There is a physical cost that lives in our body and keeps us on alert. When people repeatedly witness erasure, exclusion, or the rewriting of history, the body responds as if this danger is near even when the threat is not immediate or visible. Chronic stress activates the nervous system, increasing inflammation, disrupting sleep, elevating blood pressure, and weakening our immune response. Over time, this contributes to the very health disparities Black communities are already navigating. This is not about being “too sensitive.” It is about how the human body responds to prolonged uncertainty, vigilance, and loss of safety cues. There is a mental and emotional cost to this unnamed process.
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How Broward Health’s Occupational Therapists Help Patients Reclaim Their Lives After a Stroke
There’s a persistent gap in healthcare performance among Black, Hispanic, Asian American and Native American patients in Florida and their white counterparts.
Americans are consuming ultra-processed foods at staggering levels, and a newly released report warns the products are fueling rising rates of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular disease, depression, and other chronic illnesses across the country, including in the District of Columbia.
The Trump administration’s move to reclassify marijuana from Schedule I to Schedule III marks a major shift for the medical cannabis industry, with implications for taxation, research, insurance coverage, and patient access. While marijuana remains federally illegal unless Congress acts, the new classification recognizes accepted medical use and lowers regulatory barriers.
As summer vacations nears and the opportunity for travel increases, measles cases in Florida and across the United States continue to rise.
She and a group of nurses three years ago noticed something about the personal care products the hospital supplies for patients. Black families weren’t using them.
Mindset expert Michelle Bryant Johnson has spent more than 25 years helping individuals and organizations navigate leadership, emotional wellness and personal growth. Through her work in workforce development, coaching and community advocacy, the Atlanta-based expert has become known for empowering people to transform fear, self-doubt and grief into confidence and purpose.
Keiva Cheney’s life changed overnight when she was unexpectedly diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes. According to the Mayo Clinic, the sources and causes of the condition are unknown. For Cheney, it quickly became a way of life.
Today marks the third annual APOL1-Mediated Kidney Disease (AMKD) Awareness Day, a day established by the American Kidney Fund (AKF) to encourage others to be “APOL1 Aware” by educating communities about this genetic form of rapidly progressing kidney disease. Support for AMKD Awareness Day is provided by Vertex Pharmaceuticals Incorporated.