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*In 2010, there were about 410,000 dialysis patients in the United States. But did you know African Americans are at increased risk of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD) leading to dialysis and transplant? Compared to other ethnic groups, the African American population has higher rates of diabetes and high blood pressure, which are the two leading [...]
*Etta James, who is terminally ill with leukemia, has been taken off a respirator and is breathing on her own again, her friend and manager said Friday. Lupe De Leon said the 73-year-old singer is soon expected to leave the intensive care unit of a hospital near her home in Riverside, east of Los Angeles. [...]
*More sad news for the legendary Etta James. The Grammy-winning singer, who has been deemed terminally ill with leukemia, has been hospitalized in California and placed on a breathing machine, her long-time manager and friend said on Friday. James, 73, best known for the blues ballad “At Last,” was taken to the hospital near her [...]
*Laila Ali is Fighting Against Kidney Disease Even though she’s not in the boxing ring, Laila is still fighting battles, but with a cause. While she currently co-hosts “Everyday Health” on ABC, the champion athlete has partnered with the American Kidney Fund to promote the “Pair Up” campaign, which increases kidney disease awareness. The national [...]
*Most people first heard of the United Athlete Foundation when it’s board member, Baltimore Ravens linebacker Ray Lewis, became a mentor to LaShaun Armstrong, the 10 year-old boy who escaped the van that his mother drove into the Hudson River on April 12, killing herself and LaShaun’s three younger siblings. But the organization has been [...]
*Whether you like them, or you can’t stand them, athletes are held in high regard in today’s society. Though they’re often labeled as being selfish, arrogant and sometimes ignorant, many athletes make it a point to give back to their respective communities and to causes that are close to their hearts. But one man can [...]
*The AP is reporting that blues singer Etta James is back in a Southern California hospital with a potentially deadly infection. Her son, Sametto James, tells the Riverside Press-Enterprise that his mother was admitted to an undisclosed hospital earlier this week for treatment of sepsis caused by a urinary tract infection. Sepsis is a potentially [...]
*More people are living into their seventies, eighties, and nineties, yet diabetes is on the upswing in this population. Diabetes is one of the top contributors to death in America today. Notice that I said America, not the world. We have skyrocketing diabetes rates among almost every segment of the population: women; men; children; and [...]
*In 2008, Natalie Cole told the world that she had been diagnosed with hepatitis C and was also suffering from a kidney disease. Now she is getting ready to show the world behind the scenes what it is like living with disease in her new memoir “Love Brought Me Back: A Journey of Loss and [...]
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