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Aired on March 16, 2024

Trusted Messengers in Communities

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Trust is a key component in delivering quality and respectful care within health care systems. Trust in health care includes beliefs that providers and organizations have characteristics of honesty, competence, and good communication and that they

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Aired on March 9, 2024

Triple Negative Breast Cancer

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Triple negative breast cancer is an aggressive form of breast cancer accounting for 10-20% of breast cancers. Triple-negative breast cancers tend to grow and spread more quickly than other types of breast cancer and can return

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Aired on March 2, 2024

Primary Care and Prevention

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Generally speaking, people in good health rarely need medications or have the need to see a specialist. So, it’s probably natural that most give little thought to selecting a primary care provider. At some point,

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Aired on February 24, 2024

Cancer Prevention

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About one of every three Americans will develop some form of cancer during his or her lifetime. Despite these grim statistics, doctors have made great progress in understanding the biology of cancer cells, and they have

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Aired on February 17, 2024

Youth Violence Prevention

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Homicide is the third leading cause of death for youth in the United States. Emergency departments treat over 800 young people for physical assault-related injuries each day. Youth violence is a significant problem that affects thousands of

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Aired on February 10, 2024

Human Trafficking

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Human trafficking is the business of stealing freedom for profit and should have no place in our world. It is a multi-billion-dollar criminal industry that denies freedom to 24.9 million people around the world. Human trafficking is

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Aired on February 3, 2024

Black Female Reproductive & Sexual Health

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Good sexual and reproductive health is important for a female’s general health and wellbeing. It is central to their ability to make choices and decisions about their life, including when, or whether, to consider having

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Aired on January 27, 2024

Dense Breasts

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It’s not clear why some women have a lot of dense breast tissue and others do not. Having dense breast tissue is common. For most women, breasts become less dense with age. But in some women,

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Aired on January 20, 2024

Cervical Cancer Awareness

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Cervical cancer continues to rank among the top gynecologic cancers worldwide. According to current data, it is ranked 14th among all cancers and is the 4th most common cancer among women worldwide. Nearly 13,000 new cases are

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Aired on January 13, 2024

Postpartum Care

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When thinking about maternity care, usually pregnancy, labor and delivery are what come to mind. The postpartum period, however, is equally as important. The period after a baby’s arrival can be a busy and stressful

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Aired on January 6, 2024

Heart Health & the Black Community

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Nearly 48% of Black women and 44% of Black men have some form of heart disease. The rate of heart disease is also higher in the growing middle and upper-class Black community than in White Americans with similar

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Aired on January 6, 2024

Heart Health & the Black Community

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Nearly 48% of Black women and 44% of Black men have some form of heart disease. The rate of heart disease is also higher in the growing middle and upper-class Black community than in White Americans with similar

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