Topic: Preventative Care
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…
Can Better Nutrition Lower STD Risk in African Americans? What the Evidence Shows
Do you keep getting STD infections? Do you have trouble with recurrent sexually transmitted disease (STD) infections? Is bacterial vaginosis a recurring problem? African Americans have the highest reported rates of HIV, gonorrhea, chlamydia, and genital herpes in the country,…
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…
Low Potassium and African Americans
Potassium doesn’t get enough credit as a very beneficial nutrient to good health and potassium deficiency (low potassium) has been directly related to high blood pressure, heart problems, diabetes, muscle weakness, fatigue, and much more. Multiple studies have confirmed that…
Vitamin D Deficiency is Associated with Stroke Risk in African Americans
Recent studies have found a correlation between vitamin D deficiency and stroke risk as well as stroke severity. A study just published found that people with the highest vitamin D levels had fewer strokes and if they had a stroke,…
Multivitamins May Help African Americans Avoid Alzheimer’s Dementia
A new study is showing benefit from taking a multivitamin once a day in slowing the progression of dementia in older individuals. It has long been known that vitamin D deficiency is directly linked to Alzheimer’s Dementia and African Americans…
Continued Smoking After Cancer Raises Recurrence Risk
African American cancer survivors should make a deliberate effort to quit smoking. Continuing to smoke after a cancer diagnosis raises the risk of cancer recurrence and second cancers, and can make treatment less effective. A study from Wayne State in…
Displaced: Why African Americans Need Their Own Multivitamin.
As descendants of Africa, African Americans were genetically adapted to best survive in a hot, sunny, mineral-rich land. The continent of Africa is known for its fertile land and is renowned as the “richest continent in the world” in terms…
