black women’s health issues
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Study Links Breast Cancer to Chemical Straighteners, Hair Dyes
Permanent hair dye and chemical hair straighteners could increase the risk of breast cancer risk, especially among Black women, according…
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Residents, Lawmakers Prioritize Maternal Health Care
Amid hospital closures and significantly high rates of pregnancy-related deaths in the District, the community-based birth workers known as doulas…
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EDITORIAL: Why We Let Mothers Die
Why are women in the District dying during or soon after childbirth and what is causing the rate of maternal…
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SIMPSON: Black Women Show the Way Forward in 2018
Let 2018 be the year of the Black woman. Let 2018 be the year Black women’s brilliance, leadership, and analysis…
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D.C. Resident Refuses to be Slowed by Cancer, Amputation
Though her genes caused breast cancer and a medical tragedy led to her becoming an amputee, nothing has stopped Donna…
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