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Black adults carry the highest rate of invasive pneumococcal disease of any group, and it strikes earlier. The …
Eight former directors and acting directors of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, spanning six presidential administrations …
Tinnitus, the ringing, buzzing, or hissing you hear when no outside sound is making it, has no cure, …
Most spinning vertigo comes from loose crystals in the inner ear, and a 60-second bedside maneuver fixes it. …
Hemorrhoids are common and usually harmless, but rectal bleeding is never safe to self-diagnose. Colorectal cancer is more …
Salt sensitivity means your blood pressure rises more than average when you eat sodium. It is more common …
Black adults develop COPD after fewer years of smoking, get diagnosed later, and land in the hospital more …
Numbness and tingling in your hands or feet, the pins-and-needles feeling, is most often peripheral neuropathy, and diabetes …
Metformin is the standard first medicine for type 2 diabetes, and most of its side effects are mild …
Black adults, and Black women in particular, report more severe arthritis pain and more disability than white adults, …
Diverticulitis is an infection of small pouches in the colon wall, and it sends thousands of Black adults …
About half of Black adults carry H. pylori, a stomach bacterium that causes most ulcers and is the …
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