Nearly 28 million Americans live with alcohol use disorder. Fewer than 3% receive medication-assisted treatment. The gap between needing help and getting it is not a mystery — it is a wall built from shame, fear, and silence.

Every year during Black Maternal Health Week, we are reminded of a painful truth: Black women in America die from pregnancy-related causes at rates that no high-income nation should accept. These deaths are not inevitable. They are the result of systems — of bias, of neglect, of a healthcare culture that has historically discounted Black women’s pain, their instincts, and their lives.

Every year during Black Maternal Health Week, we are reminded of a painful truth: Black women in America die from pregnancy-related causes at rates that no high-income nation should accept. These deaths are not inevitable. They are the result of systems — of bias, of neglect, of a healthcare culture that has historically discounted Black women’s pain, their instincts, and their lives.

Every April 11, the world pauses to honour the memory of Dr. James Parkinson — who first described the condition in 1817 — and to shine a light on the more than 10 million people living with his namesake disease today. This World Parkinson’s Day, we don’t simply mark the challenges. We celebrate the extraordinary, daily will to recover hope.

Addiction is a brain disorder. It hijacks the very systems your brain uses to survive — your reward pathways, your stress responses, your emotional memory. Understanding this isn’t about removing accountability. It’s about making real, lasting recovery possible.