Press Release

March 1, 2000.   BHC.com launches BlackHealthCare.com

Blackhealthcare.com is a culturally oriented and ethnically focused comprehensive internet-based health and medical information provider dedicated to addressing the special health problems of African-Americans.

Chronic diseases affect ethnic and racial minority U.S. citizens disproportionately to majority citizens. Further, there are special barriers to health care throughout the United States for these same citizens.

BlackHealthCare.com presents information about these chronic conditions in a straight foward manner, and in layman's terms, that can be understood by patients and students.

All of the information is based on peer-reviewed, published research results that is updated every 30 days from peer-reviewed medical journals on the major diseases and disorders that disproportionately impact on the daily lives of African-Americans. Further, all of the information is obtained from research conducted on and about African-Americans, much of which is conducted by Pan-African scientists.