Health Rewind: Do #BlackLivesMatter in the Doctor’s Office?

Plus, how incarceration makes us sick.

Op-Ed Challenges Public Health Care System Dedication to African-Americans - A recent op-ed written in the New England Journal of Medicine pushes for medical providers to work harder to address how racism impacts the health outcomes of their Black patients. The author points out that only 4 percent of doctors are African-American. —Kellee Terrell(Photo: Brooklyn Production/Corbis)

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Op-Ed Challenges Public Health Care System Dedication to African-Americans - A recent op-ed written in the New England Journal of Medicine pushes for medical providers to work harder to address how racism impacts the health outcomes of their Black patients. The author points out that only 4 percent of doctors are African-American. —Kellee Terrell(Photo: Brooklyn Production/Corbis)

UN: Violence Against Women Is “Alarmingly High” - Thirty-five percent of women have experienced some form of gender violence, says a new report from the United Nations. The UN also found that more than 50 percent of women experience sexual harassment and that 52 percent of people believed that women were at fault for their own abuse, Time reported. (Photo: Image Source/Corbis)

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UN: Violence Against Women Is “Alarmingly High” - Thirty-five percent of women have experienced some form of gender violence, says a new report from the United Nations. The UN also found that more than 50 percent of women experience sexual harassment and that 52 percent of people believed that women were at fault for their own abuse, Time reported. (Photo: Image Source/Corbis)

Black Men Have Lower Well-Being Than Whites - According to a recent Gallup survey, Black men report having lower well-being than their white counterparts. Young Black men reported higher rates of unemployment, lower graduation rates, less access to health care and higher incarceration rates. The survey found that Asian men had the highest well-being. (Photo: Br¸derchen & Schwesterchen GmbH/Corbis)

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Black Men Have Lower Well-Being Than Whites - According to a recent Gallup survey, Black men report having lower well-being than their white counterparts. Young Black men reported higher rates of unemployment, lower graduation rates, less access to health care and higher incarceration rates. The survey found that Asian men had the highest well-being. (Photo: Br¸derchen & Schwesterchen GmbH/Corbis)

Good Sleep Is the Key to Good Sex - Ladies: For better sex, you might want to get more z's. Researchers found that each additional hour of sleep increased a woman's likelihood to have sex the next day. Researchers found more sleep also helped women be more aroused and desiring sex, Health Day wrote. Just another benefit of getting your eight hours in. (Photo: Brooke Fasani Auchincloss/Corbis)

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Good Sleep Is the Key to Good Sex - Ladies: For better sex, you might want to get more z's. Researchers found that each additional hour of sleep increased a woman's likelihood to have sex the next day. Researchers found more sleep also helped women be more aroused and desiring sex, Health Day wrote. Just another benefit of getting your eight hours in. (Photo: Brooke Fasani Auchincloss/Corbis)

Can Loneliness Shorten Your Life? - Too much “me” time can increase your risk of death by 29 percent and living alone can increase your risk by 32 percent, a new report suggests. Researchers claim that being isolated can be as dangerous as smoking and being obese as it pertains to our health outcomes, CBS News reported. (Photo: Dann Tardif/LWA/Corbis)

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Can Loneliness Shorten Your Life? - Too much “me” time can increase your risk of death by 29 percent and living alone can increase your risk by 32 percent, a new report suggests. Researchers claim that being isolated can be as dangerous as smoking and being obese as it pertains to our health outcomes, CBS News reported. (Photo: Dann Tardif/LWA/Corbis)

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What Empire Gets Right and Wrong About Mental Health - Fox’s hit show Empire addresses a slew of issues each week, including bipolar disorder. But a recent Slate article asks how accurate is the show’s portrayal, stating that while Andre’s up and down mental states are realistic, the frequency of the swings may be perpetuating misconceptions about this mental health illness. What do you think?  (Photo: Chuck Hodes/FOX)

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What Empire Gets Right and Wrong About Mental Health - Fox’s hit show Empire addresses a slew of issues each week, including bipolar disorder. But a recent Slate article asks how accurate is the show’s portrayal, stating that while Andre’s up and down mental states are realistic, the frequency of the swings may be perpetuating misconceptions about this mental health illness. What do you think?  (Photo: Chuck Hodes/FOX)

Should the Age to Smoke Legally Be Raised to 21? - Raising the legal smoking age could save thousands of lives, a new study suggests. Researchers found that by changing the age from 18 to 21, this could prevent 249,000 fewer premature deaths among people born between 2000 and 2019. This move could also decrease the amount of young smokers by 12 percent, writes Health Day. (Photo: Phil Walter/Getty Images)

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Should the Age to Smoke Legally Be Raised to 21? - Raising the legal smoking age could save thousands of lives, a new study suggests. Researchers found that by changing the age from 18 to 21, this could prevent 249,000 fewer premature deaths among people born between 2000 and 2019. This move could also decrease the amount of young smokers by 12 percent, writes Health Day. (Photo: Phil Walter/Getty Images)

Bigger Rumps Trending Among Plastic Surgery - Big rumps seem to be the rage when it comes to plastic surgery, The Atlantic points out. According to new data, butt implants nearly doubled last year, from 942 to 1,863 — and butt lifts and butt augmentations are up as well. Meanwhile, liposuction is down by 40 percent and breast reductions are up. (Photo: Michael Stewart/Corbis)

