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Showing posts with label medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicine. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Video: VP-Elect Kamala Harris gets Covid-19 Vaccine

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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, received their first doses of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine on Tuesda...
Sunday, April 05, 2020

Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green becomes the first person to successfully cure cancer

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Dr. Hadiyah-Nicole Green has become the first person to successfully cure cancer in mice using laser-activated nanoparticles. Unlike tr...
Wednesday, December 25, 2019

Rep. Lauren Underwood's Lower Insulin Costs Now Act signed into law

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The Lower Insulin Costs Now Act will help make cheaper generic insulin available more quickly. Underwood’s bipartisan Lower Insulin Co...
Sunday, September 30, 2018

National Institutes of Health launches initiative to accelerate therapies to cure sickle cell disease

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The National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced the launch of a new initiative to help speed the development of a cure for...
Saturday, June 23, 2018

Tuskegee University develops new breast cancer test

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A team led by Tuskegee University researchers have developed a new way to detect the most aggressive and fatal form of breast cancer. ...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

The U.S. Food & Drug Administration Approves Endari, A New Treatment for Sickle Cell Disease

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Endari has shown to decrease the number of sickle cell crises and hospitalizations in patients with sickle cell disease. SCD is a rare...
Sunday, June 12, 2016

Black Women in Medicine Documentary Coming Soon!

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Black Women in Medicine  honors Black women doctors around the country who work diligently in all facets of medicine. In tellin...
Thursday, September 17, 2015

Decline in Black Male Physicians Could Impact African American Health

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his op-ed post was written by Patricia A. Maryland, Ph.D. A recent study by the Association of American Medical Colleges shows that th...
Sunday, September 07, 2014

Push to Recruit Black, Latino Nurses

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Arihanna Venable enjoys talking with her patients as she performs physical exams, takes their blood pressure and, sometimes administer...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014

Doctors hope to increase awareness of skin cancer risks for African-Americans

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Doctors emphasize more than ever how important it is for people to protect their skin from the sun's damaging rays. That's esp...