Will the Senate Act Now to Ensure that Children are Better Not Worse Off After Health Reform?
Written by Marian Wright Edelman, President (Children\'s Defense Fund) 17 December 2009
Will the Senate Act Now to Ensure that Children are Better Not Worse Off After Health Reform? If the Senate doesn't take a stand for children in the next days or weeks, our worst fears could clearly come ... read more >>
What's the Little-Known Story Handel and Bach Share?
Written by Sentinel News Service 17 December 2009
What's the Little-Known Story Handel and Bach Share?MADISON, Wis. -The beautiful strains of George Frideric Handel's Messiah and Johann Sebastian Bach's Christmas Oratorio evoke a very different picture ... read more >>
Community Leaders complete CDU Academic Boot Camp
Written by Sentinel News Service 17 December 2009
                       Community Leaders complete CDU Academic Boot Camp  Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science congratulated ... read more >>
Master of My Fate, Captain of My Soul
Written by Phil Wilson 17 December 2009
Master of My Fate, Captain of My SoulPhil WilsonIn Clint Eastwood’s latest film, Invictus—Latin for “unconquered”—Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) gives a copy of William ... read more >>
Four LU Students Team Up to Graduate
Written by Sentinel News Service 17 December 2009
“Four LU Students Team Up to Graduate”L to R – Bruce Palmore, IV, Tevin Jones, Dr. JoAnn W. Haysbert, Terrill Jones, and Keymarian Washington PHOTO CREDITS-MIKE MULCAHY  Langston, ... read more >>
BLACK COLLEGE EXPO RETURNS TO LOS ANGELES
Written by Sentinel News Service 17 December 2009
Theresa Price BLACK COLLEGE EXPO RETURNS TO LOS ANGELESSATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 2010 The Black College Expo returns to Los Angeles for its eleventh year.  The expo will take place on Saturday, January ... read more >>
Radiation Overdose
Written by Sentinel News Service 10 December 2009
Radiation OverdoseThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration has widened its investigation into radiation overdoses that patients have received from a type of brain scan, suggesting the problem may be nationwide, ... read more >>
Doctor Making a Difference in Honduras Health Care System
Written by Sentinel Staff Report 10 December 2009
Doctor Making a Difference in Honduras Health Care SystemDr. Luther Castillo Harry has a heart as large as his home country of Honduran, which is why he has put so much effort into the health care system ... read more >>
December 1st is Black HIV Awareness Day for me!
Written by Sentinel News Service 03 December 2009
December 1st is Black HIV Awareness Day for me!Tony WaffordBy Tony R. Wafford Twenty eight years into the HIV/AIDS pandemic and still today in the United States, HIV/AIDS is a health crisis in Black America.  ... read more >>
LADWP Holiday Light Festival-December 3-December 30, 2009
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
LADWP Holiday Light Festival-December 3-December 30, 2009It just wouldn’t be the holidays without the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power’s Holiday Light Festival. You and your family ... read more >>
'Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat'
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
'Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat'In her memoir, Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat, (August, 2009, Independent Publishers Group) author Stephanie Covington-Armstrong vividly describes her struggle ... read more >>
About Not All Black Girls
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
About Not All Black GirlsIn her memoir, Not All Black Girls Know How to Eat, (August, 2009, Independent Publishers Group) author Stephanie Covington-Armstrong vividly describes her struggle as a black ... read more >>
Spread Joy, Not Germs, During Holidays
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
Spread Joy, Not Germs, During HolidaysBefore you go over the river and through the woods to grandmother's house this holiday season, consider what a University of Wisconsin-Madison infectious-disease specialist ... read more >>
Local Healthcare Practice Helps Patients Quit Smoking
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
Local Healthcare Practice Helps Patients Quit Smoking for $10 in honor of lung cancer awareness month  Free treatments on November 19th for the Great American Smokeout Elements Total Health is honoring ... read more >>
Councilmember Finishes Renovations on Final Library in District
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
Councilmember Finishes Renovations on Final Library in DistrictCouncilmember Bernard C. Parks Councilmember Bernard C. Parks recently re-opened the Angeles Mesa Branch Library in the Crenshaw neighborhood ... read more >>
South L.A. Fourth Graders Judge Science Exhibits
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
CAPTION: South L.A. Fourth Graders Judge Science Exhibits YOUNG SCIENTIST AT WORKIn a twist on the traditional science fair, fourth grade students from Foster and Carver Elementary Schools will judge biomedical ... read more >>
Sheriff Bacca Visits Lynwood High School Football Team
Written by Sentinel News Service 19 November 2009
Sheriff Bacca Visits Lynwood High School Football Team   - Nick Koza for Sentinel Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca (Center) paid a special visit to the Lynwood High School Varsity football ... read more >>
Barbershop Hosts Health Screenings
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor) 05 November 2009
Barbershop Hosts Health ScreeningsBy Jason LewisThe Diabetic Amputation Prevention (DAP) Foundation has come up with a very clever way to make sure that members of our community know what their health ... read more >>
Vitamin D deficiency in Prediabetes
Written by Sentinel News Service 05 November 2009
Vitamin D deficiency in Prediabetes Vitamin D is an important hormone that not only regulates calcium but has many other beneficial actions. Theodore Friedman, M.D, Ph.D., Chairman of Medicine and Chief ... read more >>
Lupus Patients Reduce Stress to Avoid Flare Ups
Written by Sandra Jordan (Special to the NNPA from the St. Louis American) 05 November 2009
Lupus Patients Reduce Stress to Avoid Flare Ups By Sandra JordanSpecial to the NNPA from the St. Louis American(NNPA) - Sometimes the body's immune system can turn on itself, attacking its own tissues ... read more >>
5,000 Expected at Annual United Way Homewalk
Written by Sentinel News Service 05 November 2009
5,000 Expected at Annual United Way Homewalk City officials to Kick Off Event to End Homelessness in LA CountyPart of United Way's campaign to end poverty in LA County, HomeWalk is a 5k walk to raise public ... read more >>
"Aging-in-Place" is a Priority for Most Older Americans
Written by George Rowan (NNPA Special Commentary) 05 November 2009
"Aging-in-Place" is a Priority for Most Older AmericansBy George RowanNNPA Special Commentary (NNPA) - Wouldn't it be nice to be able to click your heels and get your wish? For most older Americans, ... read more >>
USC President to Retire Next August
Written by Sentinel News Service 05 November 2009
USC President to Retire Next August CNS--The president of USC officially announced today he will retire next August after nearly 19 years at the helm of the university.Steven B. Sample, who is credited ... read more >>
Senator Romero takes on the "toughest assignment of all" in California schools
Written by Sentinel News Service 05 November 2009
Senator Romero takes on the "toughest assignment of all" in California schoolsSenate hearing at Locke High School focused on how to turn around low-performing schoolsState Senator Gloria Romero, chair ... read more >>
College Fair at Westchester High School
Written by Jason Lewis (Sports Editor) 29 October 2009
College Fair at Westchester High SchoolStudents and parents were able to receive important information about college at Westchester High School's college fair.- Jason Lewis for Sentinel  By Jason Lewis Sentinel ... read more >>

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