Free STD testing exists in every state: health department clinics, community health centers, Planned Parenthood, and testing events. Here is where to go, who should test, and what insurance already covers. ...
Posted Thursday, August 20th 2026 at 9:36AM
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A federal program pays for mammograms for women with low incomes and no adequate insurance, and the ACA already makes screening free for most insured women 40 and older. Here is every route, and the one question that prevents a surprise bill. ...
Posted Thursday, August 20th 2026 at 9:37AM
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Black adults with chronic pain are significantly less likely to receive adequate pain treatment. A landmark study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences found that roughly half of medical trainees held false beliefs about biological differences between Black and white… ...
Posted Tuesday, June 3rd 2025 at 7:00AM
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Black women develop Graves' disease, the most common cause of an overactive thyroid, at nearly twice the rate of white women, yet they are more likely to be diagnosed late and to arrive in crisis. Knowing the symptoms can change how fast you get treated. ...
Posted Wednesday, July 2nd 2025 at 7:00AM
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Hashimoto's thyroiditis is the most common cause of an underactive thyroid, and it hits women far more than men. Antibody-positive autoimmune thyroid disease is measured less often in Black women, but the fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog still get dismissed, and Black patients wait longer for a… ...
Posted Saturday, July 5th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Psoriatic arthritis joins joint inflammation to psoriasis, and in Black patients it is diagnosed later, treated less, and tends to be more severe. The delay matters: untreated joint inflammation causes permanent damage that early treatment can prevent. ...
Posted Tuesday, July 8th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Ankylosing spondylitis is an inflammatory arthritis of the spine that doctors long assumed was rare in Black patients. The data say the opposite: it is under-diagnosed in Black Americans, who reach the rheumatologist with more severe disease and more spinal damage already done. ...
Posted Friday, July 11th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Black men get squamous cell esophageal cancer, the type tied to smoking and alcohol, at roughly twice the rate of white men, and they die from it at nearly twice the rate. They are also diagnosed later and offered surgery far less often. Knowing the early swallowing symptoms is the difference… ...
Posted Tuesday, July 15th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Black Americans are not always more likely to get leukemia, but when they do, they are more likely to die from it. Black patients face worse survival in AML and ALL, slower paths to diagnosis and transplant, and a stem-cell donor registry where their odds of a match are a fraction of a white… ...
Posted Thursday, July 17th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Pancreatitis is sudden or long-term inflammation of the pancreas, and Black Americans, especially Black men, are hospitalized for the chronic form two to three times as often as White Americans. They are also far more likely to have their disease blamed on alcohol, a labeling pattern the research… ...
Posted Monday, July 21st 2025 at 7:00AM
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Black women carry a higher rate of ectopic pregnancy and a far higher risk of dying from one. Knowing the warning signs and insisting on a pregnancy test plus an ultrasound can save your life. ...
Posted Thursday, July 24th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Black women carry a higher risk of miscarriage and stillbirth than white women, and the gap holds even after accounting for income and education. Most early losses are not your fault, and most women who miscarry go on to a healthy pregnancy. ...
Posted Saturday, July 26th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Premenstrual dysphoric disorder is a severe, cyclical mood disorder, not exaggerated PMS, and Black women's symptoms are too often dismissed as attitude or stress. It is real, it is in the DSM-5, and it is treatable. ...
Posted Tuesday, July 29th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Black Americans, especially Black men, are diagnosed with schizophrenia at roughly three to four times the rate of white Americans, and a large share of those diagnoses is wrong. Knowing why the gap exists helps you get an accurate diagnosis and the right treatment. ...
Posted Monday, August 4th 2025 at 7:00AM
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Peripartum cardiomyopathy is heart failure that starts in late pregnancy or the months after delivery. Black women develop it far more often, get diagnosed later, and recover less of their heart function, which is why knowing the warning signs can save your life. ...
Posted Wednesday, August 6th 2025 at 7:00AM
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