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Lifting of China’s “One Child” Rule Increases IVF Demand

BEIJING — China’s decision to allow all married couples to have two children is driving a surge in demand for fertility treatment among older women, putting heavy pressure on clinics and breaking down past sensitivities, and even shame, about the issue. The rise in in vitro fertilization points to the lost dreams of many parents […]

June 2, 2016

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County’s Crisis Team Assists When Mental Health Is an Issue

TAUNTON, Mass. — Less than three hours before Arthur “AJ” DaRosa embarked on a killing spree in a Myricks Street house and inside the Silver City Galleria, members of Taunton’s Community Crisis Intervention Team (CCIT) were in the mall’s community room wrapping up the first day of a three-day training session. The horrific events of […]

June 2, 2016

Reports on Deaths of 9 Disabled Went to Defunct Private Email Address

MINEOLA, N.Y. — There may be a reason a prosecutor’s office says it never received nine reports of suspicious deaths of developmentally disabled people in state care over the past three years: A state oversight agency acknowledged on May 20 that it sent them to an assistant prosecutor’s personal email, an account that apparently had […]

May 31, 2016

Army Will Pay to Return Children’s Remains to Tribe

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The U.S. Army has promised to pay for moving and re-burying the remains of at least 10 Native American children who died more than a century ago at a government-run boarding school in Pennsylvania. The school’s mission was to strip the students of their traditions and replace them with European culture. […]

May 18, 2016

U.S. Hires Contractor to run ER at 3 Reservation Hospitals

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — The emergency room at the only hospital on a Native American reservation in South Dakota could reopen after federal health officials hired a contractor on May 17 to provide emergency services at that and two other government-run hospitals. The Indian Health Service awarded a one-year contract to Arizona-based AB Staffing Solutions […]

May 18, 2016

Grad Student Employees Lose Health Insurance Subsidy

COLUMBIA, Mo. ― The University of Missouri said it is eliminating subsidies that help pay health insurance costs for graduate students employed by the school. University officials say the change is due to a recent IRS interpretation of a section of the Affordable Care Act, which requires adults to have health insurance or face tax […]

May 11, 2016

Latest Medical Schools Data Show Increases in Applications, Enrollment of Minorities

The numbers are in. And according to new data released Thursday by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC), enrollment at medical schools across the nation has increased 25 percent since 2002. The dramatic incline in the number of enrollees—20,630 in 2015—signals an all-time high for medical colleges in the U.S. In addition, the total […]

May 11, 2016

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SUNY Broome’s Health Care MOOC Gaining Global Attention

As anyone who has ever cared for an elderly person or housebound patient before knows, you don’t always need a degree in nursing to do it. However, it can be helpful to brush up on certain aspects of caregiving before undertaking the task, such as the physical and psychological needs of those requiring care, effective […]

May 11, 2016

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Penn State Seniors Put Class Gift Funds Toward Mental Health

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. ― Pennsylvania State University’s senior class will donate its class gift funds to an endowment to support campus mental health services. Student leaders tell The Philadelphia Inquirer the gift could reach $250,000. They believe the decision indicates a growing awareness of the need for mental health treatment. The vote was personal for […]

May 11, 2016

Dr. Edith P. Mitchell Trying to Close Health Gaps Between Racial Groups

Long before she realized exactly what an oncologist is or does, Edith Mitchell was an intellectually hungry Tennessee farm girl who wanted to be a medical doctor helping people who were ill. Today, Dr. Edith P. Mitchell, a clinical professor of medicine and medical oncology at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, has achieved her childhood […]

December 9, 2015

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Gospel Singer Marcus Stanley Knows Painkiller-to-Addiction Path

On June 19, just two days after Dylann Roof, a self-styled White supremacist, shot and killed nine African Americans praying at Emanuel A.M.E. Church in Charleston, South Carolina, an unusual Facebook posting drew international attention. “I love you Dylann, even in the midst of the dark and pain you have caused, but more importantly, HE […]

August 19, 2015

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Ads Pitch Worst Foods to Young, Black and Hispanic Audience

Food companies disproportionately target black and Hispanic consumers for their TV advertising for fast food, candy, sugary drink and snack brands, according to new research. In contrast, said a report released by the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity at the University of Connecticut, the African American Collaborative Obesity Research Network (AACORN) and Salud […]

August 17, 2015

Black Doctors Group Backs Obama Action on Climate Change

DETROIT — The National Medical Association, which held its 113th annual convention in Detroit Aug. 1-5 and counts more than 30,000 African-American physicians as members, issued a statement backing the Environmental Protection Agency’s final Clean Power Plan, released August 3, to cut carbon pollution from the nation’s power plants. “Quite simply, the final Clean Power […]

August 7, 2015

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