tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70854710347697254542011-07-08T07:37:20.263-07:00Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.comBlogger561100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-50508728951800989992010-07-07T17:13:00.001-07:002010-07-07T17:13:03.394-07:00<p><img src="http://hiphopwired.files.wordpress.com/2010/07/sanchezandbaby.jpg?w=316&amp;h=421" /></p> <p>by Dr. Boyce Watkins </p> <p>This week, a woman in Texas cut off the head of her three week old baby and ate part of his brain. What’s even more shocking about this terrible story is that she won’t get any jail time for it.</p> <p>Otty Sanchez, a 34-year old, was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the death of her child, Scott Wesley Buchholz-Sanchez. Prosecutors accepted the plea deal after learning that the woman thought that the devil made her kill her child. </p> <p>The baby was found in a bedroom with three of his toes chewed off, his head severed and his brain ripped out. Police are saying that the child’s mother ate the boy’s toes and a piece of the brain before stabbing herself in the chest and throat. In the 911 call made by her sister, Sanchez can be heard in the background screaming, “I didn't wanna do it! He told me to!&quot;</p> <p><a href="http://blackbloggers.wordpress.com/2010/07/07/woman-kills-her-child-and-eats-his-brains-mental-health-system-on-trial/">click to read</a></p><div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-5050872895180098999?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-388687814340706192010-06-12T11:13:00.001-07:002010-06-12T11:13:28.426-07:00<p><img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_OrPBnlvaruE/SEHSTJ2R0NI/AAAAAAAAAEI/QEXVenwe7oA/S1600-R/ybwlogo.jpg" /></p> <p>Visit our Other Blogs and Join Our Family! </p> <p><a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/scholarship">Syracuse University Scholarship in Action</a> </p> <p><a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/blacknews">African American News</a> </p> <p><a href="http://yourblackgossip.blogspot.com/">Black Celebrity News</a> </p> <p><a href="http://drboycewatkins.com/thesyracuseprofessor">Syracuse University</a> </p> <p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com">Your Black World</a> </p> <p><a href="http://blackscholars.blogspot.com">Black Scholars Blog</a> </p> <p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com">Black Political Blog</a> </p> <p><a href="http://blackbloggers.wordpress.com">Black News Blog</a> </p> <p><a href="http://blackamericanmoney.com/whitmanschoolofmanagement">The Whitman School of Management</a> </p> <p><a href="http://www.twitter.com/drboycewatkins1"><img title="clip_image002[3]" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="156" alt="clip_image002[3]" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/TBPORaNUjEI/AAAAAAAAAJA/NRV1zN4QoP0/clip_image002%5B3%5D%5B2%5D.gif?imgmax=800" width="156" border="0" /></a><b> </b></p> <p><b>Follow <a href="http://www.twitter.com/drboycewatkins1">us on Twitter!</a> </b></p><div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-38868781434070619?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-514304783640868612010-04-14T06:29:00.001-07:002010-04-14T06:29:19.235-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com"><img height="235" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.blackvoices.com/blogs/media/2008/05/nushawn-williams-438a051608.jpg" width="374" /></a></p> <p>by Dr. Boyce Watkins</p> <p>You may not know the name <strong>Nushawn Williams</strong>, but it's probably a name you need to know. You would especially want your daughter to know his name, as well as anyone else in the community who has reason to fear a more disturbing style of sexual predator for the new millenium. </p> <p> <br />Williams is in prison right now for knowingly infecting women with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. His victims were as young as 13 years old, and authorities believe he may have infected as many as 50 women prior to going to state prison in 1998. Police are working to keep Williams behind bars because they fear what might happen if he is released to the American public. <br />&quot;He is prone to further sexual contact with underage individuals because of deficits in his emotional capacity to understand why this is wrong and attitudes that support these types of exploitive encounters. His emotional callousness, lack of remorse and impulsivity undermine important internal mechanisms for managing his sexual behavior,&quot; said examiner Jacob E. Hadden from the New York State Office of Mental Health. Authorities have determined that Williams suffers from a mental health abnormality that makes him incapable of understanding why his actions are wrong or harmful. </p> <p> <br />The possible release of Williams reminds us of the urgency of managing the public health alarm called HIV infection. <a href="http://blackbloggers.wordpress.com"><strong>African Americans</strong></a> are taking the lead in HIV infection rates, and what is also true is that the experience in our community is nothing less than a precursor to what is eventually going to happen all throughout America. What is most frightening about the case of Nushawn Williams is that he is probably not the only person deliberately spreading the disease: there are likely women and other men doing the same thing. To make matters worse, there are many in our community (and others) who are being incredibly irresponsible with their sexual behavior and infecting scores of people in the process. </p> <p> <br />As I felt empathy for celebrities like Magic Johnson and Eazy-E for their battles with HIV/AIDS, I wondered how many of us thought about the long list of partners they infected before finally getting their own positive test results. Did you ever think about the fact that many of those people are out in the community right now, quite a few of whom may have taken years to become aware of their HIV positive status? This is scary indeed, so the truth is that to protect yourself from the silent community killer, a general strategy of protection must be put into play. </p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.bvblackspin.com/2010/04/14/man-knowingly-infected-women-with-hiv-set-to-be-released-from-p/">Click to read</a></p><div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-51430478364086861?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-86185882864034109102010-03-22T11:21:00.001-07:002010-03-22T11:21:08.673-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com"><img height="381" src="http://blogs.e-rockford.com/applesauce/files/2008/06/us_politics.png" width="298" /></a></p> <p>Democrats who voted against the health care bill included the following Congressmen and Congresswomen:</p> <p>Rep. John Adler (N.J.) <br />Rep. Jason Altmire (Pa.) <br />Rep. Michael Arcuri (N.Y.) <br />Rep. John Barrow (Ga.) <br />Rep. Marion Berry (Ark.) <br />Rep. Dan Boren (Okla.) <br />Rep. Rick Boucher (Va.) <br />Rep. Bobby Bright (Ala.) <br />Rep. Ben Chandler (Ky.) <br />Rep. Travis Childers (Miss.) <br />Rep. Artur Davis (Ala.) <br />Rep. Lincoln Davis (Tenn.) <br />Rep. Chet Edwards (Texas) <br />Rep. Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (S.D.) <br />Rep. Tim Holden (Pa.) <br />Rep. Larry Kissell (N.C.) <br />Rep. Frank Kratovil (Md.) <br />Rep. Dan Lipinski (Ill.) <br />Rep. Stephen Lynch (Mass.) <br />Rep. Jim Marshall (Ga.) <br />Rep. Jim Matheson (Utah) <br />Rep. Mike McIntyre (N.C.) <br />Rep. Mike McMahon (N.Y.) <br />Rep. Charlie Melancon (La.) <br />Rep. Walt Minnick (Idaho) <br />Rep. Glenn Nye (Va.) <br />Rep. Collin Peterson (Minn.) <br />Rep. Mike Ross (Ark.) <br />Rep. Heath Shuler (N.C.) <br />Rep. Ike Skelton (Mo.) <br />Rep. Zack Space (Ohio) <br />Rep. John Tanner (Tenn.) <br />Rep. Gene Taylor (Miss.) <br />Rep. Harry Teague (N.M.)</p><div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8618588286403410910?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-28343903636264361562010-03-14T16:31:00.001-07:002010-03-14T16:31:31.113-07:00<li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/politics/obama-delays-asia-trip-to-deal-with-health-care.php"> <br /><img alt="Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care " src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/03/Obama_delays_ Asia_trip_to_ deal_with_ health_care-thumb-160xauto-7843.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/politics/obama-delays-asia-trip-to-deal-with-health-care.php">Obama delays Asia trip to deal with health care</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>10:06 AM on 03/12/2010</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) - President Obama has delayed his first international trip of the year to focus attention on the final push to salvage his health care legislation...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/politics/obama-delays-asia-trip-to-deal-with-health-care.php">&gt; READ MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/too-many-tigers-not-enough-trojans.php"><img alt="Too many Tigers, not enough Trojans" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/03/Too-many-Tigers-not-enough-Trojans-thumb-160xauto-7841.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/too-many-tigers-not-enough-trojans.php">Too many Tigers, not enough Trojans</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/dr-janet-taylor/">Dr. Janet Taylor</a></p> <p>7:05 AM on 03/12/2010</p> <p>OPINION - What's notable is reportedly not only did Woods not wear a condom, but his partner's didn't insist upon it...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/too-many-tigers-not-enough-trojans.php">&gt; READ MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/what-black-women-can-do-to-combat-genital-herpes-crisis.php"><img alt="How black women can combat genital herpes crisis" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/03/what-black-women-can-do-to-combat-genital-herpes-crisis-thumb-160xauto-7116.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/what-black-women-can-do-to-combat-genital-herpes-crisis.php">How black women can combat genital herpes crisis</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/dr-janet-taylor/">Dr. Janet Taylor</a></p> <p>10:42 AM on 03/11/2010</p> <p>OPINION - According the Center for Disease Control nearly half of all African-American women are infected with the HSV-2 virus...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/opinion/what-black-women-can-do-to-combat-genital-herpes-crisis.php">&gt; READ MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/new-studies-reveal-the-urgency-of-first-ladys-obesity-fight.php"><img alt="New studies reveal the urgency of first lady&#39;s obesity fight" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/03/firstlady_launches_lets_move_effort_against_childhood_obesity1-thumb-160xauto-7089.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/new-studies-reveal-the-urgency-of-first-ladys-obesity-fight.php">New studies reveal the urgency of first lady's obesity fight</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/janice-k-bryant/">Janice K. Bryant</a></p> <p>8:44 AM on 03/10/2010</p> <p>Risk factors leading to higher rates of obesity begin as early as pregnancy, especially among African-American and Hispanic children...