Emily Woodman Nance is the founder of an ingenious new subscription-based app for improving health care for our elders called At their Side, www.attheirside.com, now in its pilot-program phase.

Our encounter with author and therapist-educator Dr. Gail Parker illuminates the presence of generational trauma in Black people, and how to initiate healing from it.

Groundbreaking yoga teacher Krishna Kaur Khalsa breathes activism and advocacy into her radical practice of Kundalini, bringing down barriers with the beauty of intention, breath, and song.

Cataracts are annoying, but they are not synonymous with blindness. Learn how to recognize, prevent and treat this common eye condition.

Yes, these signs and symptoms may be more subtle on darker skin. If you have lots of moles, skin tags and dark patches (and at 50+ who doesn’t?), see a dermatologist and clearly express your concerns. If you’re observing changes in a mole, tell your doctor immediately, and insist that it be biopsied.
And please. If you’ve got a mole that bugs you, don’t DIY by grabbing a pair of scissors and snipping it off. Your body is not a craft project! Modern mole removal may be done painlessly, in seconds, by laser, leaving no scar behind, just beautiful, healthy Black skin to glow and gleam another day in the glorious sun.