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Distractions can lessen the impact of health care innovators focused on decreasing racial health disparities. PHOTO: iStock/Hispanolistic

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Outside Distractions Hurt Health Care Innovators for Black and Minority Communities

Heart disease, cancer, and stroke are among the leading causes of death in America. In each case, African-Americans are at least twice as likely to die than Whites according to private and public health experts.