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Beyond 50: Why Colorectal Cancer is a Threat to ALL Ages – Especially YOU
Read more: Beyond 50: Why Colorectal Cancer is a Threat to ALL Ages – Especially YOUThis March, as we mark Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, there’s a crucial message that needs to cut through the noise: This isn’t just your grandparent’s cancer anymore. While the long-standing advice has been to start screening at 50, alarming new data shows a rising tide of colorectal cancer in younger adults, with many dying before…
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Before Hospitals, There Were Midwives: The Women Who Delivered America One Baby at a Time.” Honoring the legacy of Mary Francis Hill Coley and Onnie Lee Logan during Women’s History Month.
Read more: Before Hospitals, There Were Midwives: The Women Who Delivered America One Baby at a Time.” Honoring the legacy of Mary Francis Hill Coley and Onnie Lee Logan during Women’s History Month.Imagine a quiet home in the early morning hours. A mother is in labor, surrounded by women who understand exactly what she is going through. The room is calm but focused. One experienced midwife moves with confidence, offering reassurance, checking on the mother, and guiding the birth with practiced hands. For generations across America, this…
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The Accountability Audit: Why Your Health is Not a “Business Expense
Read more: The Accountability Audit: Why Your Health is Not a “Business ExpenseIn our community, your zip code should not determine your life expectancy. But as a Victim Advocate and Systems Safety Architect, I see a different reality. We are currently facing a crisis where the “closets” of our healthcare systems and industrial sectors are filled with skeletons that only come to light when it’s too late.…
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Making History and Caring For Ourselves
Read more: Making History and Caring For OurselvesThis March, we find ourselves at a powerful intersection. It is Women’s History Month, a time to honor the trailblazers who came before us, but it is also Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month and National Kidney Month. As a healthcare advocate dedicated to maternal health and chronic disease prevention, I see these milestones not as separate calendar dates, but as…
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Continuing the Legacy: Health Advocacy in the Spirit of Jesse Jackson
Read more: Continuing the Legacy: Health Advocacy in the Spirit of Jesse JacksonAs a healthcare professional and advocate, I understand that health is never just about medicine. It is about access. It is about equity. It is about dignity. And few leaders embodied that truth more powerfully than Reverend Jesse Jackson. Reverend Jackson spent decades fighting for civil rights, economic justice, and equal opportunity. Through organizations like…
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Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: Why Maternal Health Matters Before and During Pregnancy
Read more: Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week: Why Maternal Health Matters Before and During PregnancyEvery year, nearly 1 in 100 babies is born with a congenital heart defect (CHD), making it the most common birth defect in the United States. While CHDs can happen for many reasons, research continues to show that a mother’s health before and during pregnancy plays a powerful role in a baby’s heart development. During Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Week,…
