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Students
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.
August 15, 2007
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.
August 14, 2007
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.
August 14, 2007
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.
August 12, 2007
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Health
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.
August 12, 2007
Health
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.
August 2, 2007
Health
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.
August 1, 2007
Health
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.
July 28, 2007
Students
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.
July 28, 2007
Health
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.
July 27, 2007
Health
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.
July 27, 2007
Health
More students are entering health care fields of study
SIOUX FALLS S.D. More than 6,000 people are enrolled in health-related programs at South Dakota’s public universities and technical schools, but those in the know say that’s still not enough.
July 27, 2007
Health
Harvard’s Benjamin Sachs to head Tulane’s med school
NEW ORLEANS A Harvard Medical School professor will become head of Tulane University School of Medicine on Nov. 1, Tulane announced Wednesday.
July 27, 2007
Latinx
Texas leads nation in teen birth rate, study says
HOUSTON Texas had the nation’s highest birth rate among teenagers ages 15 to 19 in 2004, according to a newly released study of children’s health.
July 26, 2007
Community Colleges
Dewhurst makes plea for community colleges solution
AUSTIN Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst made a public plea Wednesday for state leaders to find a way to reallocate $154 million in vetoed funds for community college health insurance.
July 26, 2007
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Health
Minority Doctor-training Programs To Get Federal Funding Under Proposed Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to increase the funding for two federally funded programs aimed at training minority health professionals throughout the nation.
July 24, 2007
Health
Developed nations draining poor countries of doctors
JACKSON Miss. While many foreign doctors are drawn to the United States to treat underserved poor and rural areas, some experts and health officials say the physicians are needed more at home.
July 22, 2007
Health
Regent says Pomerantz out of line in calling for dean’s ouster
IOWA CITY Iowa A member of the Iowa Board of Regents accused Des Moines businessman Marvin Pomerantz of trying to bully incoming University of Iowa President Sally Mason.
July 22, 2007
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