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Black adults are far more likely to get too little sleep and to have insomnia go untreated, and …
Atopic dermatitis is more common and more often severe in Black children and adults, and on darker skin …
Obstructive sleep apnea is common in Black adults and frequently goes undiagnosed, often until the disease is more …
Acid reflux that strikes now and then is common and rarely serious. When heartburn comes back two or …
PrEP is a daily pill or a shot that prevents HIV, and it works about 99 percent of …
About 1 in 13 Black or African American babies is born with sickle cell trait. Trait is not …
Hepatitis C is one of the few serious diseases medicine can fully cure, yet most people who carry …
Black people get melanoma far less often than white people, yet are about three times more likely to …
Fatty liver disease, now called MASLD, is fat buildup in the liver tied to weight, diabetes, and metabolic …
Perimenopause is the years before your final period, when estrogen swings and cycles turn erratic. Black women tend …
Waking up drenched is rarely random. Night sweats that soak through your clothes or bedding have a short …
Black adults develop COPD after fewer years of smoking, get diagnosed later, and land in the hospital more …
Numbness and tingling in your hands or feet, the pins-and-needles feeling, is most often peripheral neuropathy, and diabetes …
Metformin is the standard first medicine for type 2 diabetes, and most of its side effects are mild …
Black adults, and Black women in particular, report more severe arthritis pain and more disability than white adults, …
Without insurance, Novo Nordisk’s own pharmacy sells Ozempic for $149 to $499 a month and Wegovy for $149 …
If you are always tired, the cause may be low iron. Iron-deficiency anemia is common in Black women, …
Prediabetes means your blood sugar runs high but has not crossed into type 2 diabetes. It is common, …
Black women do get osteoporosis. They are screened and treated far less often than white women, are usually …
An enlarged prostate, known medically as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), squeezes the urethra and changes how you urinate. …
Ashiness is the gray or white cast that dry skin leaves on darker tones. It is not a …
Low testosterone is real, but it is also one of the most over-marketed diagnoses in men's health. The …
Dark spots on Black skin are usually post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (PIH): the flat brown, gray, or black marks that …
Black American adults are about 60% more likely than White adults to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, …
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