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Leadership & Policy

Abruptly Dismissed

Abruptly DismissedMorehouse School of Medicine loses president as accreditation date draws near By Marlon A. WalkerATLANTAThe Morehouse School of Medicine (MSM) has gone into a state of transition weeks before an important site visit by the board that will determine whether the school retains its accreditation.With the December dismissal of the school’s president, Dr. James […]

February 9, 2005

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McGraw-Hill Upgrades Harrison’s Online Resource Targeting Medical Professionals

McGraw-Hill Upgrades Harrison’s Online Resource Targeting Medical Professionals  NEW YORKMcGraw-Hill Medical Publishing, a unit of McGraw-Hill Professional, has unveiled the new Harrison’s Online version 3.0, providing clinicians, students and information managers the immediate and important answers they need in their daily work. Building on the preeminent industry standard with the content of the new 16th […]

December 29, 2004

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Heart Drug for Blacks Sparks Controversy Over Target Marketing

Heart Drug for Blacks Sparks Controversy Over Target MarketingNEW ORLEANSThe largest study ever done solely on Blacks with heart failure raises the controversial prospect of the first drug that might be marketed to a specific racial group. The experimental drug, BiDil, dramatically improved survival and cut hospitalizations for heart failure, a problem that affects 5 […]

December 1, 2004

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New Institute to Enhance Treatment of HIV/AIDS Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa

New Institute to Enhance Treatment of HIV/AIDS Patients in Sub-Saharan AfricaKAMPALA, Uganda The Infectious Diseases Institute (IDI), a new medical facility providing state-of-the-art training and treatment of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases opened its doors on the grounds of the Makerere University. The institute, one of the largest centers of its kind in East Africa, […]

November 17, 2004

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Northwestern Auditorium Named After First Black Medical School Graduate

Northwestern Auditorium Named After First Black Medical School GraduateCHICAGONorthwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine dedicated a new state-of-the-art auditorium and atrium to Dr. Daniel Hale Williams, the school’s first African American graduate and faculty member and one of the noteworthy physicians of the 20th century. Williams served on the Northwestern medical faculty from 1885 to […]

October 6, 2004

Health

University of Maryland Establishes Center To Promote Equal Access to Health Care

University of Maryland Establishes Center To Promote Equal Access to Health CareBALTIMORE Heart disease among Blacks, chewing tobacco in Western Maryland, geographic isolation on Maryland’s Eastern Shore and diabetes rates among Hispanics are some of the issues that will be tackled by a new University of Maryland center dedicated to eliminating health care disparities for […]

August 25, 2004

International

Florida International University Unveils Plan For New Medical School

Florida International University Unveils Plan For New Medical SchoolMIAMI   Florida International University presented plans in early July for a medical school on its campus, saying the facility is necessary to help alleviate a shortage of physicians. FIU President Modesto Maidique said a formal proposal has been presented to the Board of Governors, who must approve […]

July 28, 2004

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Surgeon Joins Newest Class of NASA Astronaut Candidates

Surgeon Joins Newest Class of NASA Astronaut CandidatesCHICAGONASA announced last month that Dr. Robert L. Satcher, an orthopaedic surgeon at Northwestern Memorial Hospital and researcher at Northwestern University, is part of the next generation of space explorers as he joins the newest class of astronaut candidates. Satcher, who is African American, was an undergraduate at […]

June 30, 2004

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Cancer More Likely to Recur in Blacks

Cancer More Likely to Recur in Blacks Treated for Head, Neck Cancer   GAINESVILLE, Fla.Black people treated for head and neck cancer have double the risk of cancer recurring elsewhere in the body and thus are far more likely to die within five years than White patients who received the same treatment for the same type […]

February 11, 2004

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Study Finds Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Successful for Blacks

Study Finds Prostate Cancer Treatment Less Successful for BlacksCHAPEL HILL, N.C.Black men tend to have poorer overall survival rates than White men after being treated for localized prostate cancer, a new study shows.The findings, published in a November issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, also show the greatest disparity to be among […]

December 17, 2003

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Former Meharry Medical School Dean Wins Nickens Award

Former Meharry Medical School Dean Wins Nickens AwardWASHINGTONA former dean of the school of medicine at Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn., has been named the most recent recipient of the Association of American Medical Colleges’ (AAMC) prestigious Herbert W. Nickens, M.D., Award. Dr. Anna Cherrie Epps, who now serves as senior adviser to the […]

December 3, 2003

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More Women Apply to Medical School, But Minority Enrollees Continue to Decline

More Women Apply to Medical School, But Minority Enrollees Continue to DeclineWASHINGTONAfter a six-year decline, the number of applicants to U.S. medical schools is on the rise, according to data released last month by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). The increase is primarily due to the rise in the number of women applicants […]

December 3, 2003