What's The 411?'s Ruth Morrison checked in with Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church's Temple Ministry as the members were making preparations for its annual walk-a-thon. The event was held at Herbert Von...

What's The 411's Ruth Morrison covered the Bedford Stuyvesant Food and Family Day, a summit that brought together local residents, food justice advocates, urban farmers and gardeners, local...

A recent article in the Journal of Pediatrics reported the findings of a research study about the present rating systems in the U.S. for movies, TV, and video games and looked at whether parents...

We all like to snack, but to keep the weight off, we must snack smartly. One of the best ways to snack is with a sweet, crunchy, juicy, low-calorie fruit.  Pears and apples are smart choices....

Looking for the Fountain of Youth?  It’s closer than you think!  Just incorporate these simple practices into your daily routine: 

• Walk for 30 minutes per day: If you can’t take the time to do...

Each year, approximately 20,000 women in the United States get ovarian cancer and ovarian cancer kills almost 15,000 American women every year. Early detection of ovarian cancer is the best...

Although the trend shows that the incidence of prostate cancer among African American men declined during the period of 1999-2007, black men still had the highest incidence rate for prostate...