Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday January 29th,

2024 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria and as always before we dive into this week's episode I do want to thank those of you who have made

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So okay, let's just dive right into the show this week. I was lucky enough to speak with Dr.

Uchee Blackstock. Now, she is an emergency room physician and she's also the founder of an

organization called advancing health equity and their goal is to partner with

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