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Michaela Jones, pole fitness instructor and manager of The P Spot Fitness Studio, joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now for this week’s installment of Fit!Live!Win! to explain how pole dancing can not only be fun, but help you stay fit. Jones, who has been “on the pole” for 10 years, explained the idea behind this unique […]
As testament to the success of the GOP-debated, Supreme Court upheld Affordable Care Act, an analysis published Tuesday reveals that women have saved $1.4 billion on birth control pills since the mandate for insurance companies to cover the contraception went into effect three years ago. The numbers, detailed by Health Affairs and reported by the […]
The World Health Organization declared Cuba the first country in the world to eliminate the transmission of HIV and syphilis from mother to child on Tuesday, reports Reuters. In 2013, only two children in Cuba were born with HIV and five with syphilis, the WHO said in a statement. That organization and the Pan American Health Organization sent […]
“This was a good day for America. Let’s get back to work.” – @POTUS on the #ACA pic.twitter.com/aaa8WHxZFj — Valerie Jarrett (@vj44) June 25, 2015 Updated: Thursday, June 25, 2015, 1:41 p.m., EST: President Barack Obama on Thursday praised a Supreme Court decision to uphold a key provision of the Affordable Care Act in a […]
In the time since the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, went into effect, millions of Americans now have health insurance benefits, according to a federal government survey. The survey, performed via the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, revealed that 36 million people were uninsured on the day of the survey, marking a […]
A major move to broaden birth control options for women in the military is taking shape in both houses of Congress as they move forward to make contraceptives accessible on a larger scale, the New York Times reports. An annual defense policy bill says women should “have access to a sufficient supply” of birth control during […]
Hey, @POTUS! This is how you #GimmeFive, FLOTUS-style… https://t.co/YF8nEtjUIA — The First Lady (@FLOTUS) May 20, 2015 Hey POTUS, this is how it’s done. Basically, that’s the message Michelle Obama had for her husband in her ne w workout video for fitness initiative #GimmeFive. Last week, President Obama issued a challenge to the First Lady via […]
A high school heavy on abstinence is currently facing a chlamydia outbreak, the Huffington Post reports. Crane Independent School District located in Crane, Texas has seen 20 cases of the sexually transmitted disease, prompting the school to send letters to parents last Friday. “Crane Independent School District would like to make our parents aware or more aware […]
New York Times bestselling author Dr. Ian Smith joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to talk about his new The Shred Diet Cookbook and the five things you must have in your kitchen. Dr. Smith’s new cookbook contains over 190 recipes incorporating all regular food. Smith told Martin, “The key is because it says healthy doesn’t mean it can’t […]
Certified Health Coach Rosaline Law joined Roland Martin on NewsOne Now to take us to “food school” and shared which of our favorite processed and fast foods contain dangerous toxins. Law explained that many of the foods we feed our children, including hot dogs, bologna, apple sauce, Hawaiian Punch, and even Ramen Noodles contain chemicals that are harmful […]
Until more information becomes available, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging Ebola survivors to abstain from all forms of sex or use condoms every time, rather than for just three months as previously recommended, reports The New York Times. The revised guidelines come after the World Health Organization (W.H.O.) and Liberia issued […]
Indiana state health officials confirmed the recent HIV epidemic in Scott County is worsening, the New York Times reports. With reports of up to 130 cases in what has become the largest such outbreak in the southeastern portion of the state, officials say that the skyrocketing of these cases are linked to injections of the powerful painkiller […]