After launching PinkDetect in 2024, the app has been downloaded around 10,000 times, while nearly 90,000 Pakistani women are diagnosed yearly.
Early detection can increase survival rates to 90%, but awareness is crucial.
After launching PinkDetect in 2024, the app has been downloaded around 10,000 times, while nearly 90,000 Pakistani women are diagnosed yearly.
Early detection can increase survival rates to 90%, but awareness is crucial.
Battle isolation with senior group fitness!
At the Milano Senior Center in #Melrose, MA, members ages 65–97 are proving that movement builds more than muscle—it builds belonging. This seated battle ropes circuit (side winders!) delivers more than physical power—it’s community in motion.
️Meet the rockstars from my SPARTA Strength Class at the Malden Senior Center! Here, age (65-97!), background, or ability don't define us. We don't just lift weights—we lift each other.
ALL are welcome, ALL are an #inspiration. This is what true strength looks like.
50 years young and still pulling my weight—literally.
This isn’t about showing off.
It’s about showing up.
For my health.
For my community.
Para mi comunidad.
The #HealthEquity Research Production Model focuses on research production using a framework of accountability and aims to remediate the compounded effects of privilege through systems and systems change.
https://equityhealthj.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12939-025-02524-0
Health Equity. Community Building.
This week’s Body-Sculpting Group Workout in Malden shows what’s possible when people of all abilities and backgrounds come together. It’s more than fitness—it’s a chance to meet our neighbors, support one another, and have fun while getting stronger.
And let’s be real—the laughter and the smiles? Great for mental health too.
#HealthEquity #Community #mentalhealth #fitness #fun #boston #health #maldenma #northshorema #dei #workout
#AI is transforming Costa Rica’s healthcare - predicting illness, speeding diagnoses & relieving strain on public clinics. This is where AI can truly fill critical gaps where public health expertise and resources are scarce. #CostaRica #GlobalHealth #HealthEquity #AIHealth
How Artificial Intelligence Is...
Brightening my day before my SPARTA Strength class: hanging out with Karen and Mary (97 years young!), rockstars
from the Malden Senior Center!
1/2 Support public access. Support your neighbors. Support your voice.
Public access television isn’t just a broadcast—it’s a lifeline for local voices. I’ve seen this firsthand.
Growing up in Dorchester, I remember BNN TV ( #Boston Neighborhood Network)—a channel that reflected the people and stories around me. Years later, I had the honor of appearing on BNN to promote free fitness events and my book SPARTA SENIORS.
"Therapy for Black people needs to address not just the problems of the Black individual but also the pathology in society that must be navigated by that individual."
https://towardsracialequity.substack.com/p/black-psychotherapy-observations
We are pleased to announce Dennis Worsham's appointment as Washington’s new Secretary of Health, effective July 7. Governor Bob Ferguson appointed Worsham, who brings more than 32 years of public health leadership and expertise to the role.
A thoughtful, collaborative leader committed to advancing #HealthEquity across the state, Worsham is a Washington native who grew up in Othello and attended Eastern Washington University. His small-town upbringing instilled values of community connection and collective responsibility that continue to guide his leadership approach
This article made me angry for days when I was copyediting it. But I couldn’t talk about it because it hadn’t been published yet. Now I can. And it’s open-access so you can all read it.
Global health institutions allowed COVID-19 vaccinations to be locked up by patents. Moderna showed they could transfer their manufacturing methodologies to factories in places like South Africa. But those factories were forced to send doses to Europe and North America, while most Africans did not get COVID vaccinations.
There is a different model of medication manufacturing and distribution that is used with AUDS retrovirals for equitable distribution. It could have been used for COVID vaccines. But it wasn’t.And the same thing is now happening with Mpox.
Smiles and Sweat in Malden!
Great job to everyone, and I loved the energy of our first inclusive fitness class.
Building strength and community.
Today's moment of maga. Under Biden, the copay for paxlovid was zero. Under Trump, if your insurance even covers paxlovid, the copay is around $787. Without insurance coverage, you're looking at about $1500. The GOP maga regime will kill us all.
My aching back! Sound familiar?
Did you know that tight hips, inner thighs, and quads might be the culprit?
This video has 4 easy stretches to help you feel better—anytime, anywhere.
Your body will thank you!
The #budget of the Ctr for #Medicare & #Medicaid Services would be slashed by $674M, but the #Trump budget claims the cuts would have *no impact* on providing #benefits to those enrolled in the #HealthInsurance programs.
Rather, it says, the budget “eliminates funding that had been used to carry out non-statutory, wasteful & woke activities,” in the 1st time a presidential budget has used the word “woke” in describing priorities. The budget also “eliminates #HealthEquity - focused activities.”
#NIH director calls Trump’s anti-DEI orders ‘misunderstood,’ downplays reorganization plans while asserting that the agency remains committed to research that advances the health of minorities
https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/21/nih-director-jay-bhattacharya-says-trump-dei-orders-misunderstood/ via @STAT
hofft darauf, neben der Gesundheitsversorgung auch den eigenen Status zu verbessern. Prävention zur Verhinderung oder zum Hinausschieben von Pflegebedürftigkeit gilt als wichtige Komponente zur Sicherung der Sozialsysteme.
So weit so gut. Der Präventionsansatz folgt allerdings auch immer mehr dem gesellschaftlichen Trend, Vorsorge als individuelle Aufgabe zu betrachten. Das Problem?
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Long-term pushback can bring progress https://wordinblack.com/2025/04/crisis-to-care-5-charts-on-black-maternal-health-progress/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Crisis%20to%20Care%3A%205%20Charts%20on%20Black%20Maternal%20Health%20Progress&utm_campaign=Health%20newsletter%204%2016
#blackinstem #BlackMaternalHealth #MaternalHealthMatters #HealthEquity #BlackMothers
#CrisisToCare #MaternalHealthProgress #BlackHealthAwareness #HealthyMoms
#BlackBirthsMatter
BCBS of Louisiana denied payments for preapproved reconstructive surgery for breat cancer patients...however they made exceptions for the wives of executives. But wait, it gets worse
#HealthInsurance #HealthEquity #HealthRights
https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/12/pre-authorization/