Your Guide to Estate Planning

Your Guide to Estate Planning

Though you may know that you need to plan for the future, you may not realize what that entails. You may have heard the term estate plan and figured that you still had time to decide what you want to be done with your things. In fact many prefer not to think about it, though […]

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Bringing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Based on Misdiagnosis

Bringing a Medical Malpractice Lawsuit Based on Misdiagnosis

By Linda Nwoke Medical malpractice is the third leading cause of death in the United States. According to a study carried out by Johns Hopkins University, over 250,000 people die yearly from medical errors and negligence. Additionally, the American Medical Association, every one in three clinicians ...

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Heart Disease Risk

Heart Disease Risk

The good news is that Blacks are living longer, as pre-COVID death rates declined about 25% over the previous decade. Even with those obvious advances, however, Black people are living with and often dying of complications from conditions like high blood pressure that are better managed in other com...

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COVID-19 Linked to Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots in Stroke Patients

COVID-19 Linked to Risk of Dangerous Blood Clots in Stroke Patients

By Michael Merschel, American Heart Association News Older stroke patients who had a history of COVID-19 were more likely to develop dangerous blood clots in the veins than those who did not have the coronavirus-driven disease, a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. B...

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How to Have a Stress-Free Morning

How to Have a Stress-Free Morning

By Chris Tobias Starting the morning under pressure sets the mood for the day, leaving you anxious and tense. Although people know it’s unhelpful to begin the day bogged down by tension, they continue regardless. But they can end the morning feeling terrific with a few simple tweaks. Morning s...

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Skeletal Remains of 84-year-old Man Found in Brooklyn Apartment

Skeletal Remains of 84-year-old Man Found in Brooklyn Apartment

By Amanda Woods and Tina Moore, NY Post The skeletal remains of an elderly man were found inside his crammed Brooklyn home over the weekend — and his spouse told cops she planned to wait a year before she reported his death, authorities said Monday. Brent Shapiro, 84, was found dead inside the coupl...

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