Is There a Light at the End of the Dark Tunnel of Kidney Disease in Children?
This month at Black Health Matters, we are focusing on kidney disease and kidney health. As part of our Black Health Matters Fall Summit 2020, we...
Category : Doc’s Tips
Clinical Trials Challenge: Get Black Folks Involved
Recruiting Black patients and other non-white demographics to take part in clinical trials remains a persistent challenge, and much of the effort to get them...
Take Control of Your Health: A Common-Sense Guide to Prevention
The centerpiece of Dr. Jeffrey Sterling’s preventive health care presentation to this month’s Black Health Matters Fall Summit was his list of 25 basic tips...
An Open Letter to Men of Color
At the outset, I am reaching out to make sure you’re OK, because it’s been a crazy couple of weeks for us. It’s been crazy...
Getting Black Folks to the Best Lung Cancer Screening
The usage of low-dosage CT scans to screen for lung cancer has grown over the past decade, to the point where it is recommended by...
COVID-19 Research on Black Women Gets Personal
Michelle Albert, like most of us, has plenty of questions about the global COVID-19 pandemic. Unlike most of us, she’s doing more than wondering. She’s...
hATTR: No Longer a Rare Diagnosis
You’ve probably not heard much about amyloidosis, a group of conditions caused by the buildup in the body of misfolded transthyretin (TTR) proteins called amyloid...
Keep Children Safe During COVID-19
One of the less scary aspects of the coronavirus pandemic is its effect on children. According to the Mayo Clinic, children of all ages can...
Are Asthma Sufferers More Likely to Get COVID-19?
COVID-19 is a respiratory disease caused by a coronavirus. That means it can affect your lungs, throat, and nose. For asthma sufferers, infection with the...
Kirk Campbell, M.D.: Better FSGS Treatment Options Through Clinical Trials
Diseases can damage the glomeruli, the tiny filtering units inside your kidney where blood is cleaned. Called glomerular diseases, they can have many different causes....