[Diabetes & Black America]
Linda Blount: “Reforms that enable patients of color to better manage their diabetes could vastly reduce such healthcare disparities. We hope that’s precisely what the administration’s proposal will do.”
Photo: Bill Branson Wikimedia Commons
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New Insulin Reform Gives Shot in the Arm to Health of Black Americans
Democrats Introduce Legislation to Confront Racism’s Health Impacts
[Racism & Health]
Sen. Warren: “It is time we start treating structural racism like we would treat any other public health problem or disease…My bill with Representatives Lee and Pressley is a first step to create anti-racist federal health policy.”
Photo: Twitter
AMERICAN SCIENCE AND INNOVATION WORKING HARD TO FIND CORONAVIRUS TREATMENT
[COVID-19\Vaccines\Medical Innovation]
Thorpe: ‘COVID-19 poses an enormous threat to American society — but our smartest scientists are already on the case. Let’s hope our policymakers don’t put any stumbling blocks along their path to a cure.”
Photo: YouTube
NEW STUDY: SLEEP APNEA IN AFRICAN-AMERICANS LINKED TO HIGH BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS
[African-American & Sleep Apnea]
The findings suggest that better sleep habits may lead to better blood glucose control and prove beneficial for type 2 diabetes prevention and diabetes management in African Americans.
Photo: NHLBI
NEW RESEARCH SHOWS AFRICAN-AMERICANS SUFFER FROM A 300 PERCENT HIGHER RATE OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE
[Alzheimer & Dementia\Dr. Dean Sherzai]
The increased risk amongst the African-American population causes significant physical, psychological, emotional and financial burdens to this group, many of whom are unaware of the risk…A significant body of evidence has proven that adopting a brain-healthy lifestyle can slow down and, in some cases, even prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease.
Photo: Facebook\African-American Alzheimer’s Alliance
NEW HEALTH COALITION PUSHES FOR LOW-CARB DIET INCLUSION IN US NUTRITION GUIDELINES
[Healthy Nutrition\Low-Carb Diet]
The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recently endorsed low-carb/keto diets as a standard of care for the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes…A study conducted last year by the University of North Carolina at Chapel concluded that only 12 percent of American adults are metabolically healthy, while 88 percent are en route to developing type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease or another chronic, diet-related condition.
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DEMOCRATS RUSH, GABBARD, AND MOORE INTRODUCE BILL TO BOOST URBAN AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
[Health News\ Urban Food Farms & Gardens]
Rep. Bobby Rush: “Food deserts are a serious problem facing my constituents, as are ‘food swamps,’ or areas where unhealthy fast-food options far outnumber healthier alternatives. Both put communities, particularly communities of color, at heightened risk for severe health problems such as obesity, high blood pressure, and type two diabetes,”
Rep. Gwen Moore: “Food insecurity is a public health issue that harms the most vulnerable. This legislation helps urban communities meet their nutritional needs with resources produced in their own backyards.”
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