127 articles published
Zuri Carter 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.
About half of Black adults carry H. pylori, a stomach bacterium that causes most ulcers and is the …
Black women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer less often than white women but die from it at higher …
Black Americans get liver cancer more often than white Americans and are more likely to die from it. …
A panic attack feels like dying, and many Black adults end up in the ER convinced it is …
Multiple sclerosis is not rare in Black Americans. Decades of that myth produced later diagnoses and worse outcomes, …
RSV is the leading cause of infant hospitalization in the United States, and the babies hardest hit are …
A cataract clouds the eye's natural lens and blurs your vision, and it is one of the most …
If you spent your whole life called lazy, scattered, or unmotivated, that may have been undiagnosed ADHD, not …
Gallstones are one of the most common reasons women land in surgery, and two Black-specific risks raise the …
Vitamin B12 deficiency is not the same as iron-deficiency anemia. It causes a different anemia and can damage …
Sjogren's is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the glands that make tears and saliva, and …
G6PD deficiency affects about 1 in 10 Black American men and stays silent until a drug, an infection, …
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