Correction 4/25: This article has been updated to more clearly reflect the findings of the study. Researchers at the University of Michigan published a study investigating how lifetime stress impacts ...

Black women have a complicated relationship with our superpowers. We’ll sing along when we hear Karyn White’s or Alicia Keys’s version of “Superwoman.” Both of these odes to Black girl ...

Perceived stress was associated with both prevalent and incident cognitive function impairment in Black and white older adults, underlining the need for stress assessments among high-risk adults ...

Again drawing on data from the Americans Changing Lives Survey, we followed more than 1,500 black and white adults for 10 years. The study used self-reported scales to measure anger and hostility.

According to Lottie Joiner’s post at The Root, stress accelerates the aging of black female bodies, and black women between the ages of 45 and 55 are “biologically 7.5 years older than white ...

Again drawing on data from the Americans Changing Lives Survey, we followed more than 1,500 black and white adults for 10 years. The study used self-reported scales to measure anger and hostility.

Ricco Hall, graduating May 2023 from a Private White Institution (PWI) with an education doctorate in Human and Organizational Learning, encountered his share of stress pursuing his PH.D.

What they found surprised them. Financial stress during pregnancy, such as job loss and the inability to pay bills, was linked to accelerated cellular aging of white children but not Black children.

Despite the negatives--the social "hell"--Black women have to deal with, many Black women are living well as cherished wives, trailblazing professionals and entrepreneurs. So we rise up and press on.

And in March, stomach cancer took his life. From diabetes to colon cancer, Black men are disproportionately impacted by certain illnesses when compared to their white counterparts.