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/new-studies-reveal-the-urgency-of-first-ladys-obesity-fight.php">&gt; READ MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/alzheimers-cases-rising-among-african-americans-hispanics.php"><img alt="Alzheimer&#39;s cases rising among blacks, Hispanics" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/03/TG_AlzheimersMinorities_030910_mezzn-thumb-160xauto-7086.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/alzheimers-cases-rising-among-african-americans-hispanics.php">Alzheimer's cases rising among blacks, Hispanics</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>5:07 PM on 03/09/2010</p> <p>VIDEO - It's an increase in Alzheimer's cases at a time when heart disease, breast cancer and prostate cancer deaths are all going down...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/alzheimers-cases-rising-among-african-americans-hispanics.php">&gt; READ MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/10--year--old-becomes-health-care-reform-lobbyist.php"><img alt="10-year-old becomes health care reform lobbyist " src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/03/TG_young mom_030910_mezzn-thumb-160xauto-7084.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/10--year--old-becomes-health-care-reform-lobbyist.php">10-year-old becomes health care reform lobbyist</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>3:44 PM on 03/09/2010</p> <p>VIDEO - Marcelas Owens has been campaigning for changes in the health care system since his mother died after she fell ill and lost her job and her insurance...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/10--year--old-becomes-health-care-reform-lobbyist.php">&gt; READ MORE</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </li><div class="wlWriterHeaderFooter" style="margin:0px; padding:0px 0px 0px 0px;"><br /><br /><script type="text/javascript"><br /></script><br /><script type="text/javascript" src="http://tweetmeme.com/i/scripts/button.js"></script></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-2834390363626436156?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-943216160591120702010-02-27T09:33:00.001-08:002010-02-27T09:33:44.773-08:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.wordpress.com"><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvonmoney.com/media/2010/02/insurance.jpg" vspace="4" border="1" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://blip.tv/file/3276321">I did an appearance last night on CNN's Anderson Cooper 360</a> to discuss the issue of Health care reform. This has been heavy on the mind of our president for his entire first year in office and has led to quite a few political battles on Capitol Hill. Health care is in serious jeopardy, as the cost of entitlement programs such as Medicaid/Medicare and Social Security threaten our nation's economic security. Our national debt has risen to unprecedented and frightening levels, and our politicians have little incentive to do anything about it. <br />One additional problem that we are running into on the issue of health care is the fact that our nation doesn't have enough Primary Care physicians. These doctors are incredibly important, since they are the first line of defense against illness in America. <br />Over the next 10 years, our nation is expected to have a shortfall of 40,000 Primary Care doctors. By 2025, that number is expected to balloon to over 120,000. To make matters worse, our population is aging, implying that there will be a greater demand for these doctors in the future.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://www.bvonmoney.com/2010/02/27/america-doesnt-have-enough-doctors-wheres-the-money/">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-94321616059112070?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-82581473567379265102010-02-14T05:49:00.001-08:002010-02-14T05:49:41.466-08:00<li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/news/first-lady-launches-lets-move-effort-against-childhood-obesity.php"> <br /><img alt="First lady launches &#39;Let&#39;s Move&#39; effort against childhood obesity " src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/02/firstlady_launches_lets_move_effort_against_childhood_obesity-thumb-160xauto-6382.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/news/first-lady-launches-lets-move-effort-against-childhood-obesity.php">First lady launches 'Let's Move' effort against childhood obesity</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>9:35 AM on 02/09/2010</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) - Michelle Obama says she loves burgers and fries, but she wants her daughters -- and the rest of America's children -- to learn about better nutrition...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/news/first-lady-launches-lets-move-effort-against-childhood-obesity.php">&gt; MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/top-stories/bad-malaria-pills-in-africa-raise-resistance-fears.php"><img alt="Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/02/Malaria-thumb-160xauto-6340.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/top-stories/bad-malaria-pills-in-africa-raise-resistance-fears.php">Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>10:06 AM on 02/08/2010</p> <p>High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/top-stories/bad-malaria-pills-in-africa-raise-resistance-fears.php">&gt; MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/specials/web-rundown/denver-boy-9-died-after-state-benefits-error-denied-him-asthma-medication.php"></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/specials/web-rundown/denver-boy-9-died-after-state-benefits-error-denied-him-asthma-medication.php">Denver boy, 9, died after state-benefits error denied him asthma medication</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>5:04 PM on 02/04/2010</p> <p>A Montbello mother says her 9-year-old son's death from severe asthma could have been prevented had Denver Human Services resolved problems with his Medicaid pharmacy benefits...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/specials/web-rundown/denver-boy-9-died-after-state-benefits-error-denied-him-asthma-medication.php">&gt; MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/among-black-girls-challenges-of-fighting-obesity-go-beyond-diet.php"><img alt="Among black girls, challenges of fighting obesity go beyond diet" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/02/Girls_odyssey_shows_challenge_of_fighting_obesity-thumb-160xauto-6182.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/among-black-girls-challenges-of-fighting-obesity-go-beyond-diet.php">Among black girls, challenges of fighting obesity go beyond diet</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>9:02 AM on 02/01/2010</p> <p>CHICAGO (AP) - Like nearly one-third of American teens, Paris Woods is overweight. Her doctor worries her weight will creep up into the obesity range. 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MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/hepatitis-b-and-c-pose-overlooked-public-health-threat-to-blacks.php"><img alt="Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/01/Hepatitis-B-and-C-often-ignored-as-health-threat-to-blacks-thumb-160xauto-5794.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/hepatitis-b-and-c-pose-overlooked-public-health-threat-to-blacks.php">Hepatitis B and C often ignored as health threat to blacks</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>12:26 PM on 01/11/2010</p> <p>WASHINGTON (AP) - They're the overlooked viruses: Hepatitis B and C together infect three to five times more Americans than the AIDS virus does, and most don't know it...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/hepatitis-b-and-c-pose-overlooked-public-health-threat-to-blacks.php">&gt; MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/news/kfc-pulls-australian-ad-over-us-racism-complaints.php"><img alt="KFC pulls Australian ad over US racism complaints " src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2010/01/KFC-pulls-Australian-ad-over-US-racism-complaints-thumb-160xauto-5720.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/news/kfc-pulls-australian-ad-over-us-racism-complaints.php">KFC pulls Australian ad over US racism complaints</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>11:51 AM on 01/08/2010</p> <p>CANBERRA, Australia (AP) -- Fast food giant KFC has pulled an Australian television advertisement after it was branded racist in the United States...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/news/kfc-pulls-australian-ad-over-us-racism-complaints.php">&gt; 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MORE</a></p> </li> <li><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/nba-stars-wife-exercises-with-baby.php"><img alt="NBA star&#39;s wife uses baby to exercise" src="http://www.thegrio.com/assets_c/2009/12/nba-stars-wife-exercises-with-baby-thumb-160xauto-5293.jpg" /></a> <h4><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/nba-stars-wife-exercises-with-baby.php">NBA star's wife uses baby to exercise</a></h4> <p>By <a href="http://www.thegrio.com/author/thegrio/">theGrio</a></p> <p>11:19 AM on 12/11/2009</p> <p>VIDEO - Jamison knows a little something about shedding baby weight. 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Fleming was born with sickle cell disease, a red blood cell deficiency...</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/health/dr-fleming-lives-with-sickle-cell-disease-and-no-boundaries.php">&gt; MORE</a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> </li> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8258147356737926510?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-41903347611992770942010-02-08T16:56:00.001-08:002010-02-08T16:56:22.969-08:00<p><a href="http://yourblackgossip.blogspot.com"><img alt="Dr. Conrad Murray arrives for his arraignment of at the Airport Los Angeles Courthouse today" src="http://www.mtv.com/shared/promoimages/news/m/murray_conrad/020810/alt2/281x211.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Hours after <a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631505/20100208/jackson_michael.jhtml">Dr. Conrad Murray was charged with involuntary manslaughter</a> in connection with Michael Jackson's 2009 death, the embattled physician pleaded not guilty Monday afternoon (February 8) during an arraignment hearing at a Los Angeles courthouse, according to <a href="http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_MICHAEL_JACKSON_DOCTOR?SITE=AP&amp;SECTION=HOME&amp;TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&amp;CTIME=2010-02-08-17-07-15"><i>The Associated Press.</i></a></p> <p>Murray's bail was set at $75,000, three times greater than the bail usually set for such crimes. Without being handcuffed, Murray was then taken into custody for booking. He must surrender his passport, allowing him to travel within the United States but not out of the country. Prosecutors had been seeking bail of $300,000, but Superior Court Judge Keith L. Schwartz rejected that amount. The involuntary-manslaughter charge carries a maximum jail sentence of four years.