From an article By Zahra Barnes, Executive Editor, SELF Magazine (originally published in 2017) Here are eight health conditions Black women should be especially aware of, including how to prevent or minimize their risk. 1. Heart disease, stroke, and diabetes These conditions often occur together or aggravate each other, and they are striking Black women hard. According to CDC data, around 7.6 percent of black women have heart disease, around 46 of every 100,000 black women