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Hormone Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs) are Throwing Black Women’s Systems Off

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...

Is Plastic Damaging Black Women’s Health?

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...

Minority patients benefit from having minority doctors, but that’s a hard match to make

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...

Not all calories are equal – a dietitian explains the different ways the kinds of foods you eat matter to your body

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...

Blacks are at higher risk for Alzheimer’s, but why?

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...

Doctors need to talk through treatment options better for black men with prostate cancer

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...