Living Well Black
Ever hear this at the pool or the beach? “We don’t need sunblock honey, Black people don’t get skin cancer.” Or “our skin protects us from the sun!” Although It’s true that the melanin in darker skin provides some sun protection, it cannot prevent all skin damage. That’s why it’s important to protect your skin …
Uterine fibroids are non cancerous growths that develop in or around the uterus and affect millions of women worldwide. Although fibroids afflict women of any age or ethnic background, research studies reveal an alarming disparity in fibroid rates in Black women when compared to other racial and ethnic groups. According to a study published in …
For certain cancers, like colorectal cancer and breast cancer, Black men and women are more likely to get the disease and more likely to die from it than people in other racial groups. Why? The reasons are complex, but partly because colorectal cancer is less likely to be prevented or detected early by screening, when …
Covid-19’s Terrible Toll on Black Community Reflects Systemic and Interpersonal Racism in the U.S. by Maya Grabowsky, Guest Blogger Many people were not familiar with the phrase “disparities in healthcare” until the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic when Black people had the highest rates of “infection and hospitalization and death” from the virus. See …
COVID-19 has had a terrible impact in the Black community, including illnesses, hospitalizations, job losses, loss of health insurance and many other devastating challenges. During the pandemic, a much higher percentage of the people hospitalized were Black (44%) and Hispanic or Latino (36%) than were white (16%).[1] Black households were hit hard because Black families …
