by NIAAH Editors | Apr 23, 2023 | EDC & Black Women
By Essence Maston, PhD & Greg Hall, MDA lot has been written in the news about endocrine-disrupting chemicals, or EDCs. Many of these chemicals are found in shampoo, lotions, conditioners, lipstick, makeup, moisturizers, sunscreens, creams, and much more.It is...
by NIAAH Editors | Apr 23, 2023 | EDC & Black Women, Medical Experts & Research, Our Health
By Essence Maston, PhD & Greg Hall, MDMany of the plastics that we use could be damaging to our health. Do you store food in plastic containers or even wrap food in plastic wraps? Science has shown that small amounts of dangerous chemicals are absorbed by the...
by NIAAH Editors | Feb 6, 2023 | NIAAH Patient Advocacy Services
Ryan Huerto, University of Michigan and Edwin Lindo, University of Washington In today’s America, minority patients still have markedly worse health outcomes than white patients. The differences are greatest for black Americans: Compared to white patients, they are...
by NIAAH Editors | Jan 9, 2023 | NIAAH Scholars, Our Health
Terezie Tolar-Peterson, Mississippi State University A calorie is a calorie is a calorie, at least from a thermodynamic standpoint. It’s defined as the amount of energy needed to raise the temperature of 1 kilogram of water by 1 degree Celsius (2.2 pounds by 1.8...
by NIAAH Editors | Nov 27, 2022 | Medical Experts & Research, Research
Renã A.S. Robinson, Vanderbilt University Blacks are at higher risk for several health conditions in the U.S. This is true for heart disease, hypertension, type 2 diabetes and stroke, which are often chronic diseases. And it is also for Alzheimer’s disease, in which...
by NIAAH Editors | Nov 7, 2022 | Our Health
Rajesh Balkrishnan, University of Virginia and Randy A. Jones, University of Virginia African-American men have the highest risk of being diagnosed with prostate cancer as well as dying from it compared to any other ethnic group in the U.S. This trend has remained...
by NIAAH Editors | Nov 7, 2022 | Medical Experts & Research, NIAAH Patient Advocacy Services
Nikita Wright, Georgia State University When a woman finds a lump in her breast, her doctor’s first move is usually to recommend a biopsy – that is, to remove a small portion of the lump for analysis. If the lump is cancerous, doctors test for three different clinical...
by NIAAH Editors | Jun 7, 2022 | NIAAH Scholars
Ivan Martinez, West Virginia University In an amazing twist of fate, the aggressive cervical cancer tumor that killed Henrietta Lacks, a 31-year old African American mother, became an essential tool that helped the biomedical field flourish in the 20th century. As a...
by NIAAH Editors | May 16, 2022 | Our Health
Loren Henderson, University of Maryland, Baltimore County I spent the 2020 spring break week setting up to teach my college courses online while helping to care for my 14-month-old grandchild, whose daycare had closed. At the same time, I couldn’t help thinking, being...
by NIAAH Editors | Apr 28, 2022 | Our Health
Neil Roberts, Williams College It took less than a nanosecond before The Slap was seen around the world. It took a little longer – about two weeks – before the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to ban Will Smith from appearing at another Oscar awards...