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Black Health Advocates Want US Government to Take on Menthols As Hard As It’s Taken on Other Flavored Tobacco

Black Health Advocates Want US Government to Take on Menthols As Hard As It’s Taken on Other Flavored Tobacco

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African American health advocates are taking aim at the Trump administration’s decision to go after flavored…

Jun 6 2019

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Study Finds Folks in Chicago’s Affluent Streeterville Live to Almost the Century Mark, While Blacks in Impoverished Englewood Don’t Live Long Enough to Collect Social Security

Study Finds Folks in Chicago’s Affluent Streeterville Live to Almost the Century Mark, While Blacks in Impoverished Englewood Don’t Live Long Enough to Collect Social Security

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It’s just nine miles between Chicago’s predominantly white and wealthy Streeterville neighborhood and the…

Jun 10 2016

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Don’t Ignore That Dull Pain. It Could Be Deadly if It’s a Blood Clot

Don’t Ignore That Dull Pain. It Could Be Deadly if It’s a Blood Clot

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What begins for hundreds of thousands of Americans as a dull pain in a leg can turn into a life-threatening episode…

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