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Cultural Attitudes And Body Dissatisfaction
Cultural Attitudes And Body DissatisfactionMorgan State researchers find that perceptions of body image among young African Americans may be life threateningBALTIMOREYoung African Americans don’t appear to perceive obesity in the way the medical community does, putting them at greater risk for developing chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension and cancer, says a first-ever study led […]
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Weighing In On African American Obesity
Weighing In On African American Obesity Researchers look for clues in eliminating obesity-related disparities, particularly among Black womenBy B. Denise HawkinsEverybody is getting fatter. The poor are getting fatter, Gen Xers are getting fatter, African-American women and Hispanic men are getting fatter, and children too young to even have a category are really getting fatter. […]
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A Healthier, Happier New Year
A Healthier, Happier New YearIt’s almost inevitable that the dawn of a New Year inspires many of us to dedicate ourselves to a healthier lifestyle. After putting on a few extra pounds during the holiday season, we often find ourselves resolving in January to slim down and to maintain an optimal weight. How well Americans […]
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National HIV/AIDS Writing Competition
National HIV/AIDS Writing Competition Gives Young People a VoiceNEW YORKShawn C. Nabors, 14, of Brooklyn, N.Y., is the winner of “Positively Negative,” an HIV/AIDS National story-writing competition for youth ages 14-22. Nabors will receive a $500 cash prize and his story will be adapted into a screenplay and made into an HIV/AIDS educational film to […]
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New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern Tribes
New England Tribal College Would Be The First to Serve Eastern TribesHARTFORD, Conn. The modern-day reawakening of American Indian groups across New England could spawn something never seen on the East Coast: a college dedicated to the region’s estimated 40,000 people with native roots. A tribal college would offer a connecting point for New England’s […]
Faculty & Staff
Finding The Right Prescription
Finding The Right PrescriptionIn stiff competition with the private sector for pharmacy faculty, academia often finds itself on the losing side By Tracie PowellAn aging population, the changing role of pharmacists as health systems rely more heavily on newer, sophisticated drug therapies to cure ills, and a proliferation of corner drug stores is driving a […]
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NIH Funds Michigan Project to Improve Racial Disparities in Pregnancy Outcomes
NIH Funds Michigan Project to Improve Racial Disparities in Pregnancy OutcomesANN ARBOR, Mich.Black women are three times more likely than White women to die during pregnancy, and twice as many Black babies as White babies die in infancy. Yet researchers know little about why pregnancy and infant health differ by race, despite massive efforts to […]
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U.S. Health Care Professions Separate and Unequal
U.S. Health Care Professions Separate and UnequalSullivan Commission: Lack of diversity may be greatest cause of health disparitiesWASHINGTONA lack of diversity among health care professionals is placing the health of at least one-third of the nation at risk. This fact was among findings announced recently by the Sullivan Commission on Diversity in the Healthcare Workforce […]
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Leaders Urge Schools to Address ‘Culture of Detachment’ Among Students
Leaders Urge Schools to Address ‘Culture of Detachment’ Among StudentsBALTIMORECiting a vast body of empirical evidence, leaders in education and public health policy are calling on the nation’s schools to strengthen their connections with students, outlining a multi-pronged strategy aimed at boosting academic performance while reducing drug and alcohol use, suicide, violence, smoking and sex […]
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Meeting the Challenges Of Change
Meeting the Challenges Of ChangeTIAA-CREF’s BeRtram L. Scott discusses how the legendary financial institution responds to new environments in its quest to continue to help higher education professionals By Frank L. MatthewsIn an era in which change is very much the norm, some would argue that a no-nonsense financial institution like TIAA-CREF changes at its […]
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Auditors Recommend USC Return Nearly $1 Million
Auditors Recommend USC Return Nearly $1 Million For HIV/AIDS Training LapseLOS ANGELES Federal auditors have recommended the University of Southern California repay or forfeit more than $1 million in government funds following lapses in its training program for HIV/AIDS counselors for minority communities. Federal officials shut down the university’s program in 2001 amid concerns about […]
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University of Maryland Establishes Center To Promote Equal Access to Health Care
University of Maryland Establishes Center To Promote Equal Access to Health CareBALTIMORE Heart disease among Blacks, chewing tobacco in Western Maryland, geographic isolation on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and diabetes rates among Hispanics are some of the issues that will be tackled by a new University of Maryland center dedicated to eliminating health care disparities for […]
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