African American health
World Alzheimer’s Month: Why Starting the Conversation About Memory Matters
September is World Alzheimer’s Month, dedicated to the global education, discussion, and awareness of how the disease affects the lives of many ind...
- Trish Tabor
World Sickle Cell Day and Juneteenth Highlight a Continuing Health Equity Challenge for Black Americans
As communities across the United States celebrate Juneteenth on June 19th, health advocates are also marking another important observance that fall...
- Jessica Wilson
Alzheimer’s Awareness Month Highlights Growing Crisis for Black Americans
As Alzheimer’s Awareness Month begins, health advocates and researchers are drawing renewed attention to a troubling reality: Black Americans conti...
- Jessica Wilson
Cancer and Black History in the United States
Cancer continues to exact a disproportionate toll on Black Americans decades after the civil rights era reshaped the nation’s social landscape, med...
- Jessica Wilson
Family Dynamics Shape Diabetes Self-Management for Food-Insecure Black Adults
A new qualitative study suggests that for African American adults living with type 2 diabetes and food insecurity, “self-management” rarely happens...
- Subash Kafle
Don’t Wait: 5 Screenings Every Black Adult Should Ask About Now
In the journey toward health equity, early detection is one of our strongest tools. For African American communities, where chronic conditions and ...
- Subash Kafle
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