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A Gift of Presidential Proportions

Nobody understood why Bruce King took a job at the University of South Dakota. But the decision may have saved his life.

Study: Overweight Kids Being Teased Out of an Education

A new study conducted by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania and Temple University have found that obesity is linked to high absenteeism rates in school-aged children.

Faculty & Staff

Tulane gets almost $11 million for kidney, blood pressure work

NEW ORLEANS The National Institutes of Health has given Tulane University $11 million to continue research on kidney function and high blood pressure a major problem in Louisiana, and the principal cause of kidney failure.

Community Colleges

Texas community colleges mull tax hikes to make up for vetoed funding

AUSTIN Community college officials said they will have to consider property tax increases, tuition hikes and educational program cuts to compensate for $154 million in funds vetoed by Gov. Rick Perry.

Native Americans

Learning N.C. American Indian culture helps broaden horizons

ST. JAMES N.C. The flat coastal plain, punctuated by trailers and cornfields, offers few clues that this is the home of the Waccamaw-Siouans, a little-known American Indian tribe that has lived in southeastern North Carolina since the mid-1700s.

U.S. university donating medical supplies to Uganda

DURHAM North Carolina A neurosurgeon at an elite U.S. university has gathered several tons of medical equipment, some of which sat unused at the school’s medical facility, and is planning on donating it to a Ugandan hospital.

Harvard Study Examines Hidden Biases Among ER Physicians

A new Harvard University study reports that physicians’ subconscious racial biases play a significant role in the care and treatment they provide to patients and is a contributing factor to the health disparity that exists between Black and White patients.

HBCU Experts Call on Congress to Assist Minority Communities Near Toxic Waste Sites

Experts from two Black colleges are calling on Congress to help low-income, minority communities, which are disproportionately more likely than other communities to live near toxic waste sites with health hazards for children and families.

Health professionals, once Republican givers, now tilting Democratic

WASHINGTON Health care professionals are giving Democrats a second look after more than a decade of opening their wallets in favor of Republican candidates.

Southern center aims to aid Africa

BATON ROUGE La. Victor Mbarika envisions Louisiana doctors serving the sick and needy in Africa without having to leave their American offices.

OSU seeking to increase med students to meet rural MD demand

STILLWATER Okla. Regents governing Oklahoma State University plan to seek state funding to increase the number of students attending the OSU medical school to help ease an expected rural doctor shortage.

Harding graduates first class of high-demand physician assistants

SEARCY Ark. Harding University graduated its first class of physician assistants Saturday, one of the fastest growing professions in the nation.

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