Black Women Are More at Risk for Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis is more common in the Black community than we once thought....
How To Overcome The Cost Of Care
CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden weighs in on racial health disparities and health care....
Breast Cancer Studies Take Aim at Racial Disparities
Researchers want to better understand why Black women are more likely to die from this disease....
African-Americans Are No Strangers to Health Disparities
The CDC says that infant mortality, obesity, diabetes, cancer and heart disease top the list....
Chicago's Health Disparities Are Based on Location, Not Income
Study finds that racial segregation may be the key to Chicago’s health crisis....
California Lawmakers Probe Racial Health Disparities
California state legislators have convened public hearings to examine the disparities in health and...
Billboards in Brooklyn Break Down Racial Disparities
A series of ads at Brooklyn bus stops aims to break down and highlight racial disparities about sto...
American Money: The Economic Origins of Racism
With bold investments in infrastructure, education, health care, public sector jobs, and anti-discr...
Racial Battle Fatigue Is Literally Making Black Americans Sick
New research suggests that the impact of racial discrimination on African-Americans is similar to t...
Planned Parenthood: Blight or Blessing of the Black Community?
When a sensitive topic like abortion comes into play, the facts can get often get lost. So what’s t...
Black, Poor Living Dramatically Shorter Lives Than Others
Posted March 24, 2008 – Living poor is increasingly more deadly than living affluently, according t...
Commentary: Black America With and Without Health-Care Reform
Based on the results of a National Health Interview Survey, experts have ascertained that more than...
Black Physicians to Recruit Blacks for Medical School
Physicians Medical Forum (PMF) will host a day-long, tuition-free seminar to encourage the increase...
Commentary: What Paul Ryan Means for Black Women’s Health
The Republican vice presidential nominee’s stance on reproductive health issues could have disastro...
African-Americans More Likely to Be Readmitted to Hospital
Older African-Americans are more likely than their white counterparts to be readmitted to the hospi...
North Carolina Senate Rewrites Racial Justice Act
Just two years after passing the Racial Justice Act, which allows death-row inmates to use statisti...
Urban League: Health, jobs legislation fall short
Urban League: Health | jobs legislation fall short...
Members of Congress Tell Obama Health Care 'Coverage Is Not Enough'
Minority lawmakers want President Obama to take in to account the gap in quality health care availa...
Top Influencers In Medicine | Body and Soul
(www.BlackDoctor.org) -- Black History Month is a time to celebrate our past, as well as our presen...
Commentary: Herman Cain Is Wrong About Planned Parenthood
Far from being an agent of "genocide," as Herman Cain outrageously charges, Planed Parenthood helps...
