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via BlackDoctor: Today, 1 out of 5 blacks are living with multiple myeloma, and according to a recent study, being overweight and obesity has been linked to it and a number of other cancers. Overweight and obesity accounted for nearly 4 percent of all cancers globally in 2012, and that rate is likely to rise […]

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via BlackDoctor: Researchers have found, children who live in homes with vinyl flooring and flame-retardant furniture have higher levels of potentially harmful chemicals in their blood or urine. Children from homes that had vinyl flooring in all areas were found to have concentrations of benzyl butyl phthalate metabolite in their urine that were 15 times […]

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via BlackDoctor: Researchers have found, children who live in homes with vinyl flooring and flame-retardant furniture have higher levels of potentially harmful chemicals in their blood or urine. Children from homes that had vinyl flooring in all areas were found to have concentrations of benzyl butyl phthalate metabolite in their urine that were 15 times […]

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via BlackDoctor: Although it’s considered a rare cancer, African Americans are twice as likely to be diagnosed with multiple myeloma. Multiple myeloma is a cancer which forms as the result of an overgrowth of malignant plasma cells in the bone marrow. While no one knows for sure what causes multiple myeloma, you’re more likely to get it if: You […]