Living Well Black
Genetic researchers need to diversify their study populations to include more people of African descent and people with more than one ancestral heritage. According to this article in Science 97% of genetic research has focused on people of European descent. Only 0.9% of research included African and African descended people. Furthermore, genetic researchers exclude people …
Through a nonprofit company named Civica Rx, a group of large hospitals in the U.S.plan to make and sell generic versions of insulin in 2024. Civica Rx’s prices should be only a fraction of today’s list prices for insulin that can range from $125 to $500. High insulin prices have greatly affect Black people who, …
According to a recent study, breast cancer disparities may be related to how Black women’s DNA repairs damaged cells. See https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/breast-cancer-death-rate-in-black-women-does-dna-repair-play-a-role Watts, E., Medical News Today
As of 2019, the number of Black women dying from breast cancer was greater than for lung cancer. At that point breast cancer became the most common type of cancer to cause death for Black women. Source: https://www.cancer.org/latest-news/facts-and-figures-african-american-black-people-2022-2024.html
