Chronic fear's toll on Black minds and bodies

Skin color is a marker of chronic stress more than anything else. Jen Caudle, DO, Ebony Jade Hilton, MD, and Jud Brewer, MD PhD discuss how the trauma of this lived experience affects Black Americans.

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  • The roots of systemic racism in healthcare and one doctor's hope

  • How race plays a role in medicine and infant mortality

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  • How racial disparities affect healthcare, through the eyes of one doctor

  • How do we begin to heal generational trauma?

  • How to train your body to be resilient

  • What does social well-being mean to the Black community?

  • What is anti-resistance training and what does it have to do with resilience?

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