By Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer If you visit the Atlanta Fibroid Center website, you will see pages of testimonials from mostly Black women who no longer live a miserable existence of heavy bleeding, unbearable cramps and planning their lives around their periods. Dr. John Lipman, the center’s founder and medical director, has made it […]
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Prioritizing mental health in the Black community
By Gene LambeySpecial to the AFRO In today’s culture, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, focus on mental health has risen for people of color. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines mental health as feelings that “includes our emotional, psychological and social well-being…it affects how we think, feel, and act.” Dr. Regina James, […]
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The Hartford’s New Study: Black U.S. Workers Face Greater Barriers To Mental Health Support At Work
HARTFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jul 20, 2023–New research by The Hartford and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) found Black U.S. workers face greater barriers to mental health support in the workplace compared with white, Hispanic/Latino, and Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) U.S. workers. Black U.S. workers were more likely to rate their mental health as […]
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Celebrating inclusivity during Disability Pride Month
By Mylika Scatliffe AFRO Women’s Health Writer Wesley Hamilton had just turned 24 years old when a gun cut him down, forever relegating him to a wheelchair. He had just celebrated his birthday just five days before multiple bullets pierced his abdomen, rendering him a paraplegic. Years later he met his assailant face to face and […]
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Maternal deaths in the US more than doubled over two decades. Black mothers died at the highest rate
By Laura Ungar Maternal deaths across the U.S. more than doubled over the course of two decades, and the tragedy unfolded unequally. Black mothers died at the nation’s highest rates, while the largest increases in deaths were found in American Indian and Native Alaskan mothers. And some states — and racial or ethnic groups within […]
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Most states have seen an increase in nursing licenses. So why are there still shortages?
by Lauren Liebhaber Canva A population’s health depends on and reflects the capacity of its health care system. The U.S. health care system is facing a shortage of doctors and nurses. As a result, almost 100 million Americans live in primary health care shortage areas where staffing doesn’t meet demand. A rapidly aging and ailing […]
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June 27 is National HIV Testing Day. Do you know your status?
By Special to the AFRO Washington D.C. will celebrate National HIV Testing Day on June 27, 2023. It is important for residents who may have been affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Washington D.C., Maryland and Virginia (DMV) areas get tested at their local testing site. HIV, the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency […]
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Breaking down racial disparities in diabetes prevalence
Andrey_Popov // Shutterstock Diabetes is a disease about which there are countless myths, misconceptions, and even moral judgments. Widespread cultural beliefs about who develops diabetes—as well as how and why—contribute to stigma and shame around the illness while obscuring its real, and very troubling, social determinants. To many, diabetes—particularly Type 2—is associated with bad decision-making: […]
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National HIV Testing Day is June 27: what to know about HIV in 2023
by Mylika ScatliffeAFRO Women’s Health Writer June 27 is National HIV Testing Day (NHTD). The annual event has been organized since 1995 by the United States Department of Health and Human Service to encourage people to regularly test for HIV, know their status, and seek care and treatment. The 2023 theme for NHTD is “Take […]
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Too Many Older Black Men Are Dying After Surgery
by Alexa Spencer, Word In Black A UCLA study found that Black men between ages 65 and 99 are more likely to die within 30 days of an operation. The purpose of surgery is to solve an otherwise daunting medical issue — but that only works if the patient survives. While most people live well past […]
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New AARP report finds disparities in longevity could cost 1.6 trillion in 2030
By BlackPressUSA A new report from AARP found that the annual economic cost of disparities in America could reach $1.6 trillion in 2030. That totals 5.1 percent of the projected gross domestic product (GDP), which would be equivalent to the combined economy size of both Massachusetts and Virginia in 2030. The report, Our Collective Future: […]
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High School Teacher Arrested For Sexual Abuse
By Mark F. Gray, AFRO Staff Writer, mgray@afro.com Thomas Barber, 29, a teacher at Bladensburg High School, has been arrested and charged with sexually abusing a student twice in a one-month span, according to police reports. The Prince George’s County Police Department was notified on Oct. 10 after the student reported that Barber engaged in sexual contact […]