There's a particular kind of frustration that comes from sitting across from a doctor, carefully describing symptoms that have been disrupting daily life, only to be told it's probably just stress or worse, that nothing is really wrong at all. For many patients, that experience has a name: medical gaslighting.
What medical gaslighting actually means…
By the time Brionna Johnson arrived at Loretto Hospital in Chicago, she had already heard what felt like an impossible verdict delivered over and over again. At 17 weeks pregnant, a 27 pound cluster of fibroids had developed alongside her baby, and doctor after doctor told her the only viable path was to remove the…
Naturi Naughton, the actress and singer who spent years playing Tasha on the Starz series Power, stepped away from the screen this week to focus on something she considers more pressing than any role. To mark the opening of Black Maternal Health Week, Naughton partnered with the Irth App to host the Power Moms Brunch…
Black maternal health in the United States remains a deeply serious issue. According to the CDC, Black women are three times more likely to die from pregnancy related causes than white women. Data from California further revealed that even the wealthiest Black mothers and their babies are twice as likely to die as their wealthiest…

