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Chronic fear's toll on Black minds and bodies

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Chronic fear's toll on Black minds and bodies

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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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