The Sojourner’s Truth Health Section
By Fletcher Word The Truth Editor About 80 people came out for the fourth annual Lupus Awareness Luncheon on Saturday, May 16. The Scott Park Banquet Hall was filled to capacity with people who are […]
By Dawn Scotland The Truth Reporter The Toledo Lucas County Public Library hosted a conversation with Tara Pringle Jefferson, author of Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing on Thursday, […]
By Fletcher Word The Truth Editor May is Lupus Awareness Month and for the fifth straight year, Rachelle Roy, herself a lupus patient, is doing all she can to heighten that awareness within the northwest […]
By Patrice Powers-Barker, OSU Extension, Lucas County The Truth Contributor The American Heart Association helps us understand not only heart health but also overall health for our bodies and life with the Life’s Essential 8. […]
A Mental Health Moment By Bernadette Joy Graham, MA, LPCC Licensed Clinical Mental Health Therapist The Truth Contributor In many Black families, love runs deep, but so do unspoken wounds. When a loved one passes, […]
By Dr. Hope Mitchell. MD The Truth Contributor Let’s talk about one of the biggest myths I still hear in my dermatology office: “Dr. Mitchell, I’m Black. I don’t need sunscreen.” I’ve heard it from […]
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter A Calling That Started in Second Grade Some people find their purpose later in life. Others seem to be born with it already written on their hearts. For Dr. […]
By Tracci Johnson Guest Column $284.00 It is my monthly health care premium. It doesn’t even include the $100 out-of-pocket costs for doctor visits, prescriptions or emergencies or my $7,500 deductible. Donald Trump and congressional […]
By Asia Nail The Truth Reporter Some women choose their careers. Others are called to them. That’s what it feels like talking to Dr. Tanya R. Baldwin, MD. After almost 30 years in medicine, she […]
The Health Department’s Local Office on Minority Health is proud to present the lineup of events for the 39th Annual Minority Health Month, taking place throughout April. Walk and Talk April 11, 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. […]