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Leadership & Policy

University of Arizona President Calls for Independent Probe of Medical Schools

TUCSON, Ariz. ― The president of the University of Arizona has called for an independent investigation into allegations of misuse of public funds by its two medical schools. The Arizona Daily Star reports that President Ann Weaver Hart released a statement on Monday calling for the independent third-party investigation with no university or Arizona Board […]

A Black Doctor’s Perspective

I wake up at 5 a.m. to get ready for another day to see my patients. The moment I step into the hospital, I put on my long white coat. Not because it’s a part of my uniform, but because if I don’t wear it, people won’t think this young female black woman is a […]

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Obesity More Deadly for Men

WEDNESDAY, July 13, 2016 (HealthDay News) — Obesity is nearly three times more deadly for men than it is for women, new research suggests. In a study of nearly 4 million men and women around the globe, the risk of dying before the age of 70 was 19 percent for men and 11 percent for […]

Best Residential Nursing Programs Listed

It is hard to beat the experience of an on-campus education. Going to live classes can result in life-long friendships with other students and opportunities for mentoring by passionate faculty. In this ranking of schools that offer residential BSN programs, we find the best schools for you based on 1) those at which you are […]

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PhD Nursing Programs Ranked

Everyone knows what nurses do: everyone has encountered a nurse, whether in the primary physician’s office, the emergency room, or the hospital. Nurses provide the hands-on care, meets a patient’s immediate needs, and do the grunt work of the healthcare system. But, outside of the nursing profession itself, very few people think about the other […]

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Black Students Less Likely to Get Mental Health Care

A startling new study claims that black and Hispanic children and young adults are half as likely as white students to receive treatment for mental health problems. This study raises racism concerns because the racial and ethnic disparity exists despite the fact that both minorities have a similar rate of mental problems as that of […]

Audit: 2,300 VA Patients Assigned to ‘Ghost ‘ Doctors

IOWA CITY, Iowa — More than 2,300 VA patients in Iowa and South Dakota were assigned to primary care “ghost panels,” or doctors who no longer worked at their hospitals, a federal audit found. Critics say the practice is a way that some VA hospitals have made their doctors’ caseloads appear artificially small and within […]

Medical Marijuana Ruling Frustrates Patients

MACON, Ga. — Medical marijuana supporters in Georgia were hoping for something different from the federal government, not its recent ruling that cannabis should remain off-limits. Georgians like Janea Cox of Monroe County want to be able to get medical cannabis just like other prescriptions instead of breaking the law to seek therapies for themselves […]

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Community Garden Fills Need for Healthy Food

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Ruth Torres is so devoted to her garden that a knee-high cast after foot surgery failed to deter her from planting and tending to it for the past three months. Her 8- by 4-foot raised bed in the incubator garden off English Street run by New Haven Farms is full of […]

Deputy Kills Mentally Ill Patient Armed with Sign Post

FAIRFAX, Va. — A sheriff’s deputy fatally shot a hospital patient who was wielding a metal sign post and appeared to be mentally disturbed, police said Tuesday. The 29-year-old Hispanic man had just been discharged from Inova Fairfax Hospital Monday (August 15) night when he began wielding a sign post with a sharp metal end, […]

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Athlete’s Problem: Too Much Testosterone for a Woman

RIO DE JANEIRO — The young athlete, now competing at the Rio Games, always considered herself to be a girl just like the others, a girl who loved to run. Then the governing body of track and field told her she was different, so different that her track career could be over. Marked “confidential” and […]

Wakeup Call on Mental Health

More than 30 years ago I published a paper that examined violent incidents involving African-American and white patients in an inpatient psychiatric facility. To the surprise of nearly everyone at the time, the study found African-Americans patients were less violent than whites. The study has been replicated multiple times, and the explanation was that African-American […]

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