Topic: African Americans
Stronger, Healthier Nails for Black Women: What Really Helps
Black women take pride in their appearance, right down to the smallest details. Fingernails and toenails are part of that look. Many of my patients want nails that are strong and attractive, and also distinctly their own. Yet many Black…
Breast Cancer in Black Women: Prevention & Precision Care
Getting breast cancer less, but dying from it more Black women get breast cancer slightly less often than white women, yet they die from it at a much higher rate. How is that? This is a “classic” health disparity: less…
“PVD”- Peripheral Vascular Disease & African Americans
"My Legs are Tired" People who experience poor circulation often see changes in the color of the skin of their legs and encounter problems walking long distances. As one person described, "I have to sit down because my legs get…
Heart Disease & the Black Community
African Americans have the worst heart and stroke outcomes of any group in the United States. African Americans are at higher risk than white Americans for heart disease, as shown by: High blood pressure, or hypertension, is a serious health…
Magnesium Deficiency and African American Health
9 out of 10 Older Black Adults Have Low Magnesium Minerals like magnesium are vital to maintaining good health, and magnesium specifically plays a key role in controlling diabetes and promoting healthy blood vessels. Unfortunately, many people are not aware…
Increased Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in African Americans Linked to Poorer Nutrition
STD Infections? Do you have trouble with recurrent sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections? Is bacterial vaginitis a recurrent problem? African Americans have the highest rate of HIV, chlamydia, gonorrhea, herpes, and bacterial vaginitis in the country while not having much…
Bacterial Vaginosis in Black Women: Causes, Vitamin D and Precision Care
Bacterial vaginosis is not a classic STD, but sex plays a role Bacterial vaginosis (BV), often called bacterial vaginitis, is an imbalance of the bacteria that normally live in the vagina. In a national survey of women ages 14 to…
The Unique Vitamin Needs of African Americans over 50
Because of the increased number of diseases in African Americans over age 50, there are a number of critical vitamin and mineral deficiencies that may be contributing to the increased disease and the premature deaths that we see. As we…
Colon Cancer in African Americans
Colon cancer has been called “the disease no one has to die from,” but African Americans continue to have the highest occurrence and the highest death rate compared to other racial/ethnic groups. Studies show that a Black man is 24 percent…
Elevated CK in African Americans: This May Not Be a Problem
Creatine kinase (CK) is an enzyme found mainly in muscle cells and heart cells, with small amounts in brain cells. Cells release CK into the bloodstream when they are damaged and during normal cell turnover. Many Black men have been…