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Bigger Rumps Trending Among Plastic Surgery - Big rumps seem to be the rage when it comes to plastic surgery, The Atlantic points out. According to new data, butt implants nearly doubled last year, from 942 to 1,863 — and butt lifts and butt augmentations are up as well. Meanwhile, liposuction is down by 40 percent and breast reductions are up. (Photo: Michael Stewart/Corbis)

The Link Between Mental Health and Obesity - A recent study suggests that depression can make obesity and other nutrition issues even worse, especially for Blacks who live in food deserts. Researchers in Pittsburgh found a high correlation between obesity, depression and poor nutrition among low-income African-Americans, but they are not sure which causes the other if at all, writes Think Progress. (Photo: JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images)

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The Link Between Mental Health and Obesity - A recent study suggests that depression can make obesity and other nutrition issues even worse, especially for Blacks who live in food deserts. Researchers in Pittsburgh found a high correlation between obesity, depression and poor nutrition among low-income African-Americans, but they are not sure which causes the other if at all, writes Think Progress. (Photo: JEFF HAYNES/AFP/Getty Images)

How the Health Care System Fails African-American Men - While Black men have lower life expectancy and are more likely to die from homicide, cancer and heart disease, what is the public health sector doing? Not enough, says a recent op-ed in the Journal of American Medical Association. The authors also call out the lack of funding that should go into improving the conditions that Black men live in. (Photo: Dann Tardif/LWA/Corbis)

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How the Health Care System Fails African-American Men - While Black men have lower life expectancy and are more likely to die from homicide, cancer and heart disease, what is the public health sector doing? Not enough, says a recent op-ed in the Journal of American Medical Association. The authors also call out the lack of funding that should go into improving the conditions that Black men live in. (Photo: Dann Tardif/LWA/Corbis)

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Hanging Deaths Have Gone Up 6.7 Percent Among Young Women - Hanging suicides like Las Vegas teen Carla Jameson are on the rise, suggests a new study. Young people ages 12-24 committing suicide this way have increased 6.7 percent among females and 2.2 percent for males between 1994 and 2012. Why? Researchers point to adults ignoring suicidal signs among youth and sensational media coverage that spark copycat deaths, Health Day notes. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

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Hanging Deaths Have Gone Up 6.7 Percent Among Young Women - Hanging suicides like Las Vegas teen Carla Jameson are on the rise, suggests a new study. Young people ages 12-24 committing suicide this way have increased 6.7 percent among females and 2.2 percent for males between 1994 and 2012. Why? Researchers point to adults ignoring suicidal signs among youth and sensational media coverage that spark copycat deaths, Health Day notes. (Photo: JGI/Jamie Grill/Blend Images/Corbis)

California Sees More Young People of Color Enrolling in Health Care Marketplace - The state of California did a decent job of enrolling young people of color in this past Health Insurance Enrollment Period, the Monterey Herald reported. New data showed that 37 percent of enrollees were Latino, and 4 percent being African-American — both an increase from last year. Rates among young people ages 18-35 went up from 29 percent to 35 percent this year. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

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California Sees More Young People of Color Enrolling in Health Care Marketplace - The state of California did a decent job of enrolling young people of color in this past Health Insurance Enrollment Period, the Monterey Herald reported. New data showed that 37 percent of enrollees were Latino, and 4 percent being African-American — both an increase from last year. Rates among young people ages 18-35 went up from 29 percent to 35 percent this year. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Our Milk Is Much Safer Than We Thought - Even though the FDA has strict rules about antibiotics in our milk supply, many Americans worry that dairy farmers are not following the rules. Well, don’t fret. A recent FDA report found that only a mere 1 percent of dairy farmers have illegal antibiotics in their milk, CBS News wrote.  (Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

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Our Milk Is Much Safer Than We Thought - Even though the FDA has strict rules about antibiotics in our milk supply, many Americans worry that dairy farmers are not following the rules. Well, don’t fret. A recent FDA report found that only a mere 1 percent of dairy farmers have illegal antibiotics in their milk, CBS News wrote.  (Photo: Stephen Chernin/Getty Images)

Second LA Hospital Admits to Superbug Infections - First it was Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles and now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has admitted to having four patients diagnosed with the superbug infection. These potentially deadly infections are antibiotic resistant and these germs may have been spread through a tool used in a series of procedures done at the center last August to this January, the Huffington Post reported.  (Photo: AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, File)

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Second LA Hospital Admits to Superbug Infections - First it was Ronald Reagan UCLA Hospital in Los Angeles and now Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has admitted to having four patients diagnosed with the superbug infection. These potentially deadly infections are antibiotic resistant and these germs may have been spread through a tool used in a series of procedures done at the center last August to this January, the Huffington Post reported.  (Photo: AP Photo/U.S. Food and Drug Administration, File)

How Incarceration 'Infects' a Community - A recent article in The Atlantic shines light on the emotional toll that mass incarceration has on African-Americans. Mentioning recent documentaries, books and studies, the prison industrial complex creates higher rates of anxiety, PTSD and depression not only for prisoners, but among those they leave behind. Also, residents in these areas have higher rates of TB, STDs and HIV.  (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

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How Incarceration 'Infects' a Community - A recent article in The Atlantic shines light on the emotional toll that mass incarceration has on African-Americans. Mentioning recent documentaries, books and studies, the prison industrial complex creates higher rates of anxiety, PTSD and depression not only for prisoners, but among those they leave behind. Also, residents in these areas have higher rates of TB, STDs and HIV.  (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)