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Racial Pill Maker’s Sales Drop in Wider-than-expected-loss

Lower-than-expected sales of a new heart-failure drug approved only for use by Black patients should not signal doom for racially tailored drugs, says a medical expert. Despite low sales affecting stock market shares of the drug’s maker, NitroMed Inc., racially tailored drugs might be here to stay.

May 30, 2006

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Professional Appointments

Warren R. Anderson has been appointed director of the R. Benjamin Wiley Partnership Program for the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Most recently, he served as director of student activities at Chestnut Hill College. Anderson holds a bachelor’s from Mansfield University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Jeffrey L. Brudney has been named the Albert A. Levin […]

May 3, 2006

International

More International Doctors Practicing in U.S.

International medical schools have been quicker to respond to the growing need for physicians, which has led to more non-U.S. citizens practicing medicine in this country, according to trends projected by the National Resident Match Program (NRMP).

April 27, 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

Leadership & Policy

Meharry President To Assume Presidency of Morehouse School of Medicine

Dr. John E. Maupin Jr., president of Meharry Medical College, will step down in July. Maupin, the first Meharry alumnus to hold the top office in the college…

March 1, 2006

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USC Researchers Find Racial Differences in Smoking-Related Risks of Lung Cancer

For years, scientists have argued about whether genes or smoking habits are responsible for the disparities in lung cancer rates among smokers of different ethnic backgrounds…

January 29, 2006

Health

Racial Minority Participation in Clinical Trials

Racial minorities participate in health research studies at the same rate as Whites when they meet the study…

December 28, 2005

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Racial Minority Participation in Clinical Trials Increase With Information and Access

Racial minorities participate in health research studies at the same rate as Whites when they meet the…

December 8, 2005

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From Camden to Hopkins to Meharry

Where do you go when you are a poor, Black boy growing up in Camden, Ark…

November 30, 2005

Health

Connecting Biology & Behavior

Bright morning sun floods through the wall of windows in Dr. James E.K. Hildreth’s new fourth-floor office…

November 30, 2005

Health

University of Mississippi Medical Center, Along with Nine Others, To Be Part of Minority Health Care Study

The University of Mississippi Medical Center will join nine other hospitals across the country in a 29-month study on disparities in health care for minorities.

October 23, 2005

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Old Stories Get Fresh Reporting

This issue’s cover story should come as no surprise to anyone who has been a loyal reader of Black Issues In Higher Education. The plight of African-American men in American society has long been a topic of inquiry and investigation in the magazine before its transition to Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Ernest Holsendolph, formerly […]

October 19, 2005