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NBCI Declares a National Health Emergency in the Black Church

Health Emergency Declaration (HED)
NBCI Joins with Mt. Sinai Hospital, New York, NY and the University of Colorado in Launching a Breast and Prostate Cancer Study
If you have been recently diagnosed, please call 1-866-258-7981 to learn about your treatment options: mention NBCI.
Learn more about the study and how you can participate.
Download our Breast and Prostate Cancer Study Pamphlets and visit the "Healing Choices websites

5 Toxics That Are Everywhere: Protect Yourself

toxins in the home (CNN) A growing body of research is linking five chemicals among the most common in the world to a host of ailments, including cancer, sexual problems and behavioral issues.

We encounter them every day in plastic bottles, storage containers, food wrap, cans, cookware, appliances, carpets, shower curtains, clothes, personal care products, furniture, television sets, electronics, bedding, cushions and mattresses. In short, every room in almost every house in the United States is likely to contain at least one of these chemicals, many of which did not exist a century ago.

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Body & Soul–The Power of Prevention

Body & Soul is improving the health of church members every day.

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Seven Steps - Raising Healthy Children Raising Healthy Children: A Guide for African American Families
American Academy of Pediatrics and The Congress of National Black Churches

NFL player Ronde Barber, photographer Shari Belafonte, and former Surgeon General David Satcher, MD offer 7 steps for learning, nutrition, regular exercise, and more.
The Health Benefits of Fruits and Vegetables: A Scientific Overview The research behind eating more fruits and vegetables
The Black Church and the Importance of Good Nutrition
What the black church needs to
say to its congregations
about good nutrition.
How Science-based and Community-based
Organizations May
Work with the
Black Church

Producing Effective
Health Promotion
and Policy Initiatives
NBCI Declares WAR on Tobacco, Smoking and Tobacco
Companies
African American
Leaders Call on
Tobacco Industry
to Stop Targeting
Their Community

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