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Black Women’s Health Podcast

Recent Episodes

March 28, 2025

Toxic Braids: What Every Black Woman Needs to Know

What's really in the braiding hair we use- and what does it mean for our health? In this urgent and eye-opening episdoe of the Black Women's Podcast, Dr. Rahman speaks with Dr. James E. Rogers , the lead scientist at Consumer...
March 10, 2025

Hope, Health and Hard Truths: Dr. Cheryl Law Talks Breast Cancer, Adventure Jar and Black Women

When words fail, stories can still heal. In this powerful episode, Dr. Cheryl Law joins Dr. Rahman to share her deeply personal experience with metastatic breast cancer - and how she found her voice through support from famil...
Feb. 20, 2025

Reclaiming Power: A Womanist Approach to Black Women's Health with Dr. Wylin D. Wilson

Why are Black women still fighting to be heard in healthcare? From reproductive justice to medical bias, the way healthcare decisions are made often leaves Black women out of the conversation. But what if the problem isn't ju...

Recent Blog Posts

Feb. 20, 2025

Who Controls Black Women's Health? A Womanist Perspective with Dr Wyl…

Why are Black Women Still Flighting to be Heard in Healthcare? Black women face higher maternal mortality rates, greater dismissal of pain, and more challenges accessing quality healthcare than other groups. But why? The answer isn't just lack of a…

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March 19, 2024

Sexuality after 40 for Women?

Who says the sexual fire dims after 40?  YES.. our bodies change with time. Instead of a decline maybe peri-/menopause is a liberation from monthly woes and a new phase where a woman can focus on pleasure. It's a good time to get candid about …

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Feb. 6, 2024

The Black Women’s Health Study- Perms & Uterine Cancer

The Black Women’s Health Study has followed 59,000 self-identified Black women across the US since 1995. The goal has been to assess risk factors for cancers and other majors illnesses in Black women.    Why? Black Women have highe…

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