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Weight loss plans are less effective for many Black women − because existing ones often don’t meet their unique needs

People who are obese or overweight are at higher risk of developing several chronic diseases. andreswd/E+ via Getty Images by Loneke Blackman Carr, University of...

Half of Black gay men will be diagnosed with HIV, despite highly effective preventive treatments − why?

Stigma and prejudice make it difficult for Black gay men to access PrEP. Willie B. Thomas/DigitalVision via Getty Images by Oluwafemi Atanda Adeagbo, University of...

‘Lady J,’ Jou-AL Burwell, looking for a live kidney donor ‘

REV. JAMES D. BURWELL, JOU-AL BURWELL, GABRI-ELLE BURWELL I plan on living long and living strong,' Lady J says   As you’re reading this, Jou-AL Burwell, also...

Actress Viola Davis lends support to documentary on Black maternal health

EMMAI ALAQUIVA AND VIOLA DAVIS, IN LOS ANGELES. DAVIS NARRATED THE DOCUMENTARY FILM, “THE EBONY CANAL.”  ‘The Ebony Canal’ to be shown, July 19, at...

Kidneys from Black donors are more likely to be thrown away

Corey Mayes at his New York home on Feb. 10, 2023, after receiving a kidney transplant. Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images − a bioethicist...

14,000 Black patients move up kidney transplant list due to racist testing

Over 14,000 Black patients have been moved up kidney transplant lists following revelations of racist medical testing. One of those patients, 29-year-old Jazmin Evans, was...

Why gunshot injuries disrupt manhood for Black men

by Alexa Spencer,  It used to be that Tariq prided himself on providing for his family, earning enough money to pay for food, the rent,...

FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too

Adobe Stock Photo   by Ronnie Cohen   In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively scheduled to...

FDA’s plan to ban hair relaxer chemical called too little, too late

by Ronnie Cohen, KFF Health News In April, a dozen years after a federal agency classified formaldehyde as a human carcinogen, the Food and Drug Administration is tentatively...

Risk of death related to pregnancy and childbirth more than doubled between 1999 and 2019 in the US, new study finds

by Laura Fleszar, University of Washington; Allison Bryant Mantha, Harvard University; Catherine O. Johnson, University of Washington, and Greg Roth, University of Washington Black women...

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