Health Rewind: Gum Disease May Cause Erectile Dysfunction
The link between gum disease and the bedroom, and more.
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Say What? Gum Disease May Cause Erectile Dysfunction - Gum disease, also called periodontal disease, can increase your risk for heart disease and diabetes, but it can impact your sex life too. A recent study found that men with erectile dysfunction (ED) are three times more likely to have gum disease than those who don’t have ED. — Kellee Terrell(Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)
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Reverend Run Wants You to Be Screened for Diabetes - In a recent interview with Ebony.com, the Run DMC frontman and former reality star talks about his joint venture with with diabetes health-care company Novo Nordisk to spread the word on why more African-Americans need to get screened for diabetes. (Photo: Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)
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How NFL Players are Addressing Gun Violence - The recent murder-suicide of Kasandra Perkins by her boyfriend Jovan Belcher, Kansas City Chiefs linebacker, has sounded an alarm on the seriousness of gun violence in the NFL. According to ESPN.com, this incident has sparked seven other players to turn in guns to their team's security. One player, who remains anonymous, turned in numerous guns, claiming that he “didn’t trust himself” with his weapons. (Photo: Facebook/kasandra.m.perkins)
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Is Salt to Blame for Childhood Obesity? - Forty percent of African-American and Latino young people ages 2-19 are overweight and/or obese (30 percent among white children). Obviously a sedentary lifestyle and eating fatty foods are to blame, but a new study also points to salt consumption. Researchers found that the more salt a child consumed, the more they gulped sugary drinks, which is known to pack on the pounds, reported Time.com. (Photo: Chicago Tribune/ MCT /LANDOV)
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Half of the People Killed By the Po-Po Are Mentally Ill - A four-part series in the Portland Press Herald investigating fatal shootings by the police served up some alarming news: 357 of the 500 Americans shot and killed by the police each year were suffering from mental illness. To make matters worse, many of the officers involved were completely unaware of the person’s mental health issues and are not equipped to handle these situations. (Photo: Eric Thayer/Getty Images)
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Exercise and You'll Live Longer - Now, we already know that working out is good for us, but a new study found that Black women may benefit the most from it. Researchers from Canada found that Black women “who reported getting at least two and a half hours of moderate activity a week were anticipated to live nearly six extra years,” according to HealthDay News. Zumba anyone?(Photo: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Black Women and Breast Cancer - A University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center study found that Black women diagnosed with “early stage, invasive breast cancer” were 12 percent less likely than their white counterparts to receive a simple recommended biopsy, reported Health Canal. Researchers believe that educating doctors and patients about this procedure could lessen these disparities.(Photo: Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)
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Is Sleep the Solution to Lowering Teen Diabetes Rates? - Diet and exercise can lower one’s risk of developing diabetes, but maybe getting more sleep can too. A new study found that healthy teens that had six hours of sleep a night were more likely to have high insulin resistance, which has been found to increase one’s risk of diabetes. Researchers recommend that all teens get 8-9 hours of sleep each night.(Photo: Getty Images/STOCK)
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"Obamacare" Has Saved Americans $1 Billion - Despite “Obamacare” critics, a new study conducted by the Commonwealth Fund found that in just two years, this bill has saved everyday Americans a total of $1 billion. While the full law doesn’t go into effect until 2014, The Grio reported that “some of the new rules regarding insurance companies” and how much they cover for their employees is what’s putting more money back into our pockets. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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