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Baby in a Box — Saving Lives in Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — On a sunny morning at Bartlett Beginnings Family Birth Center, new mom Kaity Conrad set down her 10-day-old daughter Amelia into what looked like a giant shoebox. The box, covered in an intricate Alaska Native design, is one of the hundreds of baby boxes Bartlett Regional Hospital Foundation is supplying mothers who […]

November 7, 2016

Polio Victim on Her Way to Stardom

BELLEVILLE, Ill. — Keira Cromwell comes in a tiny 10-year-old package, wrapped up in shiny black hair, big dark eyes and a smile that blings. Inside, there’s a dynamo who isn’t impeded much by the braces on her legs, or fingers that don’t work so well sometimes. “I do OK, but I need a wheelchair […]

November 7, 2016

Mohawk Midwife Will Be Honored

Sherrill Katsi Cook Barreiro, a Mohawk Native American midwife, environmentalist and women’s health advocate, will be a 2017 Indspire Awards recipient, it’s been announced. Katsi Cook, known for decades for her work in environmental justice and reproductive health research at both the tribal and federal levels, is an Indspire Awards winner in the category of […]

November 7, 2016

More Minority Medical Professionals Needed

The U.S. is heading for a shortage of physicians, even in a state as well educated and populated as New Jersey. Particularly in need: minority medical professionals who some argue can best meet the needs of diverse communities. “If you look at the admissions to medical school itself, it doesn’t reflect the population at all,” […]

November 7, 2016

Changes Were Urgent, says Missouri Med School Dean

COLUMBIA, Mo. — The dean of the University of Missouri’s medical school said a recent change in leadership was motivated by a sense of urgency prompted by the school’s accreditation report. Dean Patrice Delafontaine spoke to medical students on November 2 about the changes, including the resignation of Rachel Brown in October as the medical […]

November 7, 2016

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Institute Celebrates Native American Heritage Month

LONGMONT, CO–(Marketwired – November 01, 2016) – Today is the beginning of Native American Heritage Month in the U.S., and First Nations Development Institute (First Nations) continues to honor that heritage by celebrating Native-themed children’s literature. On Oct. 19 — ahead of this month’s celebration — First Nations launched the national #NativeReads campaign with five […]

November 2, 2016

Digital Medical Networks Add Channels for Blacks, Women

LAS VEGAS, NV–(Marketwired – Nov 1, 2016) – Saddle Ranch Media, Inc. (OTC PINK: SRMX) now has four live Video-On-Demand networks ready to generate revenue on YouTube as a Medical Education Network distributed directly to targeted medical practices. SRMX’s is focusing its production capabilities on the Point-Of-Care portion the Digital-Out-Of-Home (“DOOH”) network space. DOOH or […]

November 2, 2016

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Poverty, Not Race, Increases Risk of Unplanned Pregnancy

Certain demographics are more likely to have unintended pregnancies than others, but while some reports point to racial differences among women who have unplanned pregnancies, a new study from the University of Michigan suggests that the real answer may instead lie in socioeconomic factors that transcend race. Statistics show that black women have more unintended […]

November 2, 2016

Talc User: $70 Million Verdict Can’t Buy Health

ST. LOUIS — When Deborah Giannecchini was diagnosed with stage 4 ovarian cancer four years ago, it didn’t make sense. She had no family history, nor did she seem a high risk. But months later, when her daughter saw a TV ad for a law firm asking ovarian cancer victims who used talcum powder to […]

November 2, 2016

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Indiana U. First to Offer Health Data Degree

INDIANAPOLIS —Indiana University is poised to offer what it says is the country’s first bachelor of science degree in health data science. The Indianapolis Business Journal reports the university’s Fairbanks School of Public Health will offer the degree pending approval of the Indiana Commission on Higher Education in December. Students would start working on course […]

October 31, 2016

Gates Foundation Gives UW $210 Million

SEATTLE —The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation is giving the University of Washington $210 million to help build a new facility to advance efforts to improve the health and well-being of people worldwide, officials said Tuesday. The donation from the largest private foundation in the world, located just miles from the Seattle campus, is the […]

October 31, 2016

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Freddie Gray Asked Police to Go to Hospital, Tapes Show

BALTIMORE —The videotaped statements of two of the Baltimore officers charged in the death of a young black man whose neck was broken in the back of a police transport wagon have been made public for the first time. WBAL-TV used a Maryland Public Information Act request to obtain the April 17, 2015 statements from […]

October 31, 2016

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One-Fourth of Cancer Deaths Linked to Smoking

CHICAGO — Cigarettes contribute to more than 1 in 4 cancer deaths in the U.S. The rate is highest among men in Southern states where smoking is more common and the rules against it are not as strict. The American Cancer Society study found the highest rate among men in Arkansas, where 40 percent of […]

October 26, 2016

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Race, Ethnicity Factor in Hospital Readmissions

SAN FRANCISCO — Among children hospitalized with asthma or diabetes, non-Hispanic black patients have the highest rates of readmission, while readmission rates among those hospitalized with seizure or migraine are highest among non-Hispanic whites, according to data presented at the 2016 AAP National Conference and Exhibition. “Preventing hospital readmissions continues to be a key aim […]

October 26, 2016

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ASU, Mayo Clinic Team Up for New Medical School

PHOENIX —The Mayo Clinic and Arizona State University are teaming up to offer a medical certificate program. Students attending the Mayo Clinic School of Medicine, which will open next summer, will simultaneously complete an ASU and Mayo Clinic certificate program in the science of health-care delivery as part of the Mayo Clinic and ASU Alliance […]

October 26, 2016

IHS Nearly Doubles Grants for Meth and Suicide Prevention

The Indian Health Service has almost doubled the number of grants for meth and suicide prevention among youth in American Indian communities with the announcement of 42 new awards to support President Obama’s Generation Indigenous Initiative. The 2016 Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative (MSPI) funding, worth more than $7 million, will go to tribes, tribal […]

October 24, 2016

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Paramedics in Short Supply in Arkansas

BENTONVILLE, Ark.— A mock-up of an ambulance filled one corner of the classroom and simulated hospital rooms took up the opposite wall, but Grant Wilson’s students one recent morning were focused on the 3-inch-thick books in front of them simply labeled “Paramedic Textbook.” That day’s chapter was on toxicology, dealing with every variety of poison […]

October 24, 2016

Herschel Walker: Ask for Help

GROTON, Conn.— There’s Herschel Walker the former professional football player. The Heisman trophy winner. The bobsledder. The mixed martial artist. The founder of one of the largest minority-owned chicken companies in the U.S. The board member of a publicly traded company. “This is coming from a guy who went out and got help,” Walker, 54, […]

October 24, 2016

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