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Bladder pain that builds as you fill and eases after you go, with urine cultures that keep coming …
Cirrhosis builds silently for years and is usually found late. The two causes that matter most for Black …
Migraine is about as common in Black adults as in white adults, near 15 percent, but a Black …
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Chronic constipation is usually a medication problem, a pelvic floor problem, or a thyroid or diabetes problem that …
If you have diabetes and live with nausea, vomiting, or feeling full after a few bites, your stomach …
Tinea is a group of common fungal infections of the skin, scalp, feet, and groin. Scalp ringworm (tinea …
A tension headache feels like a band tightening around your head: dull, pressing, on both sides, and not …
Leaking, sudden urges, and waking up to pee are common for Black women, but they are not a …
Celiac disease is real in Black adults, and the belief that it is a white-only condition keeps Black …
Hives that keep coming back for six weeks or more are chronic urticaria, not an allergy you can …
Frozen shoulder is shoulder pain and stiffness that builds until you cannot raise your arm or reach behind …
That sharp heel pain on your first steps out of bed is usually plantar fasciitis, and it gets …
Black adults carry the highest rates of allergen sensitization in the country, yet seasonal allergies go diagnosed and …
Tuberculosis is not a disease of the past. The United States recorded 10,388 TB cases in 2024, and …
Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective, most durable treatment for severe obesity and the type 2 …
Naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in minutes, it is sold over the counter without a prescription, and it …
Black patients wait longer in emergency departments, receive less pain medication, and leave without being seen at higher …
Black women account for 50% of new HIV diagnoses among all women in the United States, while representing …
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of five risk factors that, together, raise the risk of heart disease and …
Black Americans develop kidney failure at a rate four times higher than any other group in the United …
The weathering hypothesis, first described by researcher Arline Geronimus, holds that the sustained stress of living in a …
A transplant is the treatment that keeps most people with kidney failure alive longest, yet Black patients wait …
National HIV Testing Day falls on June 27. In Black communities, where 38 percent of new HIV diagnoses …
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce freedom to the last enslaved Black …
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