Bariatric Surgery and Black Patients: Who Qualifies Now
Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective, most durable treatment for severe obesity and the type 2 …
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Metabolic and bariatric surgery is the most effective, most durable treatment for severe obesity and the type 2 …
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Black women face infertility at least as often as anyone, and by several measures more often, yet they …
A transplant is the treatment that keeps most people with kidney failure alive longest, yet Black patients wait …
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Black Americans develop kidney failure at a rate four times higher than any other group in the United …
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Black women account for 50% of new HIV diagnoses among all women in the United States, while representing …
The weathering hypothesis, first described by researcher Arline Geronimus, holds that the sustained stress of living in a …
Trichomoniasis ("trich") is the most common curable STI in the United States, and it shows up in nearly …
Black men face higher rates of preventable death from hypertension, prostate cancer, diabetes, and colorectal cancer than any …
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