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Health equity expert shares how cardiovascular disparities can be eliminated

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SPECIAL TO THE RECORDER By Roche Communications Staff African Americans are 30 percent more likely to die from heart disease than white Americans, according to the...
Black History Matters

Children’s dental health: What to know

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Local dentists are helping families make sure kid’ teeth are healthy before the Tooth Fairy comes to collect. February is National Children’s Dental Health Month,...
Health

Policy and progress: Food justice in Indiana

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Bread for the World and the Indiana Black Legislative Caucus partnered to host an afternoon discussion surrounding food injustices Feb. 15 at the Indiana Government Center.
Health

Her colonoscopy should cost her $0 per federal law. Why was she asked to pay $765?

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By FARAH YOUSRY Karen Campbell teaches a Zumba dance class when she’s off her day job as a local television reporter. She loves to move...
Health

Pacers center Myles Turner blocks food insecurity with Starry and Gleaners for NBA All-Star Weekend 

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Indiana Pacers center Myles Turner is partnering with Starry, the title sponsor of the NBA All-Star 3-Point Contest, to host the "3's For Charity"...
Health

Planned Parenthood expands vasectomy services to increase birth control options after abortion ban

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By ABIGAIL RUHMAN The centers are providing vasectomy services in the spaces previously used for abortion care before Indiana’s near-total abortion ban. (Abigail Ruhman/IPB News) More people...
Health

Hoosiers unite for Sickle Cell Advocacy Day

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Hoosiers from across the state gathered at the Indiana State Capitol to encourage lawmakers to consider the needs of Hoosiers living with sickle cell disease.
Health

Black Hoosiers not staying silent about sickle cell disease

JADE JACKSON -
Giving blood is one way to help those with sickle cell disease. This inherited blood disorder causes the red blood cells to change shape and form a crescent or sickle.
Education

Are schools prepared to respond if a student’s heart stops? Data shows some aren’t

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By ELIZABETH GABRIEL An AED is a device that sends a shock to the heart of someone going through a sudden cardiac arrest to try...
Health

EmpowerHER: Tackling Black maternal health disparities in Indianapolis

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The nonprofit organization MelaMama Maternal Wellness hosted the “EmpowerHER: Navigating Black Maternal Health” event in collaboration with IU Health’s infant and maternal health team on Saturday, Jan. 27, 2024, at the Ruth Lilly Health Education Center in Indianapolis.
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