Chronic Pain in Black Adults: Getting Your Pain Taken Seriously
Black adults with chronic pain are significantly less likely to receive adequate pain treatment. A landmark study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that roughly half of medical trainees held false beliefs about biological differences between Black and white…
Graves' Disease and Hyperthyroidism in Black Women
Black women develop Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid, at nearly twice the rate of white women, yet they are more likely to be diagnosed late and to arrive in crisis. Knowing the symptoms can change how fast you get treated.
Hashimoto's Thyroiditis in Black Women: Missed and Untreated
Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause of an underactive thyroid, and it hits women far more than men. Antibody-positive autoimmune thyroid disease is measured less often in Black women, but the fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog still get dismissed, and Black patients wait longer for a…
Psoriatic Arthritis in Black Patients: Signs, Delays, Care
Psoriatic arthritis joins joint inflammation to psoriasis, and in Black patients it is diagnosed later, treated less, and tends to be more severe. The delay matters: untreated joint inflammation causes permanent damage that early treatment can prevent.
Ankylosing Spondylitis in Black Adults: Missed, Not Rare
Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory arthritis of the spine that doctors long assumed was rare in Black patients. The data say the opposite: it is under-diagnosed in Black Americans, who reach the rheumatologist with more severe disease and more spinal damage already done.
Esophageal Cancer in Black Men: The Disparity to Know
Black men get squamous cell esophageal cancer, the type tied to smoking and alcohol, at roughly twice the rate of white men, and they die from it at nearly twice the rate. They are also diagnosed later and offered surgery far less often. Knowing the early swallowing symptoms is the difference…
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