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Health: Page 268
Nursing
Local nurses played role in improving standards
Nursing was once considered an unseemly career for a woman in 19th-century Texas. Back then, nursing duties were frequently performed by untrained male attendants. When the Texas Medical Association convened in Waco in 1878, the physicians quickly dismissed the proposal for a professional nursing school for men. The TMA president remarked that “male nurses were […]
Policies
Lab Workers Sue to Keep Names Private
SEATTLE — Researchers and employees for a University of Washington lab that uses tissues obtained from abortions and other procedures have filed a lawsuit to prevent their names from being released to anti-abortion activists. The Seattle Times reports employees at the Birth Defects Research Center say they fear harassment and violence if their names are […]
Policies
Group Complains about EMT Live-Animal Use
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — A doctors group has filed a complaint against the emergency medicine training program at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine, saying the program violates federal law by using live animals. The complaint, filed by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine with the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says the program […]
Other News
Vaccination rates still too low among African-American seniors
More African-American seniors are getting vaccinated as access to health care improves and myths fade, but greater awareness is needed, Dr. Regina Benjamin said last week. In particular, seniors need protection against pneumococcal pneumonia, flu, shingles and tetanus. Benjamin, who practices in Alabama, was the eighteenth United States Surgeon General under President Obama. Read More
Policies
Solar Energy Will Produce Savings for Hospital
ALBANY, N.Y. — A hospital in Westchester County has finished work on a solar power array that state officials say will save $96,000 a year in energy costs. Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced the completion of the project on August 4. The state contributed $358,000 toward the work at the Montrose VA Medical Center. […]
Disparities
Puyallup Tribe Wants Medical Pot Facility
TACOMA, Wash. —The Puyallup Tribe is taking steps to grow medical marijuana on its land. The News Tribune reports that tribal leaders have amended a compact with the Washington Liquor and Cannabis Board and Gov. Jay Inslee to allow production and sales of marijuana. Earlier this year, the tribe opened a marijuana testing laboratory as […]
Policies
Fighting HIV in Miami
MIAMI — The doctor on a mission met the homeless heroin addict who lived under a tree last year at Jackson Health System’s special immunology clinic when both men were struggling to overcome the odds. Jose De Lemos, infected with HIV and hepatitis C from a shared needle, had gone without treatment for almost a […]
Blogs/Opinion
Mind games – The psychology of Olympic competition
For Olympic athletes, the pressure of the Games can be immense. Often, years of training and preparation culminate in one shot to make that work pay off, all in a setting where expectations are high and the whole world is watching. We speak with sports psychologist David Fletcher, a researcher and consultant for professional and […]
Other News
Mayo Study Defining The Role Of Unconscious Doctor Bias In Minority Health Care
Do unconscious biases about race, gender and body shape that students bring with them into medical school carry over when they enter their residencies, thus contributing to the huge and costly disparities in the health outcomes of minorities? That’s what prominent Mayo researcher Michelle Van Ryn is trying to find out in leading a new […]
Disparities
NIH funds precision medicine research with a focus on health disparities
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), part of the National Institutes of Health, has committed approximately $31 million over five years, pending available funding, to launch a new program for Transdisciplinary Collaborative Centers (TCCs) for health disparities research exploring the potential for precision medicine to promote health equity and advance the […]
Disparities
Why Black & Hispanic Adults 65 & Older Should Get Vaccinated
Discussions surrounding health disparities within minority communities continuously focus on two issues: high percentages of heart disease and diabetes rates. The gaze is usually offset from a silent killer for Black and Hispanic adults over the ages of 65 and older – pneumococcal pneumonia. According to the CDC, pneumococcal disease kills about 18,000 adults 65 […]
Other News
Rio 2016: Zika epidemic making Brazil a ‘health mess’ for Olympics
With more than 10,000 athletes participating at this year’s Rio Games and an estimated 300,000 to 500,000 people traveling to Brazil for the Olympics, the city is set to see record numbers of people descend on it in the next two weeks. What sort of precautions should all those people take while travelling to an […]
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