Medical research has carefully documented the risk of high blood pressure, high cholesterol, obesity, smoking, lack of exercise and more. But the health risk of racism was largely ignored. Statistics, however, are now emerging –– African American women are at…
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Clare Howard is the editor of the Community Word. She can be reached at communityword@yahoo.com
Healthcare system “cracking” around abortion access; “Medical Students for Choice” steps in with help
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Young people today are stunned by the possibility of losing Roe v. Wade. That includes medical students who see first hand how inadequate the formal curriculum is covering female reproductive choice at most medical schools. As more states enact increasingly…