In this 100th edition of the Black Health Matters podcast, host Dawn Daly-Mack, RN discusses glaucoma, a condition that disproportionately affects the Black community. She emphasizes the importance of awareness, early detection, and regular eye exams to prevent vision loss. The episode highlights the risk factors associated with glaucoma and encourages listeners to take proactive steps in managing their eye health.

Cervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers we face, yet Black women to continue experience higher rate of diagnosis and death.

Birth defects can affect any family, and they often come with fear, confusion, and a lot of unanswered questions.

Every two seconds, someone in the United States needs blood. Cancer patients, trauma victims, people undergoing surgery, and premature babies all depend on the generosity of donors.

2025 tested me in ways I never imagined. I lost my mother. I received a breast cancer diagnosis. I buried one of my closest friends right before Christmas. And all around us, people are struggling—losing jobs, losing homes, choosing between bills and food.

Grief shows up in many forms, and none of them are easy. But we keep living through it. We keep breathing through it. We keep rising through it.

As we step into 2026, I’m choosing restoration. I’m choosing hope. I’m choosing to believe that joy, healing, and softness are still possible.

If you’re reading this, you made it. And that means something powerful.

Happy New Year, family.
We’re still here. And Black health still matters.

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted in 1948. It declared, for the first time, that EVERY person is entitled to dignity, equality and freedom.

In December, we recognize World AIDS Day, International Day of Persons with Disabilities, National Flu Vaccination Week and Nation Handwashing Awareness Week.

The are all important and they all affect Black health!

November....or Movember as it is sometimes called is Men's Health Month. Let's go beyond awareness to action! Black men's health matters!

Diabetes is serious, but MAY be preventable!