Critical Condition: Health in Black America Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
After centuries of pseudoscience, researchers examine the causes of racial health disparities.
Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to suffer from chronic diseases than Whites. Why? From false beliefs that permeate modern medicine to life experiences that can damage human cells, uncover the underlying causes of racial health disparities.
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Critical Condition: Health in Black America Preview
Preview: Season 52 Episode 9 | 30sVideo has Closed Captions
Black Americans are nearly twice as likely to suffer from chronic diseases than Whites. Why? From false beliefs that permeate modern medicine to life experiences that can damage human cells, uncover the underlying causes of racial health disparities.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship- [Doctor] African Americans have higher death rates for cancer, higher death rates at younger ages for heart attacks, for strokes.
- There's nothing genetically biological about being black that would cause these poor health outcomes across the board.
- [Doctor] Why is it that these disparities exist?
- [Announcer] Nova investigates the science behind the disparity.
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