As deaths from suicide, overdoses, and alcohol abuse rise among Black Americans, experts warn that cultural expectations around masculinity, mistrust of mental health systems, and a shortage of Black providers are preventing many men from getting help before it is too late.
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“Prom is one of those moments every teenager imagines for themselves. When a serious illness enters a teenager’s life, it has a way of taking away the ordinary moments everyone else takes for granted,” said Kelley Morris, president, Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation. “Each year, I’m touched by how quickly these teens transform the moment they walk through the door, excited just to dance and be with their friends. At the heart of our mission at Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital Foundation is making sure our patients and their families have opportunities like this to experience moments of pure joy.”
Nearly 40% of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease by 2030 will be Black or Latino, a reality that places communities already burdened by health disparities at the center of one of the nation’s most urgent medical challenges.
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.
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.