According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the first use of alcohol typically begins at age 12.

It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol.

Twenty million more have Chronic Kidney Disease, where patients experience a gradual deterioration of kidney function, the end result of which is kidney failure.

Individuals with kidney disease who are able to obtain treatment early experience a higher quality of life and are able to maintain more of their day-to-day activities, including keeping their jobs.

According to the American Heart Association, the prevalence of hypertension in African Americans in the United States is among the highest in the world.

But 18 years after the passage of the Civil Liberties Act, there still remains unfinished work to completely rectify and close this regrettable chapter in our Nations history.

The good news is that parents are the leading influence on kids decision not to drink alcohol.

Diabetes occurs at twice the rate in the African American community as it does in white Americans.

The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.

As of 2002, two million Latino adults had been diagnosed with diabetes.

According to Teenage Research Unlimited, 51 percent of 13-15 year olds say they will be faced with making a decision regarding alcohol in the next three months.

She had maintained her strength in the face of all this for so long that we had come to take it for granted, but she wasn't bulletproof. She might've been peculiar but she was also human,

Respect is a thing earned, not bought, and a man who lets it be known that he seeks respect will probably never see it bestowed.

Isn't Existence is the only thing that make us feel as ONE.

Lost things never like to be found until they've been forgotten.

We call our rich relatives the kin we love to touch

Misbah is rated far higher outside Pakistan than within. Afridi is rated far higher in Pakistan than outside!

The United States is a violent military state. It's been involved in military action all over the place.

When I first moved to New York I had been trying to work on anything and everything I could. From extra work and commercials to short and student films so I could learn in front of a camera.

Deliberate tactical errors and minor losses are the means by which to bait the enemy.

My musical ambitions are not that great. I make music I like, and thankfully - for my ability to make an (fairly...) honest living - at least some others like the music too.