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Cirrhosis builds silently for years and is usually found late. The two causes that matter most for Black …
Age-related macular degeneration takes the center of your sight and leaves the edges. It is uncommon among Black …
An aortic aneurysm is a bulge in the body's largest artery that can rupture and kill within minutes, …
Black women die of cervical cancer at roughly twice the rate of white women, even though the disease …
Glaucoma is the leading cause of irreversible blindness in Black Americans, who develop the most common form 6 …
Black adults more often show low total vitamin D on standard blood tests, mostly because more melanin slows …
Diabetic retinopathy is the leading cause of blindness in working-age adults, and Black adults with diabetes carry more …
Hepatitis C is one of the few serious diseases medicine can fully cure, yet most people who carry …
Black women do get osteoporosis. They are screened and treated far less often than white women, are usually …
Hepatitis B is a vaccine-preventable virus that can quietly scar the liver for decades before any symptom shows. …
Black children are now identified with autism at higher rates than white children, but they are still diagnosed …
Gestational diabetes is high blood sugar that starts in pregnancy. It usually causes no symptoms, so the glucose …
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