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Prescription for Change: Promoting Health Equity on Chicago’s South Side

Special Contributor - August 18, 2024

By Dr. Daria Brooks Terrell As a surgeon practicing on the South Side, I often have to consider social factors that have little to do...

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Understanding and Managing Chronic Diseases: A Guide for the Black Community

Marshelle Sanders - July 29, 2024

When you think of chronic diseases, consider conditions like heart attacks, cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure—illnesses that we or our families may have...

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South Side Healthy Community Organization to Host Inaugural Health Fair

Site Editor - June 21, 2024

The South Side Healthy Community Organization is excited to announce its first-ever Community Empowerment Health Fair, a free event designed to bring vital health...

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Lung cancer is the deadliest of all cancers, and screening could save many lives − if more people could access it

The Conversation - May 9, 2024

Lung cancer screening typically involves a low-dose CT scan. Adobe Stock Photo by Nina Thomas, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus Many medical organizations have been...

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FDA misses deadline to ban cancerous ingredients in hair relaxers commonly used by Black women

Hunter Gilmore - May 5, 2024

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) failed to meet its own deadline for banning formaldehyde in hair-straightening products, raising concerns about the agency’s commitment...

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How ‘Medical Gaslighting’ Ignores Black Women With Long COVID

Word In Black - April 14, 2024

Different symptoms, same story: the medical establishment ignoring Black women's suffering from long COVID ( Photo: tommaso79, Getty Images Signature). By Jennifer Porter Gore This article...

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