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What is Project I.M.P.A.C.T.? 21 May 2012 | 07:12 pm
Project I.M.P.A.C.T. is a program of the National Medical Association to encourage greater participation of African Americans in all aspects of biomedical research and clinical trials. read more
PRESIDENCY TO FOCUS ON INCREASING NMA MEMBERSHIP 20 May 2012 | 09:09 am
I am running for President Elect of the National Medical Association 2102. Increasing membership will be my highest priority. At present our membership barely represents a fraction of African America...
AFRICAN AMERICANS AND WORLD ASTHMA DAY 3 May 2012 | 05:28 am
African Americans and World Asthma Day Michael A. LeNoir MD, F.A.A.A.A.I. Today Is World Asthma Day, but, no cause for celebration within the African-American community. African-Americans still suff...
WHERE TO RUN 20 Jul 2011 | 07:44 am
Hirofumi Tanaka, an exercise physiologist at the University of Texas at Austin, bristles when he sees dirt paths carved out of the grass along paved bicycling or running routes. The paths are created ...
African Americans and the Fight for Health Care Refom 1 Mar 2011 | 08:00 pm
This week the Republican majority in Congress will vote to overturn the Affordable Care Act which they cynically call Obamacare. They will not succeed this time. African-Americans and other minorities...
BREAST FEEDING AND MRS. OBAMA 24 Feb 2011 | 02:45 pm
THE POLITICS OF BREAST FEEDING The Medicine Man Michael A. LeNoir MD. Hypocrisy has taken a major step forward in the controversy that is emerging over the advocacy of Michelle Obama for breast-fee...
New Dietary Guidelines and African Americans 3 Feb 2011 | 09:53 am
This week, the US Department of Agriculture and the Department of Health and Human Services issued the Dietary Guidelines for Americans. My only question! What took them so long? The recommendations i...
Gene Protects African Americans from Heart Disease 1 Feb 2011 | 07:55 am
Thursday, January 27, 2011 Related MedlinePlus Pages African-American Health Genes and Gene Therapy Heart Diseases By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Some black Amer...
Broad Racial Disparities Seen in Americans’ Ills 20 Jan 2011 | 11:51 am
Broad Racial Disparities Seen in Americans’ Ills By DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. Published: January 13, 2011 White people in the United States die of drug overdoses more often than other ethnic groups. Bla...
NEW STATISTICS on ASTHMA: No Good News for African Americans 13 Jan 2011 | 11:49 am
On January 12, 2011 in a National Health Statistics Report, the US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a report on the prevalence of asthma fro...
