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About 1 in 13 Black or African American babies is born with sickle cell trait. Trait is not …
Anxiety is your body's alarm system firing when there is no real emergency, and it shows up as …
Hepatitis C is one of the few serious diseases medicine can fully cure, yet most people who carry …
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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 …
Polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) is one of the most common hormone conditions in women of reproductive age, yet …
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 …
Depression in Black women is too often pushed through, mislabeled, and left untreated. It can show up less …
Numbness and tingling in your hands or feet, the pins-and-needles feeling, is most often peripheral neuropathy, and diabetes …
That flaky, itchy scalp and the dry patches around your nose, eyebrows, or beard are usually seborrheic dermatitis, …
Black children carry more than double the asthma prevalence of white children and a far higher rate of …
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, …
Paying cash for Ozempic or Wegovy is expensive, but the sticker price is not what most uninsured people …
If you are always tired, the cause may be low iron. Iron-deficiency anemia is common in Black women, …
Melasma is the symmetric brown to gray-brown facial patching driven by sun, heat, and hormones. It is more …
Prediabetes means your blood sugar runs high but has not crossed into type 2 diabetes. It is common, …
High cholesterol raises the risk of heart attack and stroke, and heart disease is the leading cause of …
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 …
Traction alopecia is the most common preventable cause of hair loss in Black women, and it is reversible …
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