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1631527/20100208/jackson_michael.jhtml">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-4190334761199277094?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-90389963415702266402010-01-07T18:01:00.001-08:002010-01-07T18:01:47.703-08:00<p><strong><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img height="209" alt="seun" src="http://newsone.com/files/2010/01/seun.jpg" width="400" /></a></strong></p> <p><strong>From Seun Adbiyi At The Huffington Post</strong></p> <p>As a 26 year-old African-American, I don’t know which is more difficult: trying to make history as the first Nigerian delegate in the Winter Olympics, or finding a donor for a bone marrow transplant.</p> <p>In June 2009, just days after graduating from Yale Law School, I was diagnosed with two rare and aggressive forms of cancer: lymphoblastic lymphoma and stem-cell leukemia. Instead of a grueling Olympic training regimen for the skeleton — an 80 mph headfirst plunge down a mile-long ice chute — I underwent an equally grueling cycle of high dose chemotherapy during a seven-week hospital stay at Memorial Sloan Kettering.</p> <p><a href="http://newsone.com/nation/yale-law-school-olympian-needs-bone-marrow-donor/" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-9038996341570226640?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-15351896572924857352010-01-07T12:55:00.001-08:002010-01-07T12:55:51.343-08:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.blogspot.com"><img height="251" src="http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Art/HEALTH/040623/HMED_HealthySex.jpg" width="389" /></a></p> <p>To paraphrase a great old slogan for Guinness beer: Sex isn’t just good, it’s good for you! </p> <p>Okay, so maybe there’s some wishful thinking going on — the science isn’t exactly iron-clad — but evidence is accumulating that the more sex you have, the better off you are.</p> <p>There is one caveat, though. “We do not have good data to show a direct connection [to all-around good health],&quot; says Jennifer Bass, the head of information services at the Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction in Bloomington, Ind. &quot;We know that healthier people have more sexual activity. But we do not know which comes first. Does the good health make you more willing to have sex, or does the sex have a positive impact?”</p> <p>And you dirty girrrls and Don Juans should know that the assumed health benefits of sex are generally thought to accrue to people in loving, monogamous relationships or those flying solo. Risky sex with lots of partners will probably do more harm than good.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5263250">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1535189657292485735?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-74766869585387043242009-12-21T07:47:00.001-08:002009-12-21T07:47:31.457-08:00<p>A pregnant Brooklyn woman suffering a fatal seizure in a coffee shop in the shadow of FDNY Headquarters was ignored by two callous city medics who continued to buy their breakfast, eyewitnesses told The Post.</p> <p>&quot;The EMTs just said we had to call 911. They got their bagels and left,&quot; said a disgusted worker.</p> <p>Frantic employees at the Au Bon Pain at 1 Metrotech Center approached the FDNY medics at 9 a.m. on Dec. 9, shortly after colleague Eutisha Revee Rennix, 25, began to complain of shortness of breath and intense stomach pains. Workers immediately dialed 911.</p> <p><a href="http://blacknews2.wordpress.com"><img title="NO HELP: Witnesses say that as Eutisha Revee Rennix (above) lay dying at a Brooklyn Au Bon Pain 600 feet from FDNY headquarters, two EMTs on break refused to assist her, leaving son Jahleel, 3, motherless." height="300" alt="NO HELP: Witnesses say that as Eutisha Revee Rennix (above) lay dying at a Brooklyn Au Bon Pain 600 feet from FDNY headquarters, two EMTs on break refused to assist her, leaving son Jahleel, 3, motherless." src="http://www.nypost.com/rw/nypost/2009/12/20/news/photos_stories/cropped/005_eutisha_rennix--300x300.jpg" width="300" /></a></p> <p>HELAYNE SEIDMAN</p> <p>NO HELP: Witnesses say that as Eutisha Revee Rennix (above) lay dying at a Brooklyn Au Bon Pain 600 feet from FDNY headquarters, two EMTs on break refused to assist her, leaving son Jahleel, 3, motherless.</p> <p>&quot;People were calling out saying, 'She's turning blue! She's pregnant!' &quot; said the witness.</p> <p>But the EMTs appeared unfazed.</p> <p>&quot;I remember them saying they couldn't do anything because they were on their break,&quot; another worker said. &quot;We started screaming and cursing at them.&quot;</p> <p>Rennix fell in a heap and began foaming at the nose and mouth in the back room.</p> <p>That sent a manager rushing to the front to again ask someone in the Metrotech coffee shop to help.</p> <p>This time, two good Samaritans in blue FDNY sweaters ran to the back office. One called 911 from his cellphone while the other tried to help keep Rennix still.</p> <p>Read more:<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/emt_duo_on_break_let_preg_mom_die_mrj8Jv8kjmS0Z3FNO4DmiL#ixzz0aKw6WUQm">http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/emt_duo_on_break_let_preg_mom_die_mrj8Jv8kjmS0Z3FNO4DmiL#ixzz0aKw6WUQm</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7476686958538704324?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-746303792487050662009-11-30T21:26:00.001-08:002009-11-30T21:26:49.255-08:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com"><img src="http://plan2008.cancer.gov/images/doctors_main.jpg" /></a></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>What you need to know about fibroids – <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a> breaks it all down with Dr. Felicia Dawson in this episode of <a href="http://drelainageorge.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Medicine on Call</a>.&#160; <a href="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/podcasts/MedicineOnCallNov18.2009.mp3">Listen by clicking here!</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-74630379248705066?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-57562745753023265992009-11-22T05:00:00.001-08:002009-11-22T05:00:14.921-08:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.blogspot.com"><img height="266" alt="Health Care Overhaul" src="http://newsone.com/files/2009/11/healthbill1.jpg" width="399" /></a></p> <p>WASHINGTON – A bruising debate on health care awaits the Senate after Thanksgiving now that the historic legislation has cleared a key hurdle over the opposition of Republicans eager to inflict a punishing defeat on President Barack Obama.</p> <p>The bill would extend coverage to roughly 31 million who lack it, crack down on insurance company practices that deny or dilute benefits and curtail the growth of spending on medical care nationally.</p> <p>In the final minutes of a daylong session, Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., accused Republicans of trying to stifle a historic debate the nation needed.</p> <p>The Republican leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, said the vote was anything but procedural — casting it as a referendum on the bill itself, which he said would raise taxes, cut Medicare and create a “massive and unsustainable debt.”</p> <p></p> <a href="http://newsone.com/nation/breaking-historic-health-care-bill-passes-in-senate/">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-5756274575302326599?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-66788872062654431882009-11-19T06:32:00.001-08:002009-11-19T06:32:10.168-08:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com"><img src="http://neysometa.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/depression.jpg" /></a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Dr George and Delores Jones, a correspondent for AOL speak about dealing with depression and change through inspiration and spirituality.&#160; </p> <p><a href="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/podcasts/MedicineOnCallNov11.2009.mp3">Click here to listen!</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6678887206265443188?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-66204647255660889792009-11-12T10:43:00.001-08:002009-11-12T10:43:30.482-08:00<p><a href="http://drelainageorge.blogspot.com"><img height="265" src="http://progressivenation.us/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/hcr-bill.jpg" width="401" /></a></p> <p>By </p> <p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com">Dr. Elaina George, MD</a></p> <p>The health care reform bill (HR 3962) that just passed the House of Representatives is bad on so many levels it is difficult explain. As it stands, it will destroy both the doctor patient relationship and change the practice of medicine as we know it. </p> <p>We have one of the finest health care systems in the world. It has been built on a foundation of choice. Doctors were free to choose the care that they deemed necessary to treat their patients, and patients were free to seek the medical care of their choice. Initially, the foundation was shaken by the rise of the managed care system with capitation. However, over the past 10 years, capitated plans which limit access to specialists have given way to the rise in power of insurance companies. They have used their anti-trust exemption to craft a system that has used monopoly to increase profits on the backs of both doctors and patients. </p> <p><a href="http://elainageorge.blogspot.com/2009/11/healthcare-reform-bill-truth-and.html">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6620464725566088979?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-6532844528519996682009-11-12T10:10:00.001-08:002009-11-12T10:10:59.226-08:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.blogspot.com"><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/www.bvonmoney.com/media/2009/11/blood-test-cholesterol227.jpg" align="left" vspace="4" border="1" /></a><a href="http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/content/nov2009/db2009112_606442.htm"><strong>BusinessWeek </strong></a>has broken the story that large employers like Goldman Sachs and Citigroup are among the first on the list to receive the H1N1 vaccine.<a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/goldman-sachs-received-h1n1-vaccine-before-several-hospitals-2009-11"><strong>Clusterstock,</strong></a> the business blog, has added the nuance that not only has Goldman Sachs received the same number of vaccinations as Lennox Hill hospital in New York City -- the finance giant got its hands on the doses <em>before</em>many hospitals. <br />Goldman Sachs' PR reps want to make it clear to the public that the CDC distributes vaccines to many types of large employers, such as Time Warner and New York University. The idea is to get the vaccine to people at many points of potential infection, giving the H1N1 vaccine to those who come into contact regularly with high risk groups within large companies. Goldman Sachs has received 200 H1N1 vaccines, Citigroup 1,200. <br />This &quot;guest list&quot; treatment makes sense for some early recipients of the H1N1 vaccine. Hospital workers at <a href="http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/snapshot/snapshot.asp?capId=3533888">Memorial Sloan-Kettering</a> and the New York Presbyterian Healthcare System clearly need early protection -- and got some of the first doses along with Goldman.