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The most dangerous part of having a baby is often not labor or delivery. It is the days …
Perimenopause is the years before your final period, when estrogen swings and cycles turn erratic. Black women tend …
Black women do get osteoporosis. They are screened and treated far less often than white women, are usually …
Fibromyalgia is a real disorder of how the brain and nerves process pain, not weakness and not damage …
OCD is not a preference for neatness or a personality quirk. It is an anxiety-related disorder built on …
Sarcoidosis is roughly three times more common in Black Americans than white Americans, and it tends to be …
Uterine cancer is one of the few cancers with rising incidence and rising deaths, and Black women die …
Black women are diagnosed with ovarian cancer less often than white women but die from it at higher …
Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that starts in pregnancy. It usually causes no symptoms, so the glucose …
Gallstones are one of the most common reasons women land in surgery, and two Black-specific risks raise the …
Restless legs syndrome is a treatable neurologic condition, not a quirk or a cramp, and it is closely …
Sjogren's is an autoimmune disease where the immune system attacks the glands that make tears and saliva, and …
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