This post, originally written on Feb. 24, 2016, is being bumped up because one of my loyal readers suffered a heart attack a few days after the New Year. She requested a Medical Minute post to warn her fellow Rose Garden members about the warning signs of a heart attack.
Please heed the warning signs. Black people are at greater risk for heart attacks due to the prevalence of high blood pressure, obesity and diabetes in the black community.
It can happen to you.
Statistics show over 60 percent of adult black women are overweight and more than 40% of black women are obese. Obesity is defined as having considerably more body fat than is optimally healthy.
Designer Mychael Knight passed away in Atlanta last week at age 39. His family asks for privacy as they bury their loved one today.
Knight's cause of death has not been released to the public. As a result the public continues to speculate about how he died.
Aubrey O'Day's fans were horrified by her distorted facial features in an ad posted to her Instagram.com page on Thursday. The 33-year-old former Danity Kane member is barely recognizable in the ad for an eyelash kit.
Fans of talk show queen Wendy Williams were shocked by her emaciated appearance in paparazzi photos that surfaced on Wednesday.
When we hear the words "sleep apnea" we tend to think it's just a sleep disorder that causes snoring. But sleep apnea is a dangerous condition that can lead to heart attacks and death.
Sandrarose.com readers were divided over the issue of contracting or transmitting herpes while wearing condoms. Condoms do not prevent the spread of herpes because herpes is spread via skin-to-skin contact. But the risk of contracting herpes is a lot less if men wear condoms during sex.
A new untreatable form of gonorrhea is infecting people all over the world. The new strain of "super gonorrhea" is mainly spread by oral sex, and there is no treatment.
The news that Beyonce Knowles gave birth to twins last week barely made headlines in the United States. That's because In vitro fertilization (IVF) multiple births are so commonplace in Hollywood.
Also common is the fact that most stars who give birth to IVF twins opt for a girl and a boy so they don't have to explain why their twins don't resemble each other.
Shark Tank star Daymond John has stage 2 thyroid cancer. The 48-year-old businessman revealed his diagnosis to ABC anchor Robin Roberts on Good Morning America on Wednesday.
John said a growth was removed from his thyroid gland, and doctors determined the growth was stage 2 cancer.
Martha MacCallum's new show "The Story" kicked off Monday night on Fox News Channel. Two of MacCallum's guests, Morton Klein (pro Israel activist) and NYC councilman Jumaane Williams, suffer from Tourette's Syndrome.