</p> <p><a href="http://www.bvonmoney.com/2009/11/05/goldman-sachs-citigroup-gets-h1n1-vaccine-before-hospitals/">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-653284452851999668?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-10089235669054990082009-11-06T14:29:00.001-08:002009-11-06T14:29:27.654-08:00<p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://jeffreyleow.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/medicine20logo.jpg" /></a></p> <p>This show is an interview between <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a> and Dr Emelita Breyer.&#160; Dr. Breyer is from the Breyer Foundation, an independent organization dedicated to finding solutions to health care reform that does not add to the deficit, or raise money on the backs of the people through taxation.</p> <p>She has a thorough understanding of the sanctity of the doctor patient relationship. And has real solutions that will protect the things that make the US healthcare system the best in the world.</p> <p><a href="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/podcasts/MedicineOnCallNov04.2009.mp3" target="_blank">Click here to listen!</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1008923566905499008?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-59679920332198839382009-11-03T20:27:00.001-08:002009-11-03T20:27:18.217-08:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://img.timeinc.net/time/daily/2008/0806/black_diabetes_0609.jpg" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://yourblackscholar.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Dr. Deborah Stroman</a>, <a href="http://yourblackscholar.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</a>&#160; </p> <p>Got Sugar in the Blood? Change Your Lifestyle Today!</p> <p>Do you remember your elders speaking about “sugar in the blood”? Do you have a friend or family member who suffers from diabetes? The importance of understanding high blood sugar is critical to the management of our often fast-paced, unhealthy, and stressful lives. A few years ago I had the opportunity to visit the “Bodies – The Exhibition” and experienced the most engaging presentation on the anatomy and pathology of the human body. Cadavers, adult and fetus, were on display to showcase the miracle of the body and the importance of good health and exercise. This poignant visit, which highlighted all of our major bodily systems, provides the inspiration to urgently share information regarding sugar – the crack cocaine of the Black of the community!</p> <p><a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/deborahstroman/?p=11" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-5967992033219883938?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-75497260874900957892009-11-01T12:18:00.001-08:002009-11-01T12:18:26.243-08:00<p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/images/ElainaGeorge.jpg" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a>, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> Medical Correspondent</p> <p>There has been a lot of confusion about what ingredients are in the H1N1 Vaccine. In order to distill the information to make it easier for you to make an informed choice, here is a brief synopsis of the information provided by the manufacturers in their package inserts. </p> <p>There are 4 manufactures who have been approved to sell H1N1 vaccine in the US. They are: <b>Novartis, CSL, Sanofi/Pasteur and MedImmune </b></p> <p>1. <b>Novartis</b> makes an injectable vaccine for ages 4 and above </p> <p>Ingredients: <b>Thimerosal</b> (Mercury) <b>both</b> in the single dose <b>and</b> the multi dose vials </p> <p><b>Antibiotics - polymyxin and neomycin </b>(can be neurotoxic)</p> <p><b>Manufactured with phenol (the chemical used on skin in cosmetic face peals to remove wrinkles)</b></p> <p><b>Note: They recommend that children ages 4-9 get 2 injections one month apart. This would increase the risk from a reaction to the mercury (e.g, neurological damage such as Gullain-Barre or possibly Autism) </b></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://elainageorge.blogspot.com/2009/11/whats-in-swine-flu-vaccine.html" target="_blank">Click to read more.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7549726087490095789?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-86028768868296290202009-10-31T19:01:00.001-07:002009-10-31T19:01:27.816-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Regina Benjamin was confirmed by the Senate Friday." src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/HEALTH/07/13/surgeon.general/art.benjamin.nomination.gi.jpg" /></a></p> <p>The Senate has formally confirmed Dr. Regina Benjamin to be the U.S. surgeon general, making her only the third African American to hold the position as the nation's top doctor.</p> <p>The Senate nod came by a voice vote Thursday night, an expression of unanimous consent of both parties.</p> <p>The 53-year-old family practice doctor had spent most of her career tending to the needs of poor patients in a Gulf Coast clinic she founded two decades ago in Alabama.</p> <p>She was the first African-American woman board member of the American Medical Association, and she just served a term as chairwoman of the group's Council on Ethical and Judicial Affairs.</p> <p>Benjamin received a bachelor's degree in 1979 from Xavier University of Louisiana, attended Morehouse School of Medicine from 1980 to 1982, and received a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham in 1984.</p> <p>She completed her residency in family practice at the Medical Center of Central Georgia in 1987.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/30/senate-confirms-benjamin-as-surgeon-general/" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8602876886829629020?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-36837087996086706242009-10-27T19:36:00.001-07:002009-10-27T19:36:30.111-07:00<p><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Blueboymedia-DrElainaGeorgeDiscussesSwineFluOnMichaelBaisden102009313.wmv"><img title="Click to play" height="418" alt="Video thumbnail. Click to play" src="http://blip.tv/file/get/Blueboymedia-DrElainaGeorgeDiscussesSwineFluOnMichaelBaisden102009313.wmv.jpg" width="279" border="0" /></a> <br /><a href="http://blip.tv/file/get/Blueboymedia-DrElainaGeorgeDiscussesSwineFluOnMichaelBaisden102009313.wmv">Click to Play</a></p> <p>Dr. Elaina and Michael Baisden break down the hype and misinformation about the Swine flu.</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-3683708799608670624?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-19194276977443519942009-10-24T12:17:00.001-07:002009-10-24T12:17:06.925-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com"><img alt="Hundreds of residents line up for free H1N1 vaccinations Friday at an Encino, California, clinic." src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.obama/story.flu.line.gi.jpg" /></a></p> <p>President Obama has declared a national emergency to deal with the &quot;rapid increase in illness&quot; from the H1N1 influenza virus.</p> <p>&quot;The 2009 H1N1 pandemic continues to evolve. The rates of illness continue to rise rapidly within many communities across the nation, and the potential exists for the pandemic to overburden health care resources in some localities,&quot; Obama said in a statement.</p> <p>&quot;Thus, in recognition of the continuing progression of the pandemic, and in further preparation as a nation, we are taking additional steps to facilitate our response.&quot;</p> <p>The president signed the declaration late Friday and announced it Saturday.</p> <p>Calling the emergency declaration &quot;an important tool in our kit going forward,&quot; one administration official called Obama's action </p> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/10/24/h1n1.obama/index.html">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1919427697744351994?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-55947435881347390912009-10-21T15:34:00.001-07:002009-10-21T15:34:19.989-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank"><img alt="Deborah Stroman" src="http://worldwide.streamer.espeakers.com/assets/5/15085/45252.png" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/deborahstroman" target="_blank">Dr. Deborah Stroman</a> </p> <p>Do you need a simple rule to begin a smart nutrition routine? Try to make a change in your diet by “avoiding the whites” – those additives that supposedly will make your food taste just right or have the right consistency. To live well and be healthy, we need to make changes that may feel uncomfortable at first and possibly illogical to friends and family. </p> <p>Salt, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, accounts for nearly 150,000 premature deaths every year primarily due to complications from high blood pressure. We do need ~ 6g of salt per day to live. Sadly, the average intake of salt is between 9g and 10g a day! Salt is a commonly occurring mineral, the technical name of which is sodium chloride. It is the sodium part of salt that is important. Sodium helps to maintain the concentration of body fluids at correct levels. It also plays a central role in the transmission of electrical impulses in the nerves, and helps cells process nutrients. </p> <p><a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/deborahstroman/?p=9" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-5594743588134739091?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-79943829983671836792009-10-19T16:12:00.001-07:002009-10-19T16:12:36.795-07:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://jeffreyleow.files.wordpress.com/2008/01/medicine20logo.jpg" /></a></p> <p>In this episode of <a href="http://drelainageorge.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Medicine on Call</a>, <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a> speaks with Dr Maiysha Clairborne of Mind, Body, Spirit, Wellness.&#160; we spoke about natural approaches to prevent and treat swine flu. Overall natural remedies to reduce stress and promote overall wellness.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/podcasts/MedicineOnCallOct14.2009.mp3" target="_blank">Click here to listen!</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7994382998367183679?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-11097967126824354302009-10-14T03:51:00.001-07:002009-10-14T03:51:00.774-07:00<p><a href="http://insurance.blackvoices.com"><img alt="" hspace="4" src="http://www.blogcdn.com/insurance.blackvoices.com/media/2009/10/business-news3.jpg" vspace="4" border="1" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://drboyceinsurance.blogspot.com/2009/10/healthcare-insurance-causing-pain-for.html">Health Insurance Companies causing pain for patients</a>: Are insurance companies limiting the options available to your doctor? That may be the case. While our nation is quick to blame physicians for the state of healthcare, the insurance companies may be a more sensible target for our collective frustration. <br /><a href="http://drboyceinsurance.blogspot.com/2009/04/umbrella-insurance.html"> <br />What is umbrella insurance?