Black Women and Fibroids: Why Are the Rates So High?

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Black Women and Fibroids: Why Are the Rates So High?

If you’ve been told you have fibroids, you’re not alone. It’s a common condition for all women — with 8 out of 10 developing fibroids by the age of 50. But Black women are three times more likely than white women to get uterine fibroids.

Written by Bernadette Anderson, MD, MPH | Reviewed by Karla Robinson, MD for GoodRx Health
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Healthcare Insecurity and Potentially Even Financial Ruin

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Healthcare Insecurity and Potentially Even Financial Ruin

African Americans and other minorities do not fare well under the current system.

Millions of Americans are uninsured, while others have paper-thin policies that give even less coverage. For those with insurance, skyrocketing premiums and bureaucratic ineptitude are equal sources of frustration for many. We are all one illness or catastrophic accident away from healthcare insecurity and potentially even financial ruin.

By Angela Brooks

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A Plea From Planet Earth

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A Plea From Planet Earth

My Amazon is a blazing inferno–its opulent forest exploited for insatiable desire for wealth. Polar Bears are growling as the ice caps melt and the glaciers vanish. Sea levels are rising, putting your coastal cities in jeopardy. Hurricanes like Dorian, Katrina will be remembered in time as mere Childs play.

It is the very nature of entropy to lead to an eventual state of decay. I have survived the millennia and the ravages of time. Dinosaurs, empires, and false Gods have long turned to dust. I have provided life and relief for entire species yet; mankind you are doing your best to destroy me and therefore yourselves.

By Ola George & Theo Edwards

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Patient Care

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Patient Care

The first thing you do is to ask me for my driver’s license or any legal form of identification as if I would lie and give you the wrong information! Can’t you see I'm coughing up a storm, my face is swollen my eyes red and watery, and you offer me a mask! I wouldn’t give you ‘cooties’ you have people who are sicker than I am, how about the gentleman in the corner vomiting. I don’t see him with a mask, and why is the nurse behind a glass wall! Sick as I am, I’m done. I have an emergency and this, the kind of response I get from the waiting room.

By Katrina Findlay, Contributor

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Psychological, physical and social trauma

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Psychological, physical and social trauma

Human Trafficking is a very important issue facing every nation in the world. It is a crime that hides in plain sight. Thousands of people become victims each year. In many cases, trafficking victims are lured into the system with the promise of legitimate jobs, while others are kidnapped or entrapped in a myriad of ways.

By The Editorial Board

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