This month is Black History Month (USA and Canada) so we wanted to take the opportunity to focus on health issues that affect the black community more than others. This week, we will be talking all about fibroids. Fibroids are non-cancerous tumours that grow in the womb. Fibroids affect black women in significantly higher portions than other races. According to the National Institute of Health and Care Excellence fibroids occur in over 80% of black women up to the age of 50. 

Hi,   My name is Olamide Olatokun and I’m the founder of The Health Palette.    Firstly, thank you so much for joining our community. We have had such a great response to The Health Palette reintroduction and can’t wait to share everything we have in store with you.   Whilst we work behind the scenes to prepare our next magazine issue, we wanted to take a moment to share our three core reasons for starting The Health Palette. Too often Black voices and experiences are left ou

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Blood pressure. We hear time and time again that high blood pressure is more prevalent in the black community. But why?