Among black women, breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer. Black women are at higher risk for being diagnosed with breast cancer and have twice the risk of being diagnosed with triple negative breast cancer (a more aggressive form).
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Knowing how to connect your healthcare is essential. You are the central person and will guide your own health care to prevent diseases.
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The girl who grew up in the give-me-that- old-time-religion, Pentecostal, holiness tradition, wasn’t even supposed to be in a therapy session, ‘cause we don’t really do that sort of thing, ya know? We usually just pray.
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Unfortunately, I used to buy into the hype of being a strong Black woman, until it hit home. An ER visit for some chest pains turned into a life changing diagnosis. We were informed that she had several mini strokes, had congestive heart failure, heart disease and would need triple bypass heart surgery and a valve replacement.
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Whether you’ve dealt with your issues 5 years or 2 years ago, it can still come up and cause problems for you now. Always be open to staying true to your new practices, be open to revisiting an issue and learning new ways to be. Growth should be never ending.
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Researchers oftentimes exclaim that their data is representative, when in actuality it under samples the minority comparison population. This is problematic because we are not taking into account the lived experiences of our study participants. Black women living in Detroit, Michigan are different than Black women living in Los Angeles, California.
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After being with the organization for a few weeks, I quickly began to realize that this center was far from what I expected in terms of true education.
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There are so many things that are out of our control especially during pregnancy. This means that for Black women, the risks for pregnancy start at an earlier age than many clinicians — and women— realize, and the effects on their bodies may be much greater than for White women.
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