Black and other non-white patients may not realize that in some cases the inclusion of their race could have the undesired effect of steering them away from necessary, even life-saving, medical ...

While cardiovascular conditions top the list for both Black/African American and White women nationwide, the CDC reports that Black/African American mothers commonly die from cardiomyopathy, medical ...

'Black Man in a White Coat': New Memoir Takes on Race and Medicine. Dr. Damon Tweedy was a med student some years back when a 50-year-old African-American woman arrived in the ER complaining of ...

Nearly 1,000 Negro physicians, surgeons and dentists assembled last week in Philadelphia for the 42nd annual convention of the National Medical Association. As a symbol of interracial fraternity, ...

Black women face health disparities across multiple factors Black women face higher rates of maternal mortality and cancer mortality than their non-white counterparts.

Medicine: Black Tuberculosis. 2 minute read. TIME. June 19, 1939 12:00 AM GMT-4. ... dean of Howard’s medical school, promptly called a meeting of 50 black and white tuberculosis experts.

Black women face health disparities across multiple factors Black women face higher rates of maternal mortality and cancer mortality than their non-white counterparts.

Black Men In White Coats Offers Black Children Representation In Medicine. The group's goal is to increase the number of Black men in the medical field through exposure, inspiration, and mentorship.

Study: Preferential Promotion Of White Men In Academic Medicine Continues 'To achieve a workforce that reflects the diversity of the U.S. population, academic medicine must transform its culture ...

The Food as Medicine in the Black Community Gathering spotlights how health experts, advocates, and entrepreneurs are advancing nutritious food access and health equity.

The book, "Black Medicine for a White Boy" is available at the Stark Library. "There were no Black families on our street; I remember it looked like Levittown," Hites recalls.

Durham native Kelsey Lewis will soon attend medical school at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She is one of ...