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Exercise Benefits - Do Race and Gender Matter?

Photo: Mike Baird, Flickr Obviously, exercise is good for you, but just how much it benefits you depends ... Read More »

Vitamin D lacking in darker-skinned people

Although many Caucasians can indeed create a healthy amount of Vitamin D when their bodies are exposed to sunlight, that feature is harder for those ... Read More »

More black kids are dying of obesity

The results of a 25-year study show alarming racial difference between children with diabetes -- in fact, twice as many black children with diabetes ... Read More »

Why is diabetes worse for minorities?

Previously studies have shown that when African Americans and Latinos get diabetes they tend to have it more severely than Caucasians, but there was ... Read More »

Who knew? Why we buy the foods we do

Do you buy a lot of the same foods week after week at the grocery store? Sure, we switch it up a little, but most of us have quite a few brands and ... Read More »