Even Famous And Successful Black Women Can Encounter Serious Pregnancy Complications

by lindaoppenheim | Aug 10, 2018 | Podcast

NPR’s Ari Shapiro talks with Dr. Valerie Montgomery Rice, president and dean of the Morehouse School of Medicine, about the fact that black mothers have a higher mortality rate than white mothers and the effect of racism.  To hear the interview, click...

Linking Health and Mortality Racial Differences to Experience and Perceptions of Discrimination

by lindaoppenheim | Nov 13, 2017 | Opinion, Podcast

In an op ed in the New York Times (November 12, 2017), Douglas Jacobs refers to the “[m]ore than 700 studies on the link between discrimination and health . . . published since 2000. This body of work establishes a connection between discrimination and physical...

Knowing Someone Who Faced Discrimination May Affect Blood Pressure

by lindaoppenheim | Dec 21, 2016 | Broadcast

An NPR segment reported on a “study, which involved 150 African-Americans living in Tallahassee, Fla., found that knowing someone who had experienced racial discrimination was associated with genetic markers that may affect risk for high blood pressure. The...

The physical toll of racism

by lindaoppenheim | Sep 12, 2016 | Article

African-American women are 7.5 years biologically “older” than white women because of extreme stress, health experts say. Read the full article here.  

Study links disparities in pain management to racial bias

by lindaoppenheim | Apr 6, 2016 | Article, Broadcast

Research has documented that black Americans are systematically undertreated for pain relative to white Americans. New research from the University of Virginia suggests that disparities in pain management may be attributable in part to bias. In a study of medical...