Real Health Spring 2007
Real Health Spring 2007
In every issue of Real Health, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
He Ain’t Heavy
After years of struggling with his weight, activist Al Sharpton leads the way to fitness.
Inside the Issue
Good Night
African Americans aren’t getting enough sleep. Here’s how to score some shut-eye.
Keep It Down!
Blasting portable audio players really can cause hearing loss.
Legit to Quit
FDA approves new stop-smoking drug
Power Surge
Managing frequent premenopausal symptoms
Phat or Fat
Black culture celebrates sisters’ curves. And who doesn’t love a teddy bear brother? But as research reinforces the link between obesity...
Editor’s Letter
Weighty Issues
Letters to the Editor
It was by accident that I came across a copy of Real Health.
Walk This Way
You don’t need to run to get healthy
Is Your Colon Making You Sick?
Some experts claim that routine maintenance of your large intestine can help stave off serious disease.
In the Raw
Can’t stand the heat? Don’t clear out of the kitchen. Instead, try this cool healthy-eating technique.
Claiming Ourselves, Claiming Survival
Asha Bandele learns that she must accept pain before she can move past it.
Ask the Sexpert
Gail Wyatt, PhD, director of the sexual health program and associate director of the AIDS Institute at UCLA, assists us between the sheets.
Anger Management
How to express your dissatisfaction without losing your head
Sugar-Free Zone
How principal Yvonne Sanders-Butler put reading, writing and healthy eating in her school’s curriculum
Against All Odds
More than a quarter of young men in foster care end up in jail after they age out of the system.
Does The Shoe Fit?
Here’s how to put your best foot forward.
