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Age-related macular degeneration takes the center of your sight and leaves the edges. It is uncommon among Black …
Gonorrhea is cured by a single injection of ceftriaxone, and that is the whole treatment. The regimen changed …
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 …
A keloid is a raised scar that keeps growing after a wound has healed, spreading past the edge …
There is no routine chlamydia screening recommendation for men in the United States, so a man can carry …
We run the largest verified directory of Black healthcare providers in the US. Here is what the numbers …
Chlamydia almost never causes symptoms in women, so it is caught by a test you request rather than …
Genital herpes is described against red skin in nearly every medical photo, and that is not how it …
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 …
Uveitis is inflammation inside the eye, and it is one of the leading causes of preventable vision loss …
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 …
The HPV vaccine prevents six cancers and works best when given at ages 11 to 12, before any …
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the most common inherited heart disease and a leading cause of sudden cardiac death in …
Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective, most durable treatment for severe obesity and the type 2 …
Postpartum hemorrhage, heavy bleeding after birth, is one of the leading causes of maternal death in the US, …
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