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Navigating the Transplant Journey: How to Be Your Own Best Advocate
Read more: Navigating the Transplant Journey: How to Be Your Own Best AdvocateWaiting for a life-saving organ transplant is an emotional, exhausting, and overwhelming process. When you are dealing with a serious illness, it is easy to feel like a passive passenger in a massive healthcare machine. But here is the truth: You are the captain of your healthcare team. To get through the transplant process safely…
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National Women’s Health Month
Read more: National Women’s Health MonthPatient Safety Doesn’t End at Discharge: Why Awareness, Follow-Up, and Advocacy Matter More Than Ever By Joydrop Baby & Wellness Every year during National Women’s Health Month, we talk about prevention, screenings, nutrition, and access to care and all of those conversations matter. But there’s another conversation we urgently need to have: What happens after…
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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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In Memoriam: Honoring Courage and Raising Awareness
Read more: In Memoriam: Honoring Courage and Raising AwarenessToday, we take a moment to remember and celebrate the lives of two talented actors who touched our hearts and screens, Demond Wilson and James Van Der Beek. While they may have left us too soon after their brave battles with cancer, their legacies live on, reminding us of their contributions to entertainment and the…
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World Cancer Awareness
Read more: World Cancer AwarenessYesterday was World Cancer Day, but for millions of families, the fight doesn’t stop when the calendar changes. Cancer doesn’t appear overnight. Neither do cardiovascular disease, pregnancy complications, or chronic illness. World Cancer Day an international awareness day observed each year to raise understanding about cancer, promote prevention and early detection, and encourage better care for people…
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Black History Month: The Roots of Midwifery, the Truth About Its Erasure, and the Power of Doulas Today
Read more: Black History Month: The Roots of Midwifery, the Truth About Its Erasure, and the Power of Doulas TodayBy Nichelle M. Cook, Joydrop Baby & Wellness As we celebrate Black History Month, it is important to tell the full story of midwifery in America because the foundation of maternal care in this country was built on the knowledge, labor, and resilience of African and African American women. Long before hospitals, insurance companies, and medical boards…
