Health

By CentraState Health Several health disparities exist between African Americans and white Americans. Doctors are seeing diseases that you’d expect to see in older patients— heart disease, diabetes, stroke—in relatively young African Americans. While genetics […]

BlackDoctor.org THE Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed three new coronavirus symptoms including diarrhea and runny nose. Congestion or runny nose, nausea and diarrhea were added to the wide range of possible COVID-19 […]

By Derrick Lane, BDO Staff Writer Going to the bathroom is something that any grown adult should do automatically. Like, you really don’t think about it unless there’s an accident, and then you go about […]

By Bryana Holcomb, BDO Staff Writer According to the CDC, over 6.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with the coronavirus COVID-19, the new respiratory virus. The actual numbers are believed to be […]

Dr. P. Gould, BDO Medical Contributor You may not hear much about blood clots, but they are a serious health condition that can even be fatal. Deep vein thrombosis, or DVT, is a blood clot […]

PRESS RELEASE Alabama’s death toll from the coronavirus climbed to at least 551 on Sunday, according to data from the state Department of Public Health. There have been over 14,200 confirmed cases of the virus […]

A new detailed analysis just released from the hub of Italy’s Covid-19 outbreak found 10 cases of a Kawasaki disease-like illness in children, adding to reports of about 90 similar cases from New York and […]

In phase one of Alabama’s re-opening plan, Mayor Tommy Battle is reminding everyone it’s more important than ever to cover up when you head out. “The COVID-19 virus hasn’t left town,” said Mayor Battle. “Wearing […]

About 80% of COVID-19 patients have mild symptoms which can be managed at home, however, patients older than 60 and those with preexisting medical conditions are at a higher risk of severe disease and death. […]

SOURCE: Blackdoctor.org Thomas Oxley wasn’t even on call the day he received the page to come to Mount Sinai Beth Israel Hospital in Manhattan. There weren’t enough doctors to treat all the emergency stroke patients, […]