South African scientists have identified two new breast cancer genes -- RAB27A and USP22 -- in Black women, marking the first GWAS of its kind on the continent. This breakthrough highlights the need ...

You may not think of asthma - a breathing condition - and eczema - a skin condition - as being similar, but they are.

Atopic dermatitis—the most common type of eczema—can look very different on darker skin tones. As someone living with the ...

Ashley Lora joined an eczema clinical trial for DUPIXENT and paved the way for other Black women to try clinical trials.

The project, led by a team from the University of the West of England (UWE), aims to increase the visual representation of ...

Atopic dermatitis causes flaky, itchy, dry, and inflamed skin. It can look different on darker skin, making it harder to spot ...

Eczema on dark skin looks different and is often misdiagnosed, leading to pigment changes, emotional stress, and poor ...

Medically reviewed by Susan Bard, MD Atopic dermatitis (AD), a common form of eczema, is a chronic (long-term) skin condition ...

Brown, MD, and Victoria Francois, MPH, discuss strategies to address the gap in sleep inequalities affecting Black women.

Medically reviewed by Casey Gallagher, MD Eczema is a skin condition that causes dry, itchy, and sometimes discolored or ...

Americans have expressed skepticism that attention to racial issues after Floyd's killing led to changes that improved Black people's lives.