Tag: Medicine: Page 18

Leadership & Policy

Fiscal Mismanagement Plagues

For years, it remained one of New Jersey’s best-kept secrets. But for young minority students interested…

September 6, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Fiscal Mismanagement Plagues Top Producer of Minority Physicians

NEWARK, N.J. For years, the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey had a long reputation for being the place for aspiring minority doctors and dentists to study.

August 26, 2006

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Looking for Fair and Balanced News Coverage

When journalist Walid el-Gabry came to the Financial Times’ Manhattan bureau on Sept. 1, 2001…

August 9, 2006

HBCUs

The Secrets of St. Agnes

Sometimes the best questions, the ones that reveal new truths, are posed outside of the classroom. In the 1990s…

July 26, 2006

HBCUs

The Secrets of St. Agnes

Sometimes the best questions, the ones that reveal new truths, are posed outside of the classroom…

July 25, 2006

Faculty & Staff

Leaving a Legacy

Shortly after Dr. Donald Wilson became dean of the University of Maryland School of Medicine in 1991…

July 12, 2006

Students

A Favorable Prognosis

Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana…

July 12, 2006

STEM

The Top 100 Interpreting the Data

Substantial growth continues in both the number and percentage of students of color obtaining master’s…

July 12, 2006

Leadership & Policy

A Favorable Prognosis

Dr. Keith Amos’ undying support for his undergrad alma mater, Xavier University of Louisiana, took an unusual turn last year in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina…

July 11, 2006

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

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Just the Stats: Medical School Diversity Across the Nation

With U.S. Census projections indicating racial minorities will account for half of the U.S. population by 2050, are medical schools producing enough culturally sensitive doctors to handle this population? The AAMC board of directors has expressed concern about diversity in medical school, and for good reason.

June 15, 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