lupus
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Five Black Celebrities Living With Lupus and How They Manage the Disease
Toni Braxton, Muni Long and Nick Cannon are just a few celebritiesliving with the autoimmune disease.
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The Internet Is Dragging Toni Braxton for This Viral Moment. But Was She Really In the Wrong?
An intimate moment captured online has now made its way to the internet and many are divided.
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Toni Braxton’s Life-Saving Advice for People Living With Lupus
The Root caught up with the R&B diva about her campaign to encourage people living with lupus to be advocates for their health.
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Brilliant Black History Author Opens Up About Living With Lupus
The New York Times bestselling author and Professor Imani Perry shares her story in a new Audible Original
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Nick Cannon Tests Positive for COVID-19, Restores Relationship With ViacomCBS After Anti-Semitic Comments
Nick Cannon—and his turban and mask—have been spotted supporting COVID relief, Black Lives Matter and underserved communities in recent months. Now The Masked Singer host could use a little support of his own, as it was announced this week that Cannon has tested positive for COVID-19, causing him to miss the first several episodes of…
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Thanks to Trump, Lupus Sufferers Are Now Struggling to Get a Crucial Drug
The last time I checked, no one elected a medical doctor—or even a pharmacist—to the presidency in 2016 (or a rational human being, for that matter). But that hasn’t stopped many people from following Trump’s dubious medical advice in the wake of the coronavirus. As the world desperately seeks a method to contain or prevent…
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For Colored Girls Who Don’t Know They’re Struggling
“It looks like melanoma,” my dermatologist said casually as she biopsied a mysterious scar that had developed under my left temple. I was unmoved. I cried when my hairdresser found a bald spot the size of a silver dollar in the middle of my scalp while roller-setting my tightly coiled curls a month before. I…
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Exclusive: ‘You Can’t Buy a Boss’: Nick Cannon on His Split From America’s Got Talent
Nick Cannon looked relaxed as he hosted a listening party for his music artist ItsaMovie, a 20-year-old Atlanta-area native, Tuesday night at M Bar, located on historic Auburn Avenue in Atlanta. Despite reports of his health challenges, Cannon, who just became a dad again to a third child, a son named Golden, looked well. “I…