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Black adults develop systemic sclerosis younger than white patients, are more likely to have the aggressive diffuse form, …
G6PD deficiency affects about 1 in 10 Black American men and stays silent until a drug, an infection, …
Carpal tunnel syndrome is a pinched nerve at the wrist that causes hand numbness, tingling, and weakness. When …
Black men carry the highest lung cancer death rate of any group in the United States, even though …
Black adults with epilepsy are far less likely to reach a specialist, get newer medications, or be offered …
Black Americans get kidney cancer more often and die from it more often, even when the tumor is …
Black Americans develop stomach cancer at roughly double the rate of white Americans and die of it nearly …
Pancreatitis is sudden or long-term inflammation of the pancreas, and Black Americans, especially Black men, are hospitalized for …
Black Americans are not always more likely to get leukemia, but when they do, they are more likely …
Black men get squamous cell esophageal cancer, the type tied to smoking and alcohol, at roughly twice the …
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory arthritis of the spine that doctors long assumed was rare in Black patients. …
Psoriatic arthritis joins joint inflammation to psoriasis, and in Black patients it is diagnosed later, treated less, and …
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause of an underactive thyroid, and it hits women far more than …
Black women develop Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid, at nearly twice the rate …
Black adults with chronic pain are significantly less likely to receive adequate pain treatment. A landmark study published …
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