A study has found that aged black garlic (ABG) in addition to dietary changes can lower diastolic blood pressure in male participants.1,2 This is not the first study to show that garlic has health benefits. Garlic has been recognized for centuries, including references in Sumerian clay tablets that date 2600 B.C.3 In ancient Egypt, garlic… Read More: Can Aged Black Garlic Lower Blood Pressure? »
A qualitative study among Black gay and bisexual men in Baton Rouge, Louisiana sought to understand how HIV disclosure impacts a person’s life and relationships. The study explored how participants’ intersecting identities and the structural inequities they faced impacted their experiences with HIV disclosure. Men in the study experienced multiple negative consequences from disclosure, including… Read More: HIV disclosure disrupts the lives of Black gay and bisexual… »
Loading the player… A Black male doula in California is on a mission to make delivering babies safer for Black women. Dustin Young, founder and President of Our Own, is encouraging men to join him in supporting Black mothers with having safer birthing experiences, as reported by Spectrum News 1. Young is a certified doula… Read More: Black male doula is helping make deliveries safer for Black… »
Tracie Jones turned to a librarian friend, Sarah DeMott, for help documenting the experience of Black Americans in the age of COVID-19. A few Zoom sessions and emails later, Jones and DeMott created Black America and COVID-19, a library guide that aims to serve as a historical record and shed light on the pandemic’s impact… Read More: Documenting the lives of Black Americans in the age of… »