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Black health

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Find out more about health issues for black and mixed-race people, including, diabetes, high blood pressure and sickle cell anaemia.

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  • Black health issues
  • Diabetes: reduce your risk of getting it
  • Video: diabetes
  • Sickle cell anaemia
  • Darcus Howe: 'My battle with prostate cancer'
  • High blood pressure and stroke: reduce your risk
  • 'How diabetes affects my daily life'
  • Prostate cancer
  • Skin-lightening risks
  • 'How I cut my blood pressure'
  • Inheriting sickle cell anaemia
  • Mental health
  • Keloid scarring

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