Christine Topham nearly died while giving birth when she was 33 years old. She needed an emergency hysterectomy, but her healthcare provider (HCP) never fully explained the seriousness of the surgery to her. “Before I could even get my head around what it would mean to have no uterus, the doctor said to me, ‘Don’t… Read More »
Obesity, Racism and Covid: A Deadly Combination
In the earliest days of the Covid pandemic, the people who were most likely to be hospitalized or die from the virus had a few things in common. Age was the greatest risk factor for becoming very sick with Covid. Race and ethnicity also seemed to have a connection, as Covid deaths were higher among… Read More »
Where You Live, Work, Learn and Play Can Affect Breast Health
Breast cancer is the most common type of cancer worldwide. The conditions in the environments where people live, work, learn, play and worship, also called social determinants of health (SDoH), affect breast health and health outcomes. In the United States, 1 in 10 people live in poverty, which means they often have less access to… Read More »
Los lugares en los que vives, trabajas, aprendes y juegas pueden afectar tu salud mamaria
El cáncer de mama es el tipo más frecuente de cáncer a nivel mundial. Las condiciones en los entornos en los que las personas viven, trabajan, aprenden, juegan y rinden culto, llamadas también determinantes sociales de la salud (SDoH, por sus siglas en inglés), afectan la salud mamaria y los resultados médicos. En Estados Unidos,… Read More »
Current Issues and Trends in Myasthenia Gravis
By Ericka Greene, MD, director of the Neuromuscular Clinic at Houston Methodist Hospital, as told to Kara Mayer Robinson Many things can impact life with myasthenia gravis (MG). Everyone’s experience is unique, but here are some things that may affect yours. Health Disparities As with many medical conditions, health care disparities, also called… Read More »
A Young Neurologist Mentors Black Women, Fights Disparities
Eseosa Ighodaro, MD, PhD, is a neurologist busy tackling health disparities now. But she kept her first experiments on ice at home. “I used to hide experiments in the freezer so my mom couldn’t see them,” she says. “I’d mix orange juice, pepper, and salt to see if I could create a chemical reaction. Afterwards,… Read More »
Why Don’t Women Get the Same Treatment for Heart Disease as Men?
Source link We all want to be satisfied, even though we know some people who will never be that way, and others who see satisfaction as a foreign emotion that they can’t hope to ever feel. Peace and happiness can be difficult to catch. Finding the right balance that lets us get to all of… Read More »
