Real Health Summer 2006
Real Health Summer 2006
In every issue of Real Health, you’ll find the hottest topics of interest to our readers along with cutting-edge health information.
Features
Mary J. Steps It Up: Riding the success of her latest album she is stronger, healthier and happier than ever. Here’s...
Mary J. Blige is stronger, healthier and happier than ever. Here’s how the queen of hip-hop soul turned her life around.
Inside the Issue
Conquering Childhood Obesity: Rx for doctors - Talk to parents about their kids’ weight
Rx for doctors: Talk to parents about their kids’ weight
Rat Poison Alert
Does the Bush administration favor big business over kids?
Garlic’s Healing Power: The herb that helps keep the doctor away
The herb that helps keep the doctor away
HIV News
There’s real hope for HIV therapy, but you have to read beyond the headlines.
Cut Razor Bumps
No man wants his face or neckline riddled with razor bumps and in--grown hairs, so we asked dermatologist and laser surgeon Eliot F. Battle Jr...
Prostate Health News
Prevention, treatment and a new test
Man to Man
A book review
Are Organic Foods Worth the Splurge?
When to shell it out and when to save
Ed Letter-Summer 2006
Truth sets you free
Letters-Summer 2006
I enjoy reading your articles, which focus on health problems that many African Americans are facing today.
Building Better Bones
Should we get our calcium from vitamins or food?
Turn On, Tune In and Tone Up
Did you know that your iPod, PC or TV can now make you buff? Alicia Villarosa checks out the latest fitness tools.
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.
Better Sex in a Bottle?
“Explosive sex. Every night, at any age!” reads the subject line of a spam e-mail I just received.
The Kidney Punch
By now, you may know that diabetes and hypertension are among the most serious health issues facing the black community.
Body and Soul Food
After recovering from a food addiction, Lindsey Williams found that with a few simple changes, Grandma’s recipes lost the pound-packing...
From Night Into Day
Are men returning from prison giving HIV to black women?
Ditching Self-Doubt
A brain tumor taught author Karen E. Quinones Miller to trust her instincts
Fat: Back in Favor?
Nutritionist Goulda Downer, RD, PhD, looks at the latest research
