Enlarged prostate (BPH) in Black men: symptoms, treatment, and how it differs from prostate cancer
An enlarged prostate, known medically as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), squeezes the urethra and changes how you urinate. …
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An enlarged prostate, known medically as benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), squeezes the urethra and changes how you urinate. …
Ashiness is the gray or white cast that dry skin leaves on darker tones. It is not a …
Traction alopecia is the most common preventable cause of hair loss in Black women, and it is reversible …
Low testosterone is real, but it is also one of the most over-marketed diagnoses in men's health. The …
Black American adults are about 60% more likely than White adults to be diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, …
Erectile dysfunction is common, it gets more common with age, and it responds well to treatment. It is …
Fibromyalgia is a real disorder of how the brain and nerves process pain, not weakness and not damage …
Diverticulitis is an infection of small pouches in the colon wall, and it sends thousands of Black adults …
Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable virus that can quietly scar the liver for decades before any symptom shows. …
Kidney stones are climbing fastest in the groups that used to get them least, including Black Americans. Knowing …
Eating disorders are serious mental illnesses, not vanity or a phase, and Black women have them at rates …
Black children, and Black girls most of all, carry the highest childhood obesity rates in the country, and …
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