Health + Wellness
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Losing Weight? Here Are 5 Reasons to Keep Your Muscle – BlackDoctor
When you look at LeBron James or Venus Williams, what do you see? Not only are they incredible athletes who…
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PCOS Has a New Name: Here’s Why That Matters for Black Women – BlackDoctor
After two decades of intermittently lobbying for a name change, members of the medical community have finally gotten a new…
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What Black Americans Need to Know About IBD – BlackDoctor
Photo by Orlando Freire Digestive problems, such as indigestion, stomach pain, and diarrhea, are often dismissed, normalized, or even kept…
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What Triggers a Pain Crisis? How to Reduce Sickle Cell Flare-Ups – BlackDoctor
Living with sickle cell disease (SCD) often means learning one of the hardest lessons early: pain crises don’t always come…
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9 Ways to Make Your Knees Young Again – BlackDoctor
Your knees do a lot more work than most people realize. Every time you walk, climb stairs, squat down, or…
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Trying to Keep Weight Off? Walking 8,500 Steps a Day Could Help – BlackDoctor
Photo by Gustavo Fring About 8,500 steps a day may be the sweet spot for keeping weight off after dieting,…
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5 Ways Binge Watching Affects Your Heart
It’s tempting to binge-watch TV shows, and it might be hard to get off the couch after just one or…
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“Be Your Own Advocate”: One Woman’s 30-Year Fight With Uncontrolled Hypertension – BlackDoctor
Almost half of Americans with high blood pressure do not have it under control. For many, their condition is either…
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Living with HIV: How To Treat HIV Rashes
HIV affects millions of people around the world. Though no one is more at risk for the disease than the…
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5 Best Sunscreens for Black People by Skin Type – BlackDoctor
Sun damage — including sunburn — occurs regardless of skin color. Darkly pigmented skin has the same number of pigment-producing cells…
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