Rates of HIV infection are disproportionately high among young women of color, especially those who are members of the working poor and, ... Read More
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Winning The Fight Against Diabetes
(BlackDoctor.org) The statistics are staggering. More than 18 million people--6 percent of the U.S. population--have diabetes. Of those, it ... Read More
Diabetes And Obesity
(BlackDoctor.org) Obesity has reached near epidemic proportions in the United States. Obesity rate are high among African Americans, ... Read More
African Americans And Diabetes
(BlackDoctor.org) -- You can get diabetes if your body does not use insulin right. Insulin changes the sugars in food into energy. Type 1 ... Read More
Q&A: Alcohol and Diabetes
Enjoying life is important, no matter what age you are or condition you have. One of our users asked a question that many others are ... Read More
Why Sex Education Also Belongs in the Home
Imagine the one day your child comes home and asks you, point-blank, what intercourse means. What do you say? Well, there's always the ... Read More
Fibroids Vs. Black Women: 4 Strategies To Win
For black women, uterine fibroids pose a particular menace. They occur more often than in their white counterparts, develop sooner and grow ... Read More