Doctors say routine checkups are critical to fight off serious medical conditions. But during the pandemic, some people didn’t see their doctors as often as they should have.
Lifestyle changes such as little interaction, anxiety over healthcare, poverty, and shifting to a dependent lifestyle are just some ways the elderly can become depressed or fuel their depression further.
Dr. Pia Chowdry of LSU Health New Orleans says it is estimated that about 1 in 6 African American men will develop prostate cancer compared to about 1 in 9 or 1 in10 white men.
Doctors say more work is needed to address health disparities that place African American women more at risk of complications or death during pregnancy or after pregnancy.