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CONVERSATIONS WITH RON RICHARDSON-JANURARY 4, 2024

Written by on January 4, 2025

Conversations with Ron Richardson welcomes special guest Rafael Medina hip-hop artist and entrepreneur. Mr Medina will be joining Ron to talk about type 2 diabetes and how it affects men as a whole. HIV/AIDS advocate Sonya Jean Milliman will be Ron’s co-host as well. For more information on Rafael Medina, you can go to http://youtube.com/user/dagodfather101884

Known facts about diabetes

Black men are 1.5 times more likely to develop Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) than non-Hispanic white men.

Black men are 1.5 times more likely to be hospitalized for diabetes than non-Hispanic white men

Social determinants of health: Poverty, lack of access to healthy food, and restrictions on physical activity. For more information on diabetes, you can go to