Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Lack of diversity in dermatology leads to misdiagnosis of skin conditions in patients with skin of color.

A Food and Drug Administration advisory committee met Friday to figure out ways to make pulse oximeters more accurate when doing readings on darker skin both in hospitals and at home, after research ...

(Special to The Root) — Skin color is one of our most important biological traits. Its many shades evolved as humans moved far and wide into regions with different intensities of sunlight. Skin color ...

When people of color are diagnosed with melanoma, it’s often at more advanced stages and associated with lower rates of survival. Lack of awareness about melanoma risk, as well as underrepresentation ...