Brain and Nervous System & African Americans

(BlackDoctor.org) -- What does it mean to be addicted to a drug? How does it happen? Why does it happen?

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)’s National Survey on ...more

(BlackDoctor.org) -- It's well known that, taken for long periods, anti-epilepsy drugs can lead to brittle bones. Now, researchers have shown that high-dose vitamin D therapy significantly improves bone mineral density in this situation.
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(BlackDoctor.org) – It may be hard to know the difference between age-related changes and the first signs of Alzheimer's disease. Because African-Americans are more ...more

(BlackDoctor.org) --  Their success in the sports and entertainment worlds couldn’t prepare them for the awful truth they heard in the doctor’s office nearly ...more