Like many chronic diseases, some groups, including African Americans, have a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes ...

Cigarette smokers metabolize caffeine more rapidly than nonsmokers ...

ex-cons is seen as significant because this population is generally in worse health than the overall population. ...

Black people living with HIV/AIDS who are considering treatment ...

In this issue we’ll begin a series that takes a harder look at that story and some of its implications for Black people, starting with a look at what an HIV “cure” means. ...

The history of limited educational attainment unfavorably translates into the absence of employment opportunities, negative encounters with the judicial system and elevated Black male mortality ...

New Health Law Takes Hold ...

This means that there are more STD infections than jobs created in the US. A full 50 percent of the infections occurred among those in the 15 – 24 year old age bracket ...

dental practice, where close to 7,000 people that have been visiting over the past six years may have been exposed to hepatitis and HIV ...

After doing additional research, they found that the girl had a parasite in her eye that had latched onto her lens. The parasite then began to eat through the girl’s eye, nearly making her blind in the process ...