Category: Health

Audio Interview w/Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity

Audio Interview w/Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity

Mandrake Society Radio posts an audio interview with Venton Jones of Abounding Prosperity, Inc., an organization that addresses the health, social, and economic disparities among African-American men and their families. To hear the interview in it's entirety, please click here .  Thanks to Pegasus News for the heads up. 

Texas Instruments responds to Hamilton Park claims

Texas Instruments responds to Hamilton Park claims

Here is a response posted to this site by Liz Moyer of Texas Instruments' Environmental, Safety & Health Services.  The post is in response a post by Lincoln Allen (click here to view). From Ms. Moyer's post  The posting by Mr. Lincoln Allen contains factual inaccuracies and claims that are...

Texas Instruments Accused of Toxic Contamination in Dallas’ Hamilton Park Community

Texas Instruments Accused of Toxic Contamination in Dallas’ Hamilton Park Community

This is a post that was received at The Lobby at Dallas South – our discussion board (join now!). The post was sent in by Lincoln Allen. Since his original message, I've e-mailed Lincoln a.k.a. Toxic Texas, and checked out the stories that he links to at the bottom of the post. ...

Dallas Association of Black Cardiologists to hold 2007 Super Weekend Event

Dallas Association of Black Cardiologists to hold 2007 Super Weekend Event

The Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), Inc. will be hosting their 2007 Super Weekend:Taking Steps Towards Better Health program next weekend.  The ABC, along with local community and church leaders issue a call to action urging all Dallas residents to find out their risk of heart disease and stroke.  ...

Local Advocate Shares Work with HIV/AIDS

Local Advocate Shares Work with HIV/AIDS

World AIDS day was almost two weeks ago, but at the rate that HIV/AIDS is spreading through the African-American community, we have to address the issue more than once a year.  I recently had an interesting discussion with June Trimble, who works on HIV/AIDS related programs at UT Southwestern here in Dallas.  The...