Black Healing
Black healing begins with knowledge. For decades, African Americans have faced a healthcare system that wasn’t built with them in mind — and that gap shows up in outcomes, mistrust, and missed diagnoses. These articles address the barriers, the biology, and the breakthroughs that matter most to Black health today.
Why do health disparities exist if race is a social construct?
Race is a social construct — yet health disparities are real and measurable. Dr. Hall explains how genetics, ancestry, and gaps in care delivery all combine to shape outcomes in modern medicine. A foundational read for understanding Black health.
African Americans fear medication side effects
Why Black patients are more likely to avoid or stop medications — and what the data actually shows about those fears.
Flatbush diabetes: the overlooked form impacting Black communities
A form of diabetes more common in Black patients is routinely misdiagnosed as Type 1 or 2. Understanding it could change treatment entirely.
Gynecomastia vs. pseudo-gynecomastia in African American men
More common in older Black men and often stigmatized into silence. Here’s what lifestyle, hormones, and self-image all have to do with it.
The blood type diet: is it really “precision nutrition” for us?
Social media pushes the blood type diet as personalized medicine. Dr. Hall weighs in on the science — and what actually works for Black patients.
New Year’s resolutions for Black health: give your family the information it needs
Real, actionable health resolutions rooted in what actually matters for African American bodies — from a physician who knows the difference.
Displaced: why African Americans need their own multivitamin
Standard multivitamins weren’t designed with Black nutritional needs in mind. This piece explains the gap — and what to do about it.
Multivitamins may help African Americans avoid Alzheimer’s dementia
New research suggests multivitamin use may reduce dementia risk — and the implications for Black Americans, who face higher rates, are significant.
