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Black men face higher rates of preventable death from hypertension, prostate cancer, diabetes, and colorectal cancer than any …
Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) is a leading cause of nephrotic syndrome and kidney failure, and it hits Black …
Black adults get the flu shot at lower rates than white adults, yet land in the hospital with …
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Thyroid cancer is diagnosed less often in Black women than white women, yet Black patients are caught at …
Bell's palsy is sudden, usually temporary weakness of one side of the face caused by inflammation of the …
Black Americans are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma less often than white Americans, yet they are diagnosed younger, at …
Black adults carry the highest rate of invasive pneumococcal disease of any group, and it strikes earlier. The …
Inflammatory bowel disease was long treated as a white person's disease. It is rising fastest among Black Americans, …
Black women now get mammograms at the highest rate of any group in the United States, yet they …
Being tired all the time is a real medical signal, not a character flaw or stress you should …
A first visit with a new doctor sets the tone for every appointment after it. These 11 questions …
Head-to-head, tirzepatide (Zepbound, Mounjaro) drives more weight loss than semaglutide (Wegovy, Ozempic). In the direct SURMOUNT-5 trial, tirzepatide …
A thyroid problem often shows up first in your skin, hair, and nails, long before anyone orders a …
Yes, semaglutide works in Black patients. The pivotal trials found no meaningful difference in how much HbA1c or …
The skin is one of the first places diabetes leaves a mark, and many people notice a change …
Those dark, velvety patches on your neck, underarms, or groin are likely acanthosis nigricans, a skin change tied …
Black women are about twice as likely to be diagnosed with triple-negative breast cancer, an aggressive subtype that …
Tinnitus, the ringing, buzzing, or hissing you hear when no outside sound is making it, has no cure, …
Most spinning vertigo comes from loose crystals in the inner ear, and a 60-second bedside maneuver fixes it. …
Hemorrhoids are common and usually harmless, but rectal bleeding is never safe to self-diagnose. Colorectal cancer is more …
Migraine is a neurological disease, not a bad headache, and Black Americans get it at about the same …
Sciatica is nerve pain that shoots from the low back down one leg, and most cases ease within …
Black men in the United States are more than twice as likely to die from prostate cancer as …
Between 45% and 83% of Black men who shave develop pseudofolliculitis barbae (PFB), the clinical name for razor …
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