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Health Over Profit
The history of organized modern health education goes back just a few decades. However, the entire field of health education and...
Susan L. Hendrix
Jun 12, 20232 min read
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May Is Lupus Awareness Month
An inflammatory disease caused when the immune system attacks its own tissues. Lupus (SLE) can affect the joints, skin, kidneys, blood...
Susan L. Hendrix
May 1, 20231 min read
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Dilemma of immunosuppression and infection risk in systemic lupus erythematosus
Patients with SLE are at high risk of various infections as evidenced by a number of studies. The main determinants of infection in SLE...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 24, 20233 min read
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Patient Adherence In Underserved Communities
Although the issue of patient adherence to treatment in underserved communities and especially with those of color has always been an...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 19, 20235 min read
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Be More Engaged in Your Health
Be More Engaged in Your Healthcare Tips for Patients Here are some tips to use before, during, and after your medical appointment to make...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 17, 20232 min read
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The One Topic We Don't Want To Think About.
No one really wants to think or even talk about when he/she can no longer do for themselves. But, at some point in life we all must...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 17, 20233 min read
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Chronic Pain It's Not All In Your Head
Have you ever had to live your life in pain? I do each and every day. I have been told by doctors that it is all in your head, and I...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 14, 20232 min read
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Health and Economic Benefits of Chronic Disease Interventions
Chronic diseases are the leading causes of illness, disability, and death in the United States. They are also the leading drivers of our...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20233 min read
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Mental Health is Health
Mental health in the United States has been pushed back for decades. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2019) asserts that,...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20233 min read
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Tjalma Syndrome A Rare Manifestation of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Tjalma syndrome, also known as pseudo-pseudo Meigs' syndrome, is a rare manifestation of conditions in patients with systemic lupus...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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Another Health Episode
We all know that having an autoimmune illness such as SLE (Lupus) is unpredictable. Most of us who have this illness never know from one...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20233 min read
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Cognitive Decline
Self-reported cognitive decline varies among racial and ethnic groups, with the lowest among Asian and Pacific Islander adults and the...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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Social Factors Impact Those with Lupus
Social determinants of health (SDH) are defined as the conditions in which people are born, grow, work, live, and age. In a new study,...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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The More You Know About Autoimmune Polyendocrine Syndrome
Autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome (APS) is a group of rare diseases characterized by autoimmune activity against more than one endocrine...
Susan L. Hendrix
Apr 13, 20231 min read
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Equity vs Inequity in Healthcare for African Americans
Over the past years we have heard about the inequities that exists amongst those who are underserved. Basically, I'm referring to those...
Susan L. Hendrix
Dec 28, 20222 min read
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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an annual campaign to raise awareness about the impact of breast cancer. Black women are twice...
Susan L. Hendrix
Oct 20, 20222 min read
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Inequalities in Healthcare for Disabled Individuals
#inequality #healthcare #disabled #chronicillness The poor mental and physical health of people with disabilities has been well...
Susan L. Hendrix
Jul 30, 20223 min read
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Is It Lupus or Not?
We know that lupus is so very unpredictable, and you never know when and where it will strike. I woke up one morning in excruciating...
Susan L. Hendrix
Jul 13, 20223 min read
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Lupus and Non Hodgkins Lymphoma
The Complexity Of Living With Lupus Susan L. Hendrix, MHA, Ph.d I can only speak for myself about living with a chronic illness called...
Susan L. Hendrix
Dec 2, 20212 min read
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Lupus and Fossa Rosenmuller
Susan L. Hendrix, MHA, Ph.D. September 01, 2021 Have you heard the term Fossa Rosenmuller Mass? Well, I recently had a scan performed,...
Susan L. Hendrix
Sep 1, 20212 min read
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