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Mapping AIDS in America - Researchers from Emory University have updated their AIDSVu — an interactive map that displays HIV/AIDS rates nationwide. The most affected areas in the U.S. are in the South, specifically the southern tip of Florida. There is also data that compares HIV rates to race, poverty and education level, which also shows just how disproportionately affected African-Americans are by this epidemic. (Photo: Courtesy AIDSVu)
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Is There A War on Black Women’s Bodies? - In a new op-ed for Ebony.com, France Francois writes that the war on women is a direct attack on Black women’s bodies. She writes that given our high abortion rates, dependence on Medicaid that bans abortion coverage and lack of reliable transportation to get to clinics, women of color across the country bear the brunt of GOP policies limiting abortions, especially in the South.(Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
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Community Clinics Reshaping Health Care in NOLA - While Obamacare is aimed at getting more Americans insured, millions may still fall through the cracks. A MSNBC report writes that community health clinics like Common Ground in New Orleans help fill in those gaps. Common Ground, like the other dozen clinics, will offer mental health services, testing and treatment for basic illnesses. (Photo: FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/GettyImages)
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Suicide Rates Higher Among Adults Who Were Out of Shape Teens - As if you needed another reason to lose weight, a new study found that adults who committed suicide were 1.8 times more likely to be overweight/obese as a teen. Researchers state that the effects from childhood could be seen in adults even 40 years later, wrote HealthDay. (Photo: Getty Images)
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Black Men and Prostate Cancer - Black men with early stage prostate cancer were more likely to develop an aggressive form of the disease down the road, according to a new study. Researchers from Johns Hopkins believe the “wait-and-see” approach that doctors use to monitor whether someone’s prostate cancer gets worse over time may miss predicting the severity of the disease in African-American men. (Photo: Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
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New HIV Treatment Guidelines Handed Down - The World Health Organization (WHO) wants for people living with HIV/AIDS to start treatment earlier instead of waiting until they are sicker. The group says antiretrovirals should be started as soon as someone's CD4 levels drop below 500, not 350, reported the New York Times. (Photo: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)
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Blacks Die Sooner After Heart Surgery, Study Says - African-American patients with a certain type of heart disease — peripheral artery disease — live eight years after heart surgery compared to whites that live 9.5 years longer, according to a new study. Researchers believe that we need better quality health care for people of color and that doctors need to monitor their Black patients more closely, HealthDay wrote. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
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Serious Head Trauma and Teens - One in five kids, grades 7-12, has experienced head trauma that either left them unconscious or required them to be hospitalized, according to a new report. Boys, younger kids and those who drank or smoked weed in the past 12 months were more likely to suffer from severe head trauma such as concussions.(Photo: Image Source/Getty Images)