Season 5
Flakes, Frustration and Black Hair: Tackling Seborrheic Dermatitis
Seborrheic dermatitis isn't just about an dry, itchy and flaky scalp - it's a battle many Black women face while trying to maintain healthy, beautiful hair. From persistent flakes to scalp irritation that disrupts hair style...
How to Use Your Menstrual Flow
We examine and use for diagnosis/monitoring our: Blood Saliva Stool Urine Why don't we examine and use for diagnosis/monitoring a woman's menstrual flow? Our guest, Dr. Naseri , has researched this question. Listen as she di...
Low Libido? - not her.
There are mulitple menopause symptoms. Low libido and can be one. There are options.
"You have breast cancer."
What do you do when you hear "You have breast cancer", while being the single mom to three children and having a healthy distrust of the US allopathic doctors and hospitals. Hear the personal story of Rev Tammie - her 20 year...
Abnormal bleeding - Why?
Doctors go through this differential diagnosis for abnormal uterine bleeding. Adenomyosis is a possibility - but what is adenomyosis.? Could this be you?
Making a Difference
Making a difference is an example of what is possible. Dr. Jovonni Spinner is recognized as one of the 40 Health Leaders under the age of 40. She shares her journey from initial professional indecision to her commitment to be...
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding..Understand the Doctor Talk
Abnormal Uterine Bleeding.. don't be scared. Learn how your gynecologist evaluates abnormal uterine bleeding. Know what to expect. Be prepared. You can understand the process.
A Smart Bra for Your Heart
Cardiovascular disease in the #1 killer. Most breast cancer patients die of cardiovascular disease. There is limited research re: women and heart disease. Kudos to Alicia Chong Rodriguez , founder and CEO of Bloomer Tech , a ...
Are you bleeding too much?
How do you tell? What if it is always like that? Learn the two tests that you need to get.
How to deal with your Grief
How do you deal with grief? Is it the loss of a child? Is it the loss of a parent? We all experience loss. We all experience grief. No one is immune. We share an intimate conversation with Ms. Amy Pickett- Williams, a grief p...
She's Not Pregnant.
"Long-term health-related quality of life and symptom severity following hysterectomy, myomectomy or uterine artery embolization for the treatmnt of symptomatic uterine fibroids." Let's be proactive. Let's commit to women's h...
Don't Get It Twisted
There is a time to bleed. And there comes a time when all bleeding should stop. Postmenopausal bleeding is not normal.
Just Know - You're Awesome
They may laugh at you. They may call you names. They may abuse you. And then they will try to emulate you.
Pap Smear Not Needed?
According the American Cancer Society, paps are no longer the preferred test for cervical cancer screening. The American Cancer Society Guidelines for the Prevention and Early Detection of Cervical Cancer include high risk HP...
Change your GrimAge
Epigenetics states that your environment and your behaviours affect your DNA. Epigenetic changes can be measured and used to predict your mortality. Do you want to know your GrimAge? If you could change your GrimAge, would yo...
Menstrual/ Menopause Workplace Policy
You work hard.. but then there's that time of the month. You work hard.. but you can't admit to your follow colleagues that you're having perimenopausal symptoms. Imagine if your employer had a workplace policy to accommodate...
Kegel your way to Sexual Pleasure
Kegel your way to sexual pleasure. Learn what and learn how. It's wholistic, no side effects - a preventive health practice with huge benefits.
How to Survive as a Caregiver
Meet Dr. Cheryl Woodson . Dr. Woodson has taught and practiced Geriatric medicine for nearly 40 years. She has developed resources focusing on eldercare and self-care for caregivers. These resources are designed to guide fami...
Don't be a Guinea Pig
There has been a change. Previously pregnant women and women of childbearing age were excluded from clinical research trials. Today women of all ages and persons of color are being recruited for clinical research studies. One...
What Every Woman Needs to Know
The common complaints is that women "just don't know". Just don't know their anatomy, how it functions, what is normal and more importantly what is abnormal? We're going back to the basics. Nothing is complicated. This aspect...
Dr. Farrington: How to ACTT with your MD, Part 2
Dr. Leslie Farrington is the co-founder and executive director of Black Coalition for Safe Motherhood . In Part I, she tells her story of being Black but looking White and how she has experienced racism. In this interview she...