</a> - This type of policy protects you from all the things that your standard insurance plan doesn't cover. Everyone should consider getting umbrella insurance. <br /><a href="http://drboyceinsurance.blogspot.com/2009/04/insurance-aid-for-newly-unemployed.html">How do you keep your insurance if you lose your job? </a>- If you don't know the answer to this question, you need to learn about the COBRA laws. COBRA allows you to keep your old health insurance if you lose your job, and as part of the stimulus package, the federal government pays 65% of the cost.</p> <p><a href="http://insurance.blackvoices.com/2009/10/10/black-health-black-doctors-100909/" target="_blank">Click to read more.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1109796712682435430?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-35085951401426632502009-10-11T08:24:00.001-07:002009-10-11T08:24:07.999-07:00<p><a href="http://africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img height="252" src="http://gconnect.in/gc/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/health_insurance.gif" width="334" /></a></p> <p>&quot;The high cost of each premium and the high deductible a person or family must pay per year is my biggest complaint against health insurers.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;For example, I pay around $300 a month for my wife and me for basic coverage, and pay a deductible of $750 each every year, not to mention a co-pay of $15 to $20 at the window.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;My yearly income is around $32,000 a year. Very little is left for goodies. Meanwhile, a doctor takes in $80 to $120 a visit that lasts 15 to 20 minutes. Imagine how much he makes a day, a week, a month, a year. Plenty of goodies here.&quot;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/galleries/2009/news/0909/gallery.consumer_health_insurance_complaints/index.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-3508595140142663250?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-87692441946139403482009-10-11T07:36:00.001-07:002009-10-11T07:36:40.312-07:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.blogspot.com"><img alt="Vanessa Chan, 6, of Boston, receives an intranasal H1N1 vaccine ..." src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091009/capt.d7eacd2061964d1eb8297b2e35492ae0.swine_flu_vaccine_malp104.jpg?x=220&amp;y=345&amp;q=85&amp;sig=M5BF4yY8v6YoSf.D_Xiz5g--" /></a></p> <p>Health officials said Friday that 76 U.S. children have died of swine flu, including 19 new reports in the past week — more evidence the new virus is unusually dangerous for the young.</p> <p>The regular flu kills between 46 and 88 children a year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. That suggests deaths from the new H1N1 virus could dramatically outpace children's deaths from seasonal flu, if swine flu continues to spread as it has.</p> <p>CDC officials say 10 more states, a total of 37, now have widespread swine flu. A week ago, reports suggested that cases might be leveling off and even falling in some areas of the country, but that did not turn out to be an enduring national trend.</p> <p>&quot;We are seeing more illness, more hospitalizations, and more deaths,&quot; the CDC's Dr. Anne Schuchat said at a press conference Friday.</p> <p>The new virus, first identified in April, is a global epidemic. The CDCdoesn't have an exact count of all swine flu deaths and hospitalizations, but existing reports suggest more than 600 have died and more than 9,000 have been hospitalized. Health officials believe millions of Americans have caught the virus.</p> <p>The virus is hitting young people harder. Experts believe older people are suffering from it less, perhaps because they have a bit of immunity from exposure over the years to somewhat similar viruses.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091010/ap_on_he_me/us_med_swine_flu">Click to read.</a></p> <p>Visit <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8769244194613940348?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-41120258768984677832009-10-09T12:09:00.001-07:002009-10-09T12:09:33.456-07:00<p><a href="http://drelainageorge.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.doh.state.fl.us/Disease_ctrl/epi/Epi_Updates/Images/vaccine.gif" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a>, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a>&#160;</p> <p>I have had several patients ask me whether or not they should get the swine flu (H1N1) vaccine. My response has been the same. I will not be getting the vaccine because I don’t think it is safe. </p> <p>I am an MD who was trained to practice medicine the old fashioned way. My education was based on understanding and treating disease. As a surgeon, I was taught that in some cases surgical correction is the most efficient and expedient way to fix a problem or cure a disease. In short, I have a healthy respect for the standard medical care that is practiced in this country.</p> <p>However, over the past 10 years since I have been in practice, I have seen a disturbing trend that has become increasingly more common. Although we have the most advanced medical system in the world, the best trained physicians, and access to new and ever evolving medications, we as a nation and particularly the minority population are getting sicker at a younger age, and our quality of life is suffering. There are more people suffering from depression, anxiety, and learning disabilities than at any time in our history. Unfortunately, we have learned to manage diseases by taking a pill everyday instead of doing what it takes to prevent the illness in the first place. It is past time to look to good nutrition and prevention as a means of preventing and curing chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, obesity and some cancers which have risen to epidemic levels. </p> <p>When I made the personal decision to ask questions about the Swine flu vaccine, the answers that I discovered contradicted the mantra that has been championed by the media, government officials, and the vaccine manufacturers. What we are being told simply does not make any sense. The most important question that I have learned to ask (from the politics of healthcare to every other facet of our society that affects us as individuals) is - who stands to gain? </p> <p>I will not be getting the swine flu vaccine because:</p> <ol> <li><b>The vaccine makers have been given immunity from being sued for any bad outcome </b></li> </ol> <p>After the deaths and injuries associated with the Swine flu vaccination campaign in 1976, the vaccine manufacturers lost billions of dollars in civil suits. That cannot happen this time around. Congress has since passed two bills that shield vaccine makers from civil suits. The first in 1986 protects vaccine makers from civil suits filed by people who have been injured by a vaccine due to ‘unavoidable side effects’. In 2006 another iteration of the shield law (The Epidemic Preparedness Act) was passed as part of the Patriot Act and extends the shield to include protection if the drug maker has ‘no willful knowledge’ that a vaccine may cause injury. In short, a maker of the Swine flu vaccine simply has to say they didn’t know the vaccine was going to cause harm then they cannot be sued. This won’t be hard to do since they have not fully tested the vaccine.</p> <ol> <li><b>There are many ingredients in vaccines called adjuvants that are put in to </b><b>stimulate the immune response</b> </li> </ol> <p><strong><a href="http://elainageorge.blogspot.com/2009/10/why-i-wont-be-taking-swine-flu-vaccine.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></strong></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-4112025876898467783?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-6736758707910427712009-10-07T23:03:00.001-07:002009-10-07T23:03:34.407-07:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img alt="shot_syringe_vaccine.ju.03.jpg" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/money/2009/09/08/news/economy/health_care_vaccinations/shot_syringe_vaccine.ju.03.jpg" /></a></p> <p>Parents who bring their kids to Dr. G. Andrew McIntosh for the chicken pox vaccine are out of luck.</p> <p>The family physician, who has a solo practice in Uniontown, Ohio, doesn't offer that shot because he can't afford it. Most insurers won't sufficiently cover the cost.</p> <p>&quot;It doesn't do me any good. I am losing money on [them],&quot; he said. The chicken pox vaccine runs about $115, but insurers only cover between $68 to $83 of that.</p> <p>McIntosh has also cut back on a handful of other critical childhood vaccines for the same reason -- including the measles, mumps and rubella, known as the MMR vaccine.</p> <p>It costs him about $58 to buy an MMR shot, he said, while insurers pay about about $40.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/08/news/economy/health_care_vaccinations/index.htm?postversion=2009093015" target="_blank">click to read.</a></p> <p>Visit <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> for the latest <a href="http://africanamericannews.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Black News</a>! </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-673675870791042771?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-85735282224255744802009-10-05T06:39:00.001-07:002009-10-05T06:39:35.094-07:00<p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.healthhype.com/wp-content/plugins/flu.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George, MD</a>, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> Medical Contributor</p> <p>With the H1N1 swine flu virus vaccine becoming available this month, there is a big push to vaccinate as many people as possible. However, whether </p> <p>or not you decide to take the vaccine, there are important questions you should ask your doctor or other health practitioner to make sure it is the right choice for you and your family. <b></b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p><b>1. Does the Vaccine contain additives such as mercury or squaline?</b></p> <p><b></b>Additives called adjuvants like mercury (thiamerisol) are added to inhibit bacterial contamination. However, some studies have</p> <p>implicated mercury as a cause of autism and squaline as a cause of neurological damage respectively.</p> <p><b>2. How can I avoid getting a vaccine that contains mercury?</b></p> <p>Ask to receive your vaccine from a single dose vial. Unlike the multiple dose vials which contain thiamerisol, the single dose</p> <p>vials do not contain that additive.</p> <p><b><a href="http://elainageorge.blogspot.com/2009/10/questions-you-should-ask-before-you-get.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></b></p> <p>Visit <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> for more <a href="http://africanamericannews.