There are 4 article(s) tagged health disparities:

• April 2024

  • Choices Birthing Center hosts Black Maternal Health Week events

    Black women make up the majority of patients at Choices’ freestanding birthing center in Midtown, whose midwifery practice has been delivering babies since 2017. 

    By Aisling Mäki April 14, 2024

• November 2023

  • Shelby County invites the community to remember those lost to HIV/AIDS

    Friday’s free event will also include a catered dinner buffet, presentations, vendors, informational displays and giveaways, and it will culminate with a balloon release to honor everyone in the Memphis community impacted by HIV/AIDS.

    By Aisling Mäki November 30, 2023

• July 2023

  • Some barbershops put heart into clients’ wellbeing

    Customers may come in for a basic haircut and leave with a free blood pressure check. Methodist Hospital North’s partnership with area barbers brings care to men most at risk of hypertension. 

    By Aisling Mäki July 23, 2023

• June 2022

  • Campaign aims to build diverse medical database that includes ‘All of Us’

    The research mobile exhibit, led by the National Institutes of Health, stops in Memphis this week. 

    By Aisling Mäki June 15, 2022