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		<title>Medicaid&#8217;s New Approach to Sickle Cell Coverage May Expand Access to New Treatments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2026 15:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[By Phil Galewitz Serenity Cole enjoyed Christmas last month relaxing with her family near her St. Louis home, making crafts and visiting friends. It was a contrast to how Cole, 18, spent part of the 2024 holiday season. She was in the hospital — a frequent occurrence with sickle cell disease, a genetic condition that [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Privacy Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Jan 2024 03:27:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Fierce for Black Women, LLC Privacy Policy of https://fierceforblackwomen.com This Privacy Policy describes Our policies and procedures on the collection, use and disclosure of Your information when You use the Service and tells You about Your privacy rights and how the law protects You. We use Your Personal data to provide and improve the Service. [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Taking Charge of Your Breast Cancer Risk</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2022 13:30:59 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The news this Breast Cancer Awareness Month is particularly concerning for Black women. The latest research from the American Cancer Society (ACS) reports that Black women are 41% more likely to die of breast cancer than White women, making breast cancer the leading cause of death for black women. As frightening as the statistic may [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Sheree Crute</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yanick Rice Lamb]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2022 18:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Sheree Crute is co-founder and editor-in-chief of FierceforBlackWomen.com. Sheree conceived the idea for Fierce. She is responsible for editorial strategy, content, and often writing narrative journalism and consumer health coverage for Fierce. She is also a contributing editor at the The Cathy Hughes School of Communications at Howard University in the Department of Media, Journalism, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Polycystic Ovary Syndrome: Here’s What You Should Know</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sheree Crute]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2020 20:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In 2017, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution that designated September as Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) Awareness Month. Three years later, organizations such as the National PCOS Association continue to host workshops, 5K walks and educational seminars to inform and support those whose lives are impacted by PCOS. If you&#8217;ve never heard of PCOS, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Lessons From Oprah&#8217;s Bout With Pneumonia</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce Contributor]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Sep 2019 01:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>An Easy, Delicious Way to Keep Your Mind Young</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2017 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Great-great grandma was certainly on to something when she touted the benefits of pot likker and savory collard greens for better health. New research shows that dark green vegetables may play a role in limiting cognitive decline and the differences can be seen as early as your 30s or 40s, if you are willing to [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Eating Healthier, the Mental Game; Join the 15 Day Challenge</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2017/06/13/eating-healthier-the-mental-game-join-the-final-15/</link>
		
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jun 2017 17:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[If you eat better, you&#8217;ll feel better. Right? At least, that&#8217;s what every nutritionist, blog and friend tells you. What do you do, then, about that craving you have for that slice of cake for dessert? Or that milkshake? Some people may have God-given restraint; but if you&#8217;re like most, then maybe quitting cold turkey [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Drinking Raises Black Women’s Breast Cancer Risk – Too</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 May 2017 20:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Most large studies on the link between alcohol consumption and breast cancer risk have included primarily white women. Now, a new study of more than 20,000 black women, published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &#38; Prevention, found that black women are also affected by alcohol consumption when it comes to breast cancer risk. Of course, it was always [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Study: Gene That May Cause Obesity Found in our West African Ancestors</title>
		<link>https://fierceforblackwomen.com/2017/03/20/new-study-gene-that-may-cause-obesity-found-in-our-west-african-ancestors/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Fierce]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Mar 2017 10:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[African researchers report genetic trait that may contribute to obesity in people of African Ancestry.  According to a new report in a news release from the National Institutes of Health, An international team of researchers (including many from West Africa) has conducted the first study of its kind to look at the genomic underpinnings of [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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