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 ...

Medicine’s role in espousing biological differences between Black and white people laid the foundation for justifying slavery and the inhumane treatment of Black people. Dr.

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 ...

Kaufman and Cooper’s data showed that for 100 white people given this drug, only 52 would respond as hoped. Meanwhile, if 100 black people were given this drug they are usually denied, 41 of them ...

Dr. Jovita Ugochi N. Oruwari is a breast surgeon at SSM Health DePaul Hospital in St. Louis. Now she’s using her passion to inspire more Black women to pursue a career in medicine through her ...

Doctor examines race and medicine in new book 04:27. In the field of medicine, there is a shortage of black practitioners. Blacks make up more than 13 percent of the U.S. population, but only four ...

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 ...