128 articles published
Mark 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.
Roughly 3 to 4 percent of Black Americans carry a transthyretin gene variant called V122I that can stiffen …
Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection of the upper reproductive tract, usually from untreated chlamydia or gonorrhea, and …
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs, and it is a medical emergency. Black Americans …
Black Americans develop stomach cancer at roughly double the rate of white Americans and die of it nearly …
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe, cyclical mood disorder, not exaggerated PMS, and Black women's symptoms are too …
Pancreatitis is sudden or long-term inflammation of the pancreas, and Black Americans, especially Black men, are hospitalized for …
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory arthritis of the spine that doctors long assumed was rare in Black patients. …
Black women develop Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid, at nearly twice the rate …
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