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Black News</a>! </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8573528222425574480?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-14684498476093063862009-10-03T21:34:00.001-07:002009-10-03T21:34:35.076-07:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/images/ElainaGeorge.jpg" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a>, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> Medical Correspondent</p> <p>According to a recent CNN report 7% of college students admit to using Adderall without a prescription. It is an amphetamine-like stimulant used to treat attention deficit disorders (ADD) and attention deficit with hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This drug, come to known as ‘vitamin A’, is taken by students to improve their grades. It is believed to help them study more efficiently by increasing the ability to stay awake and concentrate longer. It is more potent than caffeine or the old standbys No-Doze and Mountain Dew.</p> <p>When prescribed by a physician for an individual with ADD or ADHD, Adderall is an effective and safe drug. Unfortunately, like many other prescription drugs such as Xanax, Valium, and Oxycontin, which have become easy to get on the Internet and on the black market, its ubiquitous use has taken away the fear factor. There is little regard for the potential side effects such as heart problems, stroke, tremors, and addiction. </p> <p>In fact both prescription drugs and over the counter drugs have been reduced to quick fixes that are used to ‘make a problem go away’. There is a pervasive feeling that if it is a prescription drug or if it is sold over the counter, then it must be safe. This has been encouraged by the aggressive direct to patient marketing by the pharmaceutical industry. </p> <p><a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/2009/10/04/prescription-drugs-the-new-legal-drug-addiction/" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1468449847609306386?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-68647437664307494702009-10-03T20:41:00.001-07:002009-10-03T20:41:33.912-07:00<p></p> <p><a href="http://africanamericanlove.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img height="318" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/9/85109843_6b810f1f67_o.jpg" width="235" /></a></p> <p>What makes a woman want to have sex? Is it physical attraction? Love? Loneliness? Jealousy? Boredom? Painful menstrual cramps?</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p>Many women interviewed were having sex purely because they wanted the experience.</p> <p><img height="4" alt="" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" /></p> <p>It turns out that woman have sex for all of these reasons and more, and that their choices are not arbitrary; there may be evolutionary explanations at work.</p> <p>Psychologists Cindy Meston and David Buss, both professors at the University of Texas at Austin, decided that the topic of &quot;why women have sex&quot; deserved a book of its own. They've woven scientific research together with a slew of women's voices in their new collaborative work, &quot;Why Women Have Sex,&quot; published September 29 by Times Books.</p> <p>&quot;We do bring in men occasionally by way of contrast, but we wanted to focus exclusively on women so that the complexity of women's <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Sexuality">sexual</a>psychology was not given the short shrift, so to speak,&quot; said Buss, a leading evolutionary psychologist.</p> <p>The authors conducted a study from June 2006 to April 2009 that asked women whether they had ever had sex for one of 237 reasons, all of which had emerged in a previous study. About 1,000 women contributed their perspectives. <img height="14" alt="Video" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/tabs/video.gif" width="16" border="0" /> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/#cnnSTCVideo">Watch women answer The Question »</a></p> <p>It turns out that women's reasons for having sex range from love to pure pleasure to a sense of duty to curiosity to curing a headache. Some women just want to please their partners, and others want an ego boost.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/09/30/why.women.have.sex/index.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6864743766430749470?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-68639436210453900452009-09-29T19:50:00.001-07:002009-09-29T19:50:51.958-07:00<p><a href="http://africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.saigon-gpdaily.com.vn/dataimages/original/2009/08/images166754_healthcare-supporters.jpg" /></a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Liberal+Democrats">Liberal Democrats</a> failed Tuesday to inject a government-run insurance option into sweeping health care legislation taking shape in the Senate Finance Committee, despite widespread accusations that private insurers routinely deny coverage in pursuit of higher profits.</p> <p>The 15-8 rejection marked a victory for Sen. <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/People/Politicians,+Government+Officials,+Strategists/U.S.+Senators/Max+Baucus">Max Baucus</a>, D-Mont., the committee chairman, who is hoping to push his middle-of-the-road measure through the panel by week's end. It also kept alive the possibility that at least one <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Political+Bodies/Republican+Party">Republican</a> may yet swing behind the bill, a key goal of both Baucus and the <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Landmarks,+Landforms/White+House">White House</a>.</p> <p>&quot;My job is to put together a bill that gets to 60 votes&quot; in the full Senate, the Montana <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Political+Bodies/Democratic+Party">Democrat</a>said shortly before he joined a majority on the committee in opposing the provision. &quot;No one shows me how to get to 60 votes with a public option,&quot; the term used to describe a new government role in health care. It takes 60 votes to overcome delaying actions that<a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Organizations/Political+Bodies/Republican+Party">Republicans</a> may attempt on the Senate floor.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-29-health-care_N.htm" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <p>Visit <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> for <a href="http://africanamericannews.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Black News</a> and Information! </p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6863943621045390045?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-20603951742797844102009-09-29T19:39:00.001-07:002009-09-29T19:39:51.941-07:00<p>Chaos and death on the streets of Mogadishu: unfortunately, it's nothing new in the Somali capital.</p> <p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank"><img height="219" alt="Casualties are taken into Mogadishu&#39;s hospital on stretchers." hspace="0" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/somalia.ambulance/art.somalia2.cnn.jpg" width="292" /></a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Government forces are fighting against insurgents on this day in September in a bloody battle that leaves 30 dead. Dozens of wounded Somalis are taken out of the danger zone, some of them in the back of insurgents' pick-up trucks.</p> <p>One of the trucks races through the streets, zig-zagging to the echoing booms of the ongoing shelling. The truck comes to an abrupt halt, stopping at a rare sight in the Somali capital -- an ambulance, waiting at the heart of the chaos to ferry the dead and the injured to the hospital.</p> <p>The wounded are transferred onto the ambulance. People shout and run as the mortar attacks continue. One woman screams over and over for her son.</p> <p>The ambulance is one of seven medical vehicles paid for with donated funds from local and expatriate Somalis. Residents can simply call for the ambulances without charge, and the vehicles will be dispatched to the scene.</p> <p>&quot;It is amazing,&quot; said Rufai Salad, one of the founders of the ambulance service in the Somali capital. &quot;We have this toll-free number, 777, that you dial. Someone is giving you a free call and then coming and giving you free help.</p> <p>&quot;People here find it hard to believe it is real.&quot;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/09/29/somalia.ambulance/index.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <p>&#160;</p> <p>Visit <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> for <a href="http://africanamericannews.blogspot.com" target="_blank">Black News</a> and Information</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-2060395174279784410?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-52475786370798527742009-09-28T06:16:00.001-07:002009-09-28T06:16:50.091-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackgossip.wordpress.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_LPwz2if72yc/SC2-arxIz_I/AAAAAAAAAWQ/GlzQJad-dxU/s400/DJ+FLETCH+&amp;+DJ+SLUGGA+LIL+WAYNE+SYRUP+SIPPIN+NIGGA+(SCREWED+&amp;+CHOPPED)+(CD%2BDVD).jpg" /></a></p> <p>You see it all over television, celebrities endorsing &quot;syrup,&quot; which is a combination of cough syrup with codeine and soda, two ingredients that can make for a lethal recipe.</p> <p>Stores in Southeast Texas are now carrying the products that bear the names &quot;drank&quot; and &quot;syrup&quot;, but with a different twist.</p> <p>Drank and Sippin Syrup are two examples of a new anti-energy drink that is supposed to provide &quot;extreme relaxation.&quot; There is nothing harmful in these products, in fact one of the main ingredients is Melatonin, a natural substance that helps you sleep.</p> <p>18-year-old Jackie Robinson says he just started drinking this anti-energy drink because of the slogan, &quot;sippin syrup.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;I ain't gonna lie it really do,&quot; said Robinson Wednesday afternoon as he sipped his drink outside a Beaumont convenient store. &quot;It probably attracts a lot of people from the name too.&quot;</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.thegrio.com/2009/09/sippin-on-some-syrup.php" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-5247578637079852774?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-9427425975068987262009-09-27T12:13:00.001-07:002009-09-27T12:13:53.723-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com"><img height="295" alt="" src="http://blog.americanfeast.com/images/Vegetables,%20Healthy%20Food.jpg" width="375" /></a></p> <p><strong>by <a href="http://drelainageorge.blogspot.com">Dr Elaina George</a>, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a> Medical Correspondent</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p>Instead of waiting for the outcome of the healthcare debate to decide your fate, use some simple common sense strategies to take back the power to control your own health.