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Re:A biased test kept Black people from getting a kidney tra... by NovemberWhiskey on Monday April 01, 2024 @04:08PM (#39898574)
>Don't black people get sickle cell at higher rates than other races? Race is important in a lot of medical contexts.

Yes; e.g. melanoma is 30x more prevalent in non-Hispanic white people than in black people.

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Re:A biased test kept Black people from getting a kidney tra... by hagbard_c on Monday April 01, 2024 @08:20PM (#39901012)
And 'in reverse' in the higher northern and southern hemispheres vitamin-D deficiency and the ailments that come with that are more prevalent among those with darker skin than among those with lighter skin tones.
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