“Simply put; this is the greatest conference for anyone who works in healthcare, church-related health ministries, or health advocacy! Mark your calendar and be there! ” Savalas R. Squire Sr, Winston-Salem, NC For 29 years: The Balm In Gilead, Inc. builds and strengthens the capacity of African-American faith communities to deliver programs and services that contribute...
Category: Health & Wellbeing
Cherry Channelle Talks Hair & Giving Back
Cherrie Chennelle Wells owner of Cherry Channelle – The Studio in Montgomery, AL sits down and talk with inCity-Mag.com about her brand, giving back to the community and participating in the Ki Release in Montgomery on November 11th.
National Conference is establishing and sustaining Health Ministries for African Americans
For 29 years: The Balm In Gilead, Inc. builds and strengthens the capacity of African-American faith communities to deliver programs and services that contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Healthy Churches 2020 National Conference is the leading training conference for establishing and sustaining Health Ministries for congregations serving African Americans. Their goal: Increase an understanding...
Canada cannabis legalization: ‘We know the world is watching’
For many Canadians, the idea of legal cannabis once seemed a pipe dream. But from 17 October, Canada will become the first G7 country to give recreational cannabis the green light. It’s following a trail first blazed by Uruguay in 2013. “It’s becoming a serious industry,” says one entrepreneur. Supporters say legalization will bring new...
Community SpotLight: Ki Edwards Is Changing Lives of Those Experiencing Hair Loss Due To Illness
The American Academy of Dermatology (AAD) notes that 80 million men and women in America have hereditary hair loss (alopecia). It can affect just the hair on your scalp or your entire body. Although it’s more prevalent in older adults, excessive hair loss can occur in children as well. According to HealthLine.com, Medical conditions that can cause hair...
Province Brands’ Brewing the World’s First Beer From Cannabis
‘Brewing a world-class beer from the cannabis plant wasn’t easy’, says Province Brands With a new brewing tradition, Province Brands’ patent-pending technology is designed to enable the world’s first beer brewed from cannabis, creating a first of it’s kind premium craft product. Province Brands, a Toronto based Canadian company, founded by entrepreneurs with a substantial...
This Is Why Small Talk Makes Some People So Anxious
A therapist gave us advice for how to get over it. It can be difficult to know the difference between having social anxiety and being awkward, introverted, or shy. The American Psychological Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders defines social anxiety as “a persistent fear of one or more social or performance situations”...
Music Artist Trevon Marcel Launches Mental Health PSA
Trevon Marcel, hip hop artist and song writer, has launched a Stigma of Mental Health PSA. This PSA is Part 1 of a series of PSA’s that he plans on releasing. Trevon states, “Maintaining as a music artist and balancing my Mental Health has been challenging … but myself and a few others have managed...
Aleafia and Serruya Family to Enter Cannabis Retail Joint-Venture for Launch of One Plant™
Major Retail Operation Backed by Family behind Iconic Yogen Früz, Second Cup Brands Aleafia Health Inc. (TSXV: ALEF; OTCQX: ALEAF, FRA: ARAH) (“Aleafia“) or (the “Company“), has entered into a letter of intent to acquire a 51 per cent stake in One Plant™, an adult-use cannabis retail operation led by members of the Serruya Family...
Solving America’s painkiller paradox
Here’s how to fix America’s painkiller problem — without leaving pain patients behind. By German Lopez for VOX, Illustrations by Javier Zarracina his year, researchers uncovered a simple method for getting doctors to reduce profligate prescriptions of drugs like OxyContin and Percocet that have contributed to America’s opioid epidemic: informing doctors that one of their patients had...