</p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <ol> <li><strong>Start exercising</strong> </li> </ol> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong>An increase in activity of as little as 20 minutes 3 times a week can make a difference in your risk of heart disease,</p> <p>diabetes and obesity. You don’t have to get fancy with a gym membership. Try taking the stairs at work instead of the</p> <p>elevator, or park further from the entrance when you go to the market or mall.</p> <p>2. <strong>Eat Smaller portions</strong></p> <p><strong></strong></p> <p><strong></strong>You may not want to give up your junk food or fried food, but try to limit your portions. Instead of buying a six pack</p> <p>of soda, buy a two liter bottle. You can better control the portions along with your intake of calories.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://drelainageorge.wordpress.com/2009/09/27/5-things-you-can-do-to-stay-healthy/" target="_blank">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-942742597506898726?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-79695581439101583072009-09-26T19:47:00.001-07:002009-09-26T19:47:25.183-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img alt="President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, wave as ..." src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090927/capt.eabd350544d2431c91bc8804263d3ef7.obama_congressional_black_caucus_dcmc105.jpg?x=284&amp;y=345&amp;q=85&amp;sig=nykEiiXNPB0EYfCbUKffPw--" /></a></p> <p>From Yahoo News</p> <p>President BarackObama on Saturday resumed his push to overhaul the health care system, telling a Congressional Black Caucus conference that there comes a time when &quot;the cup of endurance runs over.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;We have been waiting for health reform since the days of Teddy Roosevelt. We've been waiting since the days of Harry Truman,&quot; he said in remarks at the caucus foundation's annual dinner. &quot;We've been waiting since Johnson and Nixon and Clinton.&quot;</p> <p>&quot;We cannot wait any longer,&quot; Obama said.</p> <p>Obama spent the past week largely focused on global and economic issues in meetings with world leaders in New York and Pittsburgh.</p> <p>At the G-20 economic summit that wrapped up Friday in Pennsylvania, Obama told a story about an unnamed foreign leader who privately told the president he didn't understand the at-times contentious debate over changing the health care system.</p> <p>&quot;He says, 'We don't understand it. You're trying to make sure everybody has health care and they're putting a Hitler mustache on you. That doesn't make sense to me,'&quot; Obama said, quoting the world leader he declined to identify.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama" target="_blank">Click here to read.</a></p> <p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7969558143910158307?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-69372855697132928922009-09-23T06:12:00.001-07:002009-09-23T06:12:48.472-07:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="203" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/Sroez7eisgI/AAAAAAAAAHs/fPxzIbnhhgo/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a>&#160;</p> <p>by <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a>, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a>&#160;</p> <p>Reports estimate that 50-60% of doctors will be sued during the course of their career. However, only 10-20% of those cases actually go to trial. Of those that go to trial, doctors are found innocent of malpractice 80% of the time. This demonstrates the fact that although the perception exists that there may be a lot of bad doctors practicing bad medicine this is actually not the case. </p> <p>Unfortunately, this perception has led to an explosion in the costs of practicing medicine. Over the last 5-10 years medical malpractice premiums have gone through the roof from primary care to neurosurgery. In Florida, for example, malpractice premiums for OB-GYNs have risen to as high as 250,000 per year. This staggering statistic highlights the unintended consequence of limiting access to medical care for women who live in those states. Florida is not alone, it is happening all over the country. Physicians have either moved out of state, retired early, or they have restricted the type of medicine they practice because they cannot afford the cost of doing business. </p> <p><em><a href="http://yourblackscholar.blogspot.com/2009/09/is-death-of-medical-profession-coming.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></em></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6937285569713292892?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-2227098879850337612009-09-19T20:08:00.001-07:002009-09-19T20:08:25.029-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://wilmerleon.com/images/sub_title.jpg" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a>&#160;</p> <p>Listen up as <a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/wilmerleon" target="_blank">Dr. Wilmer Leon</a> speaks with <a href="http://yourblackscholar.blogspot.com/2009/09/scholar-of-interest-dr-pearl-ford.html" target="_blank">Dr. Pearl Ford</a> about President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Plan.&#160; <a href="http://wilmerleon.com/shows/091209-PF.mp3" target="_blank">Click here to listen</a> to the latest exciting episode!</p> <p>Both are graduates of <a href="http://blackcollegestudents.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Howard University’s</a> Political Science Program</p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-222709887985033761?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-17344390651273818572009-09-19T11:34:00.001-07:002009-09-19T11:34:27.560-07:00<p>A legally insane killer was on the loose in the state of Washington on Saturday, two days after he escaped during a field trip to a county fair, authorities said.</p> <p><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img height="219" alt="Authorities are combing Washington state for Phillip Paul, who is described as a criminally insane killer." hspace="0" src="http://i2.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2009/CRIME/09/19/washington.escaped.killer/art.paul.scs.jpg" width="292" /></a></p> <p><img height="4" alt="" src="http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/.element/img/2.0/mosaic/base_skins/baseplate/corner_wire_BL.gif" width="4" /></p> <p>Phillip Paul was able to elude a massive manhunt in Spokane County, Washington, after escaping on Thursday, a spokesman for the sheriff's department said.</p> <p>Though Paul had been confined in a mental institution because of a murder confession, he was allowed to be part of a trip to a county fair Thursday.</p> <p>Paul, 47, escaped from the fair around noon, which launched the massive manhunt and brought criticism from many, including state government officials. Sheriff's officials told CNN affiliate KREM-TV that Paul also escaped briefly in 1991 and assaulted a law enforcement officer.</p> <p>A review has been launched on the incident along with the policy that allows patients to take trips, said Susan Dreyfus, secretary of the state's Department of Social and Health Services.</p> <p>Dreyfus said she was concerned about Paul's escape and another recent brief escape by a patient at a different local <a href="http://topics.cnn.com/topics/Psychotic_Disorders">mental</a> facility.</p> <p>&quot;These incidents, separate and coincidental, have raised serious questions about the security readiness of our two state psychiatric hospitals,&quot; Dreyfus said.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/09/19/washington.escaped.killer/index.html">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1734439065127381857?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-58868840101241401452009-09-18T18:47:00.001-07:002009-09-18T18:47:42.130-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img alt="President Barack Obama holds a rally on health insurance reform ..." src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20090919/i/r2946284782.jpg?x=400&amp;y=296&amp;q=85&amp;sig=hQPn4LzWLbAxBQQZymZFzQ--" /></a></p> <p>President Barack Obama said Friday that angry criticisms about his health care agenda are driven by an intense debate over the proper role of government — and not by racism.</p> <p>&quot;Are there people out there who don't like me because of race? I'm sure there are,&quot; Obama told CNN. &quot;That's not the overriding issue here.&quot;</p> <p>The nation's first black president spoke about the issue of race during a battery of interviews on Friday. In a media blitz aimed at pounding home his health care message, he taped interviews with ABC, CBS, NBC, CNN and Univision to be shown during the networks' Sunday morning talk shows.</p> <p>Some excerpts aired during Friday night broadcasts.</p> <p>Time and again, Obama was asked about whether the tenor of thehealth care debate turned nasty because of undercurrents in racism.Former President Jimmy Carter raised the point prominently this week when he said the vitriol was racially motivated.</p> <p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_obama" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-5886884010124140145?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-79925646525325181872009-09-18T09:04:00.001-07:002009-09-18T09:04:25.404-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackscholar.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://newzar.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/swine_flu.jpg" /></a></p> <p><b>by <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a>, Medical Correspondent, <a href="http://yourblackworld.com" target="_blank">Your Black World</a>&#160;</b></p> <p><b>Although the Swine flu virus has been identified in over 70 countries, it has not been as deadly as expected</b></p> <p><b></b></p> <ul> <li>The world wide number of swine flu cases currently is 209,500 with 2,185 deaths </li> </ul> <p><b>The common flu is more deadly</b></p> <ul> <li>In the US there have been 40,000 cases identified with 1,876 deaths. This is quite low when you compare the death rate to the typical flu virus which kills over 30,000 people per year. </li> </ul> <p><b>Most cases of Swine flu have been mild </b></p> <ul> <li>Most people have had mild self-limited symptoms that resolve without any medical intervention. </li> </ul> <p><b><a href="http://elainageorge.blogspot.com/2009/09/6-things-you-need-to-know-before-you.html" target="_blank">Click to Read.</a></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7992564652532518187?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-45279207707540737452009-09-17T06:33:00.001-07:002009-09-17T06:33:06.842-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/SrI6kTvIHgI/AAAAAAAAAHM/DAa6GD8hmzE/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="221" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Doctors in Miami announced Wednesday that they had performed a vision-restoring surgery that used the 60-year-old patient's tooth.