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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 …
Postpartum hemorrhage, heavy bleeding after birth, is one of the leading causes of maternal death in the US, …
Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective, most durable treatment for severe obesity and the type 2 …
Naloxone reverses an opioid overdose in minutes, it is sold over the counter without a prescription, and it …
Black women face infertility at least as often as anyone, and by several measures more often, yet they …
Black women account for 50% of new HIV diagnoses among all women in the United States, while representing …
Black patients wait longer in emergency departments, receive less pain medication, and leave without being seen at higher …
The weathering hypothesis, first described by researcher Arline Geronimus, holds that the sustained stress of living in a …
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of five risk factors that, together, raise the risk of heart disease and …
Black Americans develop kidney failure at a rate four times higher than any other group in the United …
A transplant is the treatment that keeps most people with kidney failure alive longest, yet Black patients wait …
Trichomoniasis ("trich") is the most common curable STI in the United States, and it shows up in nearly …
You are hiring an advocate. A doula is the person in the room who speaks up when the …
A doula is a trained, non-clinical support person who stays with you through pregnancy, labor, and the weeks …
National HIV Testing Day falls on June 27. In Black communities, where 38 percent of new HIV diagnoses …
Finding the right doula starts with knowing where to look and what to verify. This guide walks you …
On June 19, 1865, Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas to announce freedom to the last enslaved Black …
About one in three Black women carries HSV-2, the virus behind genital herpes, and most do not know …
Black men face higher rates of preventable death from hypertension, prostate cancer, diabetes, and colorectal cancer than any …
In many states, yes: Medicaid now covers doula care, and for eligible patients the out-of-pocket cost is zero. …
Social anxiety disorder is a persistent, treatable fear of being judged in social situations, and it is under-diagnosed …
Black Americans are diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma less often than white Americans, yet they are diagnosed younger, at …
An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the body's largest artery that can rupture and kill within minutes, …
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