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Health
Funding cuts may hurt program that helped Indian med students
Summer programs that encourage American Indians to enter health professions are in full swing now, but they may come to an end after Sept. 1. That’s when funding ends for the Center for American Indian and Minority Health, one of three centers in U.S. medical schools that promotes health professions for American Indians.
July 5, 2006
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Health
Research Roundup: You’re Fired, Call An Ambulance; Black Smokers; the Insulin-Resistant Race
Involuntary job loss near retirement more than doubles the risk of heart attack and stroke; new research may explain why Black smokers are less successful than Whites at quitting the habit; Black women — even if their weight is normal — may be at increased risk for insulin resistance, a condition associated with diabetes, high blood pressure and heart vessel disease.
July 4, 2006
Students
Grants & Awards
Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a four-year, $875,448 grant from the National Institutes of Health to support student international research internships. The Minority Health Institute Research Training Program will send 10 students each year to the University of Botswana and the University of Zululand in South Africa. Harvard University (Mass.) has received a […]
June 14, 2006
Health
Perspectives: Personalized and Racialized Medicine Are Not The Same
On May 31, 2006, Diverse Online published a story titled “Racial Pill Maker’s Sales Drop in Wider-than-expected Loss” about lackluster sales of the drug BiDil. The article claimed that BiDil, the heart-failure drug approved only for Black patients, is expected to usher in the era of personalized medicine.
June 13, 2006
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HBCUs
HBCUs to Participate in North Carolina Research Campus
North Carolina officials believe the February groundbreaking of the North Carolina Research Campus…
May 31, 2006
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Leadership & Policy
Report: UT Memphis Chancellor’s Spending Questioned
The chancellor of the University of Tennessee’s Health Science Center in Memphis is being questioned about the cost of work done on his residence, according to a newspaper report.
May 29, 2006
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Faculty & Staff
Auditor: University of Missouri-Kansas City Faculty Diversity Is ‘Worst’ He’s Seen
The University of Missouri-Kansas City has a serious problem with its racial climate and a serious lack of diversity in its faculty…
May 17, 2006
Health
Indian Doctors Strike Against Affirmative Action
A doctors’ strike that began in the capital to protest an affirmative action program at medical colleges spread Sunday, threatening to cripple services at major government health care facilities. Protests by medical students on Saturday were met with violence by police at government hospitals in the capital, New Delhi, and Bombay.
May 14, 2006
Health
Manning the Ship
Statistically and historically speaking, most women’s studies departments are headed by women…
May 10, 2006
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Health
Study: Latina Mothers Have Inaccurate Perceptions of Children’s Body Weight
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccurate perceptions of their children’s body mass index and believe they are healthy when they are overweight, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco.
May 3, 2006
Health
Manning the Ship
Statistically and historically speaking, most women’s studies departments are headed by women…
May 3, 2006
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Health
Study: Depression Rate Holds Steady for Black Women
Depression rates among White girls drop as they age, but remain steady among Black girls, according to a new study by Northeastern University professor Dr. Debra L. Franko.
April 30, 2006
Health
Bill Recognizing ‘Multiracial’ People Advances In California
A bill that would allow Californians to identify themselves with one or more racial or ethnic backgrounds on government forms passed its first hurdle this week, passing the California State Senate Judiciary…
April 26, 2006
Health
Epidemic of Job Insecurity Takes Toll on Worker Health, Says Study
Amid growing news of layoffs, outsourcing, corporate bankruptcies and downsizing, a University of Michigan study finds that feeling insecure about your job takes…
April 11, 2006
Health
Few Women Take Pregnancy Leave in California, Study Finds
Only one in three working women who qualify for pregnancy leave in California take advantage of the employee benefit, according to a new study by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley…
April 6, 2006
Students
More College Students Seeking Mental Health Help, Says Study
More college students are seeking help for mental illness than in previous years, according to the 2005 National Survey of Counseling Directors….
March 29, 2006
Health
Southern Cal Study Links Weight, Self Esteem and Grades in Chinese Teens
Chinese teens who consider themselves fat are at an increased risk for depression and school-related stress, according to a new study by the University of Southern California…
March 28, 2006
Leadership & Policy
Meharry President to Assume Presidency
Dr. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Meharry Medical College, and the first Meharry alumnus to hold the top office in the college…
March 22, 2006
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