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Harlem Word: Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe explains how beliefs as well as depression and anxiety can make it hard to lower high blood pressure
Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the NYU School of Medicine where he is working hard to find ways to lower rates of heart disease among African Americans. In this article he discusses the role that people's beliefs about high blood pressure (hypertension) as well as depression and anxiety play in their ability to lower their blood pressure.
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Harlem Word: Yoga instructor Stephanie Pope Caffey tells us about Bikram yoga
Stephanie Pope Caffey is a yoga instructor in Harlem. She and her sister, Jennifer Pope, own Bikram Yoga East Harlem, which introduces "hot" yoga to Harlemites seven days a week. In this article, she explains what Bikram yoga is and some of its benefits. Read more below!
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Harlem Word: Dr. Gbenga Ogedegbe tells us what every African American should know about high blood pressure
Gbenga Ogedegbe, MD, MPH, MS, is an Associate Professor of Medicine, at the NYU School of Medicine. He is researching ways to help lower the rates of heart disease among African Americans. In this article he discusses what every African American should know about high blood pressure (hypertension).
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Harlem Word: Stephanie Pope Caffey talks about how she became a Bikram yoga instructor
Before becoming a yoga instructor, Harlemite Stephanie Pope Caffey was a dancer in New York City and Los Angeles. In this article, she tells us how she started practicing Bikram yoga.
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Harlem Word: Dr. Icilma Fergus—community and professional service is her focus
As Chief of Cardiology at Harlem Hospital Center, and a board member of the Association of Black Cardiologists (ABC), Dr. Fergus works hard to constantly stay in touch with the community-and to teach others how to work at the grassroots level. Community is at the center of her all her work as a heart specialist.
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Harlem Word: Dr. Icilma Fergus—following her path to become the Chief of Cardiology at Harlem Hospital Center
As Chief of Cardiology at Harlem Hospital Center, Dr. Fergus sees stress, poverty and discrimination as playing important roles in the health of African Americans. Her professional pathway took her from the research labs of Columbia to the streets of Harlem where the neediest members of the community seek her help in treating and preventing chronic diseases. Here she tells us how she got started in her field and wound up working in Harlem.
Harlem Word: Julia De Martini Day tells us about the importance of reclaiming the streets for pedestrians in NYC
Julia De Martini Day, BA, is a planner and advocate for Transportation Alternatives. Transportation Alternatives is working to reclaim New York City streets for pedestrians and bicyclists and promote walking, biking and public transportation as the best transportation options in NYC. Julia De Martini Day is helping New Yorkers re-envision their streets as public spaces.
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Harlem Word: Dr. Icilma Fergus partners with African American and Hispanic patients to fight heart disease in Harlem
As Chief of Cardiology at Harlem Hospital Center, Dr. Fergus sees stress, poverty and discrimination as all playing an important part in the health of many urban communities particularly those of African Americans and Hispanic ethnicities. Her goal is to reach community members where they are at-either on the streets or in their heads. She told us her philosophy is to work with patients to fight heart disease as a team.
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Harlem Word: Chris Daly, founder of Hip4Kids, talks about how his organization benefits Harlem
Chris Daly's organization Hip4Kids helps educate kids and their parents about eating and cooking healthier.
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Harlem Word: Dr. Rabia Tahir encourages people to ask their pharmacists questions
Dr. Rabia Tahir, Pharm.D, pharmacist and professor at Touro College of Pharmacy, talks about medical questions you can ask your pharmacist.
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