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Will Black Churches Help Educate Community About Obamacare? - In a recent White House Meeting, President Obama asked leaders from Black churches to help sign their members up for health care, the Wall Street Journal reported. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, on Oct. 1, the marketplace for health insurance opens up for the uninsured to choose from a wealth of coverage plans.  (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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Yo-Yo Dieter and Sexual Abuse Survivor Loses 177 Pounds - Kia Horton, a Black woman from Chicago, lost a whopping 177 pounds with the help off therapy, exercise and weight loss surgery, CNN.com wrote.  The former 319-pound woman had used food to help cope with her past sexual abuse, and while Horton admits to some setbacks, she has continued to push through to meet her goals. Read her entire weight-loss success story here.(Photos: Courtesy Kia Horton via CNN)

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Blacks Hit Hardest by High Health Care Costs - A new poll found that even employed Blacks with health care still are hardest hit by the high costs of coverage. Researchers found that one in four Blacks worry about paying for prescription drugs and 50 percent said they worry about paying their bills if they were diagnosed with a major illness, writes Insight News. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Study: Video Games Don’t Trigger Violence in Teens - While some data suggests that violent video games may encourage violent behavior among at-risk teens, a new study says that just isn’t true. Researchers from Stetson University found that for teens with attention disorders, playing videos games actually gave them a calming effect and helped reduce their aggression and bullying behavior. (Photo: GettyImages)

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Texas to Guard Against Disease - Gardasil, a human papillomavirus, or HPV, vaccine, is displayed at the Girls to Women Health and Wellness clinic in Dallas, Texas March 6, 2007. Texas Governor Rick Perry issued an executive order requiring girls entering the sixth grade to be vaccinated against the sexually transmitted HPV. (Photo: REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi)

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Can Your Favorite Tunes Put You at Risk for an Accident? - A new study found that male teens that drive while listening to their favorite songs are more likely to not pay attention, drive more aggressively and crash. Researchers also found that female teens were less at risk when listening to music, writes Science Daily. Their advice: Turn the music down and be attentive. (Photo: Hero Images/Getty Images)

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Chicago Hospital Opens Transplant Center in the South Side - University of Illinois-Chicago recently opened their new transplant clinic, Mile Square Health Center Englewood, in the city’s South Side. The clinic will serve a large population of low-income patients and offer quality health care, says the university. Currently, there are 5,000 Illinois residents waiting for an organ transplant.(Photo: Daniel Boczarski/Getty Images for Ann and Robert H. Lurie Hospital of Chicago)

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Is Poor Dental Health Linked to Oral Cancer? - If you have missing teeth, bleeding gums and other examples of poor dental health, you may be more likely to oral human papillomavirus (HPV), writes the New York Times. A new study found that those who reported poor dental health had a 55 percent higher chance of having HPV than those with good dental care. HPV causes cervix, anal, mouth and throat cancers. (Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images)

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Mothers Influence Their Daughters’ Body Image - While one would think that the media or certain dolls young girls play with would have the largest impact on young women and girls’ body image, experts say that isn’t true. Actually, mothers themselves play the largest role Mayo Clinic experts claim, as reported by USA Today. Low body image can lead to low-self esteem, eating disorders and depression. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images)

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More Black Women Want to Be a Part of Medical Research - Despite mistrust between African-Americans and the medical system, a new study found Black women do want to take part in clinical research and trials. Researchers surveyed members of the Links Inc., a Black women’s organization, and found that one-third of women were “extremely willing” to take part in medical research and that 13 percent were “extremely willing” to take part in a clinical trial, writes Diverse Education.   (Photo: Spencer Platt/Getty Images)