Study highlights the importance of social interaction during chemotherapy. It can help patients live longer after treatment.
Health
4 tips for summer fitness
July 12, 2017
With a little planning, you can enjoy summer, stay healthy and have fun too.
Officials: Fixing county health department could take a year and millions of dollars
July 12, 2017
Acknowledging years-long failures in Mecklenburg County’s health department, county officials on Tuesday called for an overhaul of the agency. County […]
It’s never too late to get back on the health bandwagon
July 6, 2017
As humans, we are prone to get distractions. But when it comes to nutrition and exercise, it’s never too late to start again.
Charlotte has a new support group for black women coping with infertility
June 21, 2017
The support group Fertility for Colored Girls was started by a Chicago minister in 2014 and has now spread to seven locations, including Charlotte.
Real Talk: Dr. Ian Smith dishes the skinny on weight loss
June 20, 2017
Are you struggling to drop more pounds? Have your weigh-loss efforts hit a plateau? Maybe it’s time to “Blast the Sugar Out,” says celebrity Author Dr. Ian Smith.
Scene at the Kappa Foundation’s Healthy Achievement 5k Run/Walk
June 19, 2017
The event was held Saturday in uptown Charlotte to raise money to support the foundation’s mentoring efforts.
Under fire for his leadership, Mecklenburg Health Director Marcus Plescia will step down
June 6, 2017
Plescia, who heads the Mecklenburg County Health Department, faced growing criticism after it was revealed that county health clinics had mishandled test results for nearly 200 women who were screened for cervical cancer.
Here is the perfect exercise to tone those summer legs
May 31, 2017
As summer approaches, a reader wants to know how to get those perfectly toned legs.
Chuck Schumer: GOP bill a ‘cancer’ on healthcare system
May 25, 2017
Chuck Schumer, leader of the Senate Democrats, didn’t mince words when he called the GOP healthcare plan a “a cancer on […]
Under GOP bill, 23 million could lose health coverage, says government watchdog
May 25, 2017
The report could aid Democrats who have accused President Trump and congressional Republicans of putting sick and low-income people at risk in their bid to repeal Obamacare.
High blood pressure linked to racially segregated neighborhoods
May 15, 2017
New study offers evidence that policies to reduce residential segregation in Charlotte may have meaningful health benefits for African Americans.
After 53-year hiatus, North Carolina Central will award doctorate degrees this week
May 12, 2017
The Durham HBCU will confer Ph.D.s on three students who studied in the field of integrated bioscience, making them the sixth, seventh and eighth people ever to receive doctorate degrees from Central.
Descendants of ‘Tuskegee Experiment’ emerge from shadows
May 10, 2017
Decades later, it’s still hard to grasp what the federal government did to hundreds of black men in rural Alabama. […]
Black Americans living longer, but disparities remain
May 3, 2017
The death rate fell 25 percent for African-Americans from 1999 to 2015, mostly for those aged 65 and older, the CDC said.
News & Buzz
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership announces new senior leadership
March 21, 2019
The Housing Partnership named Simone McDowell its VP of communications and fund development.
Entertainment
Charlotte’s Caribbean community heats up summer with Carnival
March 18, 2019
The Charlotte Caribbean Carnival Association brings a weeklong Afro-Caribbean Carnival to Charlotte on June 22-29.
Voices
No privilege, but I still made it to college, thanks to mom
March 14, 2019
While a number of privileged parents were caught in the college admissions scandal, one writer tells a different story of...
Faith
Up close with Jacotron Potts, entrepreneur giving back to the community that raised him
March 15, 2019
The Charlotte native talked with Qcitymetro about his mentoring program in partnership with McCrorey YMCA, life as an entrepreneur and...
People
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership announces new senior leadership
March 21, 2019
The Housing Partnership named Simone McDowell its VP of communications and fund development.