Black Women's Wellness

Black women carry the worst prognoses and suffer the least successful health-care outcomes for diseases many other women survive. As if that decades-long burden isn't enough, now comes a pandemic that affects Black people and other minorities in disproportionate numbers. Despite the abundance of medical data that those most afflicted need to know, there is a dearth of books written for Black women, by Black women, or by Black MDs, especially as it pertains to Black women's health. Authored by ob-gyn andmedia contributor Dr. Melody T. McCloud, Black Women's Wellness fills that void. Written in a conversational tone, with illustrations and schematics about head-to-toe medical conditions, the book presents the ever-present physical challenges of killer diseases such as diabetes, cancer, hypertension, heart disease, maternal mortality, HIV/AIDS, and more. It also provides the often-overlooked linkage to the psycho-social factors-the micro-aggressions-that in turn cause elevated stress hormones such as cortisol and catecholamines that adversely affect Black women's hearts and result in physical maladies that can even lead to death. The book's goal: to help Black women be happier, healthier Black women. Filled with professional medical advice, sexology, sociology, psychology, dashes of pop culture, and doses of personal responsibility, this is a book that will be the indispensable resource for Black women everywhere--