Sleep Deprivation in Black Communities: When Exhaustion Becomes a Measure of Worth by Derek H. Suite, M.D., M.S.
What generational beliefs about rest are doing to Black health — and what can change
A patient I'll call Marie was in her mid-forties, raising...
Why Black Women Aren’t Sleeping, Her Body Never Got the All-Clear Signal: The Science of Hypervigilance, Stress & Reclaiming Rest
It is 6:47 in the evening when Melissa walks through her front door. She is 52 years old, an administrative coordinator at a nonprofit...
Before the Civil Rights Act, Dr. Jane Cooke Wright Was Already Changing Cancer Treatment By Derek H. Suite, M.D.
The physician whose research helped bring scientific precision to early chemotherapy
Cancer touches nearly every family in America. If it has not reached your own...
The Vision Behind the Vision – How a Pioneer In Ophthalmology Was Formed by Family, Culture & Sacrifice By Derek H. Suite, M.D., M.S.
Dr. Patricia Bath invented the Laserphaco Probe, a device that used laser technology to remove cataracts more precisely and less painfully than any previous...
The Noise You Stopped Hearing Is Still Keeping You Awake By Derek H. Suite, M.D.
How Sound Pollution Quietly Steals Sleep in Black Communities
Harold came to see me a while back with the kind of sleep complaint I hear...
