This year as you celebrate Juneteenth, focus on the health impacts of ongoing structural racism and embrace ways to minimize your risk.
Dr. Dionne Hart
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Mental health facts and fictions
Public messages linking violence and mental illness are stigmatizing and discourage people living with a mental health disorder from seeking treatment.
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We have a story to tell
Policing has been recognized by multiple medical organizations as a public health threat.
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Stiff-person syndrome can be debilitating
Because this condition is rare, the diagnosis can be isolating.
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People in mental health crisis need healthcare pros, not cops
988, like 911, is a newly designed, single, nationwide number that routes callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline.
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In her shadow: unrecognized trauma of women and girls of color
Missing Black and Indigenous girls and women are not fully recognized, understood, or legitimized by the media, law enforcement, or policymakers, in general.
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Choosing a Medicare Advantage plan
Before you select a Medicare Advantage plan, research the plan in-depth, review potential plans with a trusted friend or family member, and/or discuss the plan with your primary care physician.
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Cultivating a year filled with better tomorrows
An estimated 74.2% of Americans made resolutions in 2021. The top six categories were related to money, career, family, love, health and self-improvement.
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Know Your Girls: Steps to reduce disproportionate breast cancer deaths among Black women
Black women are typically diagnosed at a younger age and diagnosed at a later stage of illness compared to White women.
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Black Mental Health Matters
The ongoing disparities and distress of trying to live while Black takes a toll on our physical and mental health.
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Murder is upsetting
How could anyone suggest that witnesses to a murder be anything but angry watching someone die?
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This is an uprising to save our lives
Through social media, we have repeatedly collectively grieved for so many people of color, those familiar to us and those unknown to us personally.
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Useful tools and resources for warding off stress
Staying safe during the COVID-19 pandemic includes being mindful of stress.
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Grief: the natural response to loss
The tears have flowed throughout this week since the world lost a living legend, three talented young women, four supportive parents, and five families were forever changed.
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Got the holiday blues? You’re not alone.
Perhaps I’m a Scrooge or a curmudgeon, but like many I don’t have a family that could be featured in a Hallmark movie.