Public Health Matters

Category: Health Education

  • Heart Disease and Black Women

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    Heart disease is the number one cause of death for all women in the United States.3 When we look deeper into this, we see that Black women are affected in greater numbers than women in other racial groups. They are 2 to 3 times more likely to die from heart disease when compared to White…

  • Women and Heart Disease

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    Since 2004, February has been designated as the month to bring awareness to heart disease in women. In the United States, heart disease is the number one cause of death for women. Every year, one in three women die from heart disease. According to the American Heart Association (AHA), heart disease can affect women of…

  • January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

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    Cervical Cancer is the fourth most common cancer to affect women globally according to the World Health Organization (WHO).4 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains that cervical cancer is a disease in which cells in the cervix, which is the connector of the vagina and the upper part of the uterus, grow…