t believe he is doing a […]
Dr. Leonard ‘Lenny’ Lomax is the Founder & CEO of Ultimaxx Health an early stage “Natural” pharmaceutical company founded in 2009, that develops innovative solutions for pressing public health problems and consumer healthcare products that will help improve their general health and well-being. Dr. Lomax is a licensed Physician & Orthopaedic Surgeon. As a physician, […]
Mark Moore led a healthy lifestyle and still found himself the victim of two strokes. He and his wife Brenda Moore (RN) have become Ambassadors for the…
This is the first graduation season in many years I haven’t done a HBCU commencement speech. It’s been a busy spring for me though. Along with…
Dr. Jessica Shepherd talks about the death of Tupac‘s mother Afeni Shakur and the health issues that may have led to her death. “Women really…
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump recently said he would force Mexico to create a border wall that would halt billions of dollars Mexican immigrants living in the U.S. send back to their native country.
Hip-hop is reeling over the loss over the death of legendary emcee, Phife Dawg from A Tribe Called Quest.
Dr. Ryan Williams is a colorectal surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic who specializes in the treatment of diseases of the colon and rectum. He…
