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Black Diabetics Lose Limbs at Triple the Rate of Others

Black diabetics lose limbs at triple the rate of others. Here’s how health care leaders are starting to act. August 31, 2020 By Lizzie Presser, ProPublica…

AGING AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE MORE LIKELY THAN WHITES TO SUFFER MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT LEAD TO MORE SEVERE HEALTH PROBLEMS

According to reports and an article in USA Today entitled: “Aging African-Americans are hit with a double-whammy: health and financial troubles”, Blacks are more likely than…

SIGNS OF PAD

The signs of Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD) vary from each person based on age, weight and lifestyle choices, and there is only about a 50% chance that…

ASK YOUR DOCTOR

Are you experiencing intermittent leg pain or cramps during routine movement, walking or climbing up stairs? This could be a symptom of Peripheral Artery Disease, and…

LISTEN TO YOUR HEART

Imagine that your body is a well-designed machine, and that your heart is the pump that (literally) keeps the machine running at its best. Now…