Pulmonary Embolism in Black Adults: Signs You Cannot Ignore
A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs, and it is a medical emergency. Black Americans …
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A pulmonary embolism is a blood clot in the lungs, and it is a medical emergency. Black Americans …
Black adults with epilepsy are far less likely to reach a specialist, get newer medications, or be offered …
Black Americans get kidney cancer more often and die from it more often, even when the tumor is …
Black Americans develop stomach cancer at roughly double the rate of white Americans and die of it nearly …
Peripartum cardiomyopathy is heart failure that starts in late pregnancy or the months after delivery. Black women develop …
Black Americans, especially Black men, are diagnosed with schizophrenia at roughly three to four times the rate of …
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe, cyclical mood disorder, not exaggerated PMS, and Black women's symptoms are too …
Black women carry a higher risk of miscarriage and stillbirth than white women, and the gap holds even …
Black women carry a higher rate of ectopic pregnancy and a far higher risk of dying from one. …
Pancreatitis is sudden or long-term inflammation of the pancreas, and Black Americans, especially Black men, are hospitalized for …
Black Americans are not always more likely to get leukemia, but when they do, they are more likely …
Black men get squamous cell esophageal cancer, the type tied to smoking and alcohol, at roughly twice the …
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