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Lindsey Jones is a writer at Black Health. Every article is checked against our published editorial standards, and clinical claims are reviewed by the Black Health Medical Editorial Board.
A standard STI panel checks four infections and quietly leaves out herpes, trichomonas, and every site except the …
A male factor is involved in about half of infertile couples, yet the testing usually starts and stays …
Migraine is about as common in Black adults as in white adults, near 15 percent, but a Black …
There is no routine chlamydia screening recommendation for men in the United States, so a man can carry …
Genital herpes is described against red skin in nearly every medical photo, and that is not how it …
A tension headache feels like a band tightening around your head: dull, pressing, on both sides, and not …
Hives that keep coming back for six weeks or more are chronic urticaria, not an allergy you can …
Uveitis is inflammation inside the eye, and it is one of the leading causes of preventable vision loss …
The HPV vaccine prevents six cancers and works best when given at ages 11 to 12, before any …
Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective, most durable treatment for severe obesity and the type 2 …
A transplant is the treatment that keeps most people with kidney failure alive longest, yet Black patients wait …
Black women account for 50% of new HIV diagnoses among all women in the United States, while representing …
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