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Transcript: The most important thing is to be an advocate. To be an advocate, not only for yourselves, and like I said, being an entrepreneur, owning my own practice. Of course, I’m speaking up for my practice. But speaking up for each and every patient. I’ll tell you, when I first moved into that community...

Transcript: My name is Dr. Julianne Adams Birt. And I am an OB-GYN. I practice in Conyers, which is outside of Atlanta, Georgia, and here at the National Medical Association I actually serve as chair of the Women’s Council. The council on concerns of Women. So when you asked me the question, how does health...

Transcript:  Hi. My name is Dr. Rodney Hood. I’m a physician of Internal Medicine. I’ve been in practice in San Diego for over 40 years and I served as the National Medical Association president in the year 2000. My theme at that time was racism in medicine, and how the impact of the past and...

In this exclusive MD Newsline webcast Hematology-Oncology Specialists Dr. Mouhammed Kelta and Dr. Shaina Rozell discuss health disparities in Multiple Myeloma.

Question: If a hospital is not equipped to do that study, how do doctors advocate for that? What kind of strategies have you seen to make sure those patients get care? And How can patients advocate for themselves to make sure that they get the proper tests that they need? Answer: So it really is...

Question: So how does multiple myeloma typically start? At which point in that journey do the people who are most impacted end up in front of a doctor? Answer: I would say those patients who actually seek care or who actually go to the doctor may be getting blood tests. And that astute position may...

What are the best over the counter remedies? Plain Vaseline, no scents no fragrances, we want it just hypoallergenic if possible, because eczema skin can be sensitive to even fragrances and scents. We really want the skin barrier to be repaired. Eczema is a condition that affects the skin barrier. It’s not normal skin. So...

How do the different seasons affect eczema?  Well, typically eczema flares and cold dry weather, which is winter season. In a lot of young, healthy, active adults, sweaty, hot summer days can make their eczema worse as well, especially hand eczema. I think it’s also really important to talk about pigmentation in skin of color....

What is eczema? Eczema is a type of rash that the body makes. It’s an immune response. Basically, what happens is the immune system breaks down in the skin and produces an itchy, sometimes scaly rash that can be very uncomfortable. Eczema impacts a wide variety of people. How does this impact skin of color?...