#Black women

#Black women

Jessie Maple, who built careers as a camerawoman and an independent filmmaker when Black women were almost nonexistent in those fields, and who then left meticulous instructions for later generations to follow in her footsteps, died on May 30 at her home in Atlanta.She was 86.Her death was confirmed by E. Danielle Butler, her longtime assistant and the co-author of her self-published 2019 memoir, The Maple Crew.

"The last two-and-a-half years, a meteor hit and we were just like, 'Whoa, what is this?'" Aria Christian says of the success she and her (nearly) identical twin sister Maya never saw coming.The people who know them best probably suspected they were destined for galactic success - maybe not as food entrepreneurs, though.

LOS ANGELES I'm so glad we're all here.Robin Thede, the creator, showrunner, writer and star of HBO's A Black Lady Sketch Show, was talking aloud to no one in particular at a photo shoot earlier this month, beaming as she surveyed a room populated by what could accurately be called a Black lady P.R. team and a Black lady stylist team (not to mention a Black lady journalist).

Menopause costs American women an estimated $1.8 billion in lost working time per year, according to a Mayo Clinic study published this week.The paper examined how hot flashes, night sweats, mood swings and the myriad other symptoms associated with this time of life affect women in the workplace.It's the largest study of its kind to have been done in the United States.

The Food and Drug Administration approved a new nonhormonal oral drug Friday, under the brand name Veozah, designed to treat menopausal hot flashes.The drug provides women with a safe and effective treatment option, Dr. Janet Maynard, director of the F.D.A. Office of Rare Diseases, Pediatrics, Urologic and Reproductive Medicine said in a statement.

In 2011, Judy Huie-Kennedy was diagnosed with stage 3B cervical cancer, and the journey to a cancer-free status in the following years was arduous, including two rounds of intense chemotherapy, radiation treatment and a hysterectomy.Getting screened and diagnosed was "half the battle," Huie-Kennedy told the Bronx Times.

A new study by researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder found that Black and Latina mothers in the US may have been induced into labor based on the needs of White pregnant women and not their own.The study, published Wednesday in the American Sociological Association's Journal of Health and Social Behavior, suggests systemic racism may be shaping obstetric care in the United States.

New research published in The Lancet HIV indicates that transgender women who receive gender-affirming medical care are less likely to contract and transmit HIV.This surprising finding is probably due to the health education trans women get while recieving such care.The study revealed that about one in 200 trans women in the U.S. contract the immunodeficiency virus each year.

When I learned that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force once again changed its recommendation for when women should begin screening for breast cancer this time recommending women start at age 40 rather than 50 I had just finished operating on a 48-year-old African American woman with aggressive breast cancer.

Lowering age for biennial screenings could result in more lives being saved, US health task force says.Women should begin getting mammogram screenings for breast cancer at age 40, an influential United States health panel has advised, in a move the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) said could help save thousands of lives.

All women are now encouraged to start screening for breast cancer at age 40, a U.S. task force announced Tuesday, revising a past recommendation to begin regular mammograms at 50.The updated practice could increase the number of lives saved by 19%, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said in its draft recommendation.

New recommendations from the USPSTF advise that women get biannual mammograms starting at age 40 to detect breast cancers.andresr/Getty Images Breast cancer is very treatable when caught early, and mammograms, which are X-ray images of breasts, are a reliable screening test to detect it.Now, new draft recommendations released Tuesday from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force urges all women to get screened every other year, starting at age 40.

The move could expand access to a key method of contraception without a prescription or age restrictions.Sophia Yen, CEO and co-founder of Pandia Health, holds a one-months prescription of birth control pills at the health startup's office in Palo Alto, California, on June 5, 2019.Paul Chinn / San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images This story was originally published by The 19th.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a panel of experts that issues guidelines about preventive care, has recommended all women start routine breast cancer screening at 40, instead of at 50, the previous recommendation.The panel continues to advise spacing the screenings at two-year intervals, although some other medical organizations endorse annual mammograms.

Despite years of working for equality, women are still disproportionately limited in access to opportunities for career development and leadership.At New Relic, equity is going beyond supporting equal efforts for all.We're concentrating on the resources and actions needed to yield equal outcomes in the workplace and career journeys.

After close to a century, Vanderbilt University's neurosurgery residency program will have its first Black woman resident.Tamia Potter is the first Black woman to accept a spot in the neurosurgery position at the university's medical center in Nashville, Tennessee.The 26-year-old received the news on March 17 better known to medical students as National Match Day, when thousands of graduate medical students learn where they will do their residency training for the next several years.

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Olympic track star Tori Bowie was eight months pregnant and in labor when she died on May 2, according to an autopsy.She was alone in her home at the time and may have suffered from respiratory distress and eclampsia, a rare but life-threatening pregnancy complication.

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks during a rally at the ILA Hall in Charleston, South Carolina, on June 3, 2023.Screenshot: Union of Southern Service Workers via Twitter As President Joe Biden signed into law an agreement Saturday that would shield wealthy tax cheats from stronger IRS enforcement while at the same time enacting cuts to key anti-poverty programs, Senator Bernie Sanders and other progressive allies were busy denouncing the immoral, low-wage economic system in the United States in which just a small handful of mega-billionaires have accumulated more wealth than tens of millions of hard-working but low-paid workers and their families.