{"product_id":"2940016467245","title":"African Americans and Medical Diseases: An American Health Care Crisis That Is Crying For Help and Actions","description":"The state of African American health is grim and getting grimmer every day. Many African Americans are beset with illiteracy, high rate of unemployment, poverty and hunger. These problems create a situation that causes many African Americans young and old to live in some of the poorest communities in the U.S.\u003cbr\u003eLife in the Black Ghetto of America is a cruel and brutal life, which exposes people living there to a daily life and death set of circumstances that risks their lives from moment to moment.\u003cbr\u003eIntertwined in this life of poverty and daily struggle to survive is a high rate of medical problems that African Americans are afflicted with that go both undiagnosed and untreated most of the time.\u003cbr\u003eAmong the medical diseases that many African Americans suffer from are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHypertension\u003cbr\u003eSexually Transmitted diseases (STD)\u003cbr\u003eCoronary heart disease\u003cbr\u003eDrug addiction \u003cbr\u003eCongestive heart failure\u003cbr\u003eAlcoholism\u003cbr\u003eStroke\u003cbr\u003eDepression\u003cbr\u003eObesity\u003cbr\u003eHepatitis C\u003cbr\u003eDiabetes\u003cbr\u003eHepatitis B\u003cbr\u003eHigh cholesterol\u003cbr\u003eCirrhosis of the liver\u003cbr\u003eEnd stage kidney failure\u003cbr\u003eSickle cell disease\u003cbr\u003eCancer\u003cbr\u003eIron deficiency\u003cbr\u003eCOPD\u003cbr\u003eLupus\u003cbr\u003eLow vitamin D\u003cbr\u003eRheumatoid arthritis\u003cbr\u003eLow vitamin B12\u003cbr\u003eOsteoporosis\u003cbr\u003eEmphysema\u003cbr\u003eFetal alcohol syndrome\u003cbr\u003eAsthma\u003cbr\u003eHigh postpartum maternal deaths\u003cbr\u003eAIDS\u003cbr\u003eHigh infant deaths\u003cbr\u003eDementia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMaking the situation worse is the fact that many poor African Americans have no health insurance. In addition, many of those who have health insurance don’t go to physicians for medical care and when they do go, they usually present with medical conditions that are too far advanced to be cured.","brand":"Dorrance Publishing Co. Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47069918003440,"sku":"2940016467245","price":31.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940016467245_p0.jpg?v=1763636483","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940016467245","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}