Precision Medicine Doesn’t Trickle Down
“Today’s medicine is yesterday’s research,” said Brian Rivers at the Precision Oncology event in Atlanta earlier this month. “Today’s medicine is only as good as...
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We Need More Black Urologists
A war is being waged to close the gap in diagnosis, treatment and death related to prostate cancer between African American men and those of...
Let’s Talk Suicide Prevention
Suicide is a serious problem, and the rate of suicide among women is on the rise. People who consider suicide often feel like there is...
Kemi Doll, M.D.: We Need to Change the Conversation About Endometrial Cancer
Endometrial cancer is the most common gynecological cancer in the United States. Most women, about 75 percent, will be diagnosed in the early stages of...
Improving Equity in Academic Medicine
Christina Chapman, M.D., studies ways to improve equity in health-care systems and the medical workforce to better meet the needs of the population. In June,...
Good Health Goes Beyond Having A Doctor And Insurance
Part of Dr. Aletha Maybank’s medical training left a sour taste in her mouth. Her superiors told her not to worry about nonmedical issues affecting...
Tackling Trauma for Improved Mental Health
Recognize Your Brilliance and Resilience If it seems like you’re hearing about trauma a lot lately, you’re not wrong. It is a buzzword these days....
Denard Fobbs, M.D.: From Detection to Prevention
Though breast cancer isn’t the cancer that takes the most lives (lung cancer wears that crown), it is the kind of cancer that most scares...
Camille Clare, M.D.: Climbing Breastfeeding Stumbling Blocks
By now you’ve heard the numbers: Black moms don’t breastfeed in anywhere near the numbers of women of other races and ethnicities. Right now, though...
Clyde Yancy, M.D.: Take 6 Million Steps Against Heart Failure
Constant fatigue, no matter how much she slept, and passing out at the school where she worked led Rita Owens (Queen Latifah’s mom) to a heart...