</p> <p>The surgery, the first in the USA, was performed Labor Day weekend at the Bascom Palmer Eye Institute at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine. Afterward, patient Sharron Thornton was able to see for the first time in nine years. &quot;Sharron was able to see 20/60 this morning. She was seeing only shadows a couple of weeks ago,&quot; says ophthalmologist and surgeon Victor Perez. </p> <p>Thornton was blinded in 2000 by a reaction to a drug she was taking, which damaged her cornea. Perez likened Thornton's cornea to a dirty car windshield. He says her eye surface was too dry for a corneal implant, a standard treatment. </p> <p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-09-16-eye-tooth_N.htm" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-4527920770754073745?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-91392256373756313862009-09-16T18:37:00.001-07:002009-09-16T18:37:31.449-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="179" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/SrGS2rwAl9I/AAAAAAAAAGs/AWKbK-LB4vU/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>from The Huffington Post</p> <p>For Mary McCurnin and husband Ron Bednar, money trouble has followed health trouble. In 2003, the couple declared bankruptcy after their insurance covered only 10 percent of treatment costs for her breast cancer and his intestinal bleeding. In 2004, McCurnin's breast cancer returned, and Bednar underwent open heart surgery.</p> <p>Now, after repeatedly refinancing their house to pay medical bills and living expenses, they're broke. To improve their chances of growing old together, they've filed for divorce. </p> <p>&quot;It occurred to me that I could get my first husband's Social Security,&quot; said McCurnin. Her first husband, to whom she'd been married 20 years, died in 1989. When she turns 60 in November, McCurnin said she will be eligible for $1,200 in monthly <a href="http://www.ssa.gov/pubs/10084.html">survivor's benefits</a> from the previous marriage. As the Social Security Administration told her, she can't have the survivor benefit if she's married to someone else.</p> <p>Read more at: <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/16/loving-couple-divorces-to_n_287094.html">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/16/loving-couple-divorces-to_n_287094.html</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-9139225637375631386?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-73328711807348278462009-09-16T13:12:00.001-07:002009-09-16T13:12:26.579-07:00<p><a href="http://blackbloggers.wordpress.com"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/SrFGqaL42-I/AAAAAAAAAGQ/FOvtNkHFHwM/image3.png?imgmax=800" width="214" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Although many Americans have seen and heard the insane debate over healthcare, almost no one understands what's going on. This is doubly true for the <a href="http://yourblackworld.com">African American community</a>, who is affected greatly by this debate and its outcomes. Most <a href="http://blackbloggers.wordpress.com">black bloggers</a> aren't talking about it and <a href="http://blackdoctors.blogspot.com">black doctors </a>are too busy to inform the community. <br /><a href="http://yourblackgossip.blogspot.com">Michael Baisden</a> got with<a href="http://drelainageorge.wordpress.com"> Dr. Elaina George</a>, a prominent <a href="http://blackphysicians.wordpress.com">black physician</a> in the Atlanta area, to break down the public option, healthcare and all related issues in the interview below.During the interview, Dr. George and Baisden answer some important questions:</p> <p></p> <p></p> <p></p> <a href="http://insurance.blackvoices.com/2009/09/16/michael-baisden-dr-elaina-george/" target="_blank">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7332871180734827846?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-86799885552951611482009-09-14T10:03:00.001-07:002009-09-14T10:03:20.780-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackscholar.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="184" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/Sq53V6XtwEI/AAAAAAAAAFg/0RGYAMESHGA/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com/2009/09/dr-boyce-watkins-president-absolutely.html" target="_blank">President Obama's speech</a> to a joint session of Congress last week didn't provide much of a boost to his job approval rating, a USA TODAY/Gallup Poll taken Friday through Sunday shows. The nationwide survey pegs his approval at 54%, precisely where it was in two USA TODAY polls in August. </p> <p>(A separate, daily poll by Gallup showed Obama's approval dipping as low as 50% last month.) </p> <p>USA TODAY's Susan Page reports that 43% disapprove of the job he's doing, a tick up from the August polls and a new high in the 14 surveys we've taken since the inauguration in January.</p> <p>That's not to say Rep. Joe Wilson, the South Carolina Republican who heckled the president during his speech, fares well. Two-thirds of those polled, 68%, say they oppose what the congressman did, and about one in four (23%) say they're &quot;outraged&quot; by it. (That group included 41% of Democrats and 8% of Republicans.)</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2009/09/68498962/1" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8679988555295161148?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-74245064373158558612009-09-12T10:31:00.001-07:002009-09-12T10:31:22.208-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="162" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/Sqva6dlCgLI/AAAAAAAAAFM/Q6fGPrPa2qY/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Tens of thousands of fiscal conservatives packed streets in the nation's capital Saturday to protest what they consider the federal government's out-of-control spending.</p> <p>Demonstrators filled Freedom Plaza and Pennsylvania Avenue in downtown Washington. They waved U.S. flags and held signs reading &quot;Go Green Recycle Congress,&quot; &quot;I'm Not Your ATM&quot; and &quot;Obamacare makes me sick.&quot;</p> <p>Some men were dressed in colonial costumes with tri-colored hats.</p> <p>The protesters were marching to the west lawn of the <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Landmarks,+Landforms/United+States+Capitol">U.S. Capitol</a>.</p> <p>FreedomWorks Foundation, a conservative organization led by former House Majority Leader Dick Armey, organized several groups from across the country for what they're calling a &quot;March on Washington.&quot;</p> <p>The Washington march took place on the same day President Obama was headed to <a href="http://content.usatoday.com/topics/topic/Places,+Geography/Towns,+Cities,+Counties/Minneapolis">Minneapolis</a> to rally support for his heath care reform plan. The plan, which also was the topic of his weekly raido and Internet message, has come under fire from fiscal conservatives who consider it too costly.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2009-09-11-tax-rally_N.htm" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7424506437315855861?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-78482507799862066752009-09-09T12:09:00.001-07:002009-09-09T12:09:36.879-07:00<p><a href="http://blackdoctors.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img height="214" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2008/12/11/health/chen_480.jpg" width="321" /></a></p> <p>Obama administration officials, alarmed at doctor shortages, are looking for ways to increase the supply of physicians to meet the needs of an aging population and millions of uninsured people who would gain coverage under legislation championed by the president.</p> <p>The officials said they were particularly concerned about shortages of primary care providers who are the main source of health care for most Americans.</p> <p>One proposal — to increase <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/health/diseasesconditionsandhealthtopics/medicare/index.html?inline=nyt-classifier">Medicare</a>payments to general practitioners, at the expense of high-paid specialists — has touched off a lobbying fight.</p> <p>Family doctors and internists are pressing Congress for an increase in their Medicare payments. But medical specialists are lobbying against any change that would cut their reimbursements. Congress, the specialists say, should find additional money to pay for primary care and should not redistribute dollars among doctors — a difficult argument at a time of huge budget deficits.</p> <p>Some of the proposed solutions, while advancing one of <a href="http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/o/barack_obama/index.html?inline=nyt-per">President Obama</a>’s goals, could frustrate others. Increasing the supply of doctors, for example, would increase access to care but could make it more difficult to rein in costs.</p> <p></p> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/health/policy/27care.html" target="_blank">Click to read.</a> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7848250779986206675?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-85073508174437323032009-09-06T19:01:00.001-07:002009-09-06T19:01:17.551-07:00<p><a href="http://bureau.espeakers.com/gbsp/speaker.php?sid=15074" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/images/ElainaGeorge.jpg" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://elainageorge.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a></p> <p><b>There is a major misconception about the reasons for the rise in the cost of healthcare. Procedures and the practice of defensive medicine have been described as the main reasons for the exponential rise. However, the reality could not be farther from what is portrayed on TV series like Nip/Tuck. The medical insurance industry has fueled the campaign of misinformation to enhance their divide and conquer strategy. As long as people spend their energy on blaming doctors, they have less energy to pay attention to rising deductibles, premiums and co-insurance. In short, the insurance companies benefit by keeping doctors and patients at odds. In reality when a doctor charges for a procedure or performs a surgery what is paid is no where near the amount that was charged. In short, the increase in patient premiums, deductibles etc… have gone to pay administrative costs and CEO salaries.</b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p><b>These are 6 things you need to know so you can understand the barriers your doctor has to navigate to take good care of you: </b></p> <p><b></b></p> <ol> <li><b>Insurance companies change what they will pay for </b></li> </ol> <p>Through the pre-certification process, insurance companies will change what services they will reimburse. This list can change yearly. It is driven by insurance company costs and <b>not</b> by medical necessity as determined by the doctor and the patient.</p> <p><b><a href="http://africanamericandoctors.wordpress.com/2009/09/07/6-ways-your-insurance-company-tries-to-hurt-you/" target="_blank">Click to read more.</a></b></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-8507350817443732303?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-39405917954378577032009-08-30T11:23:00.000-07:002009-08-30T11:23:00.166-07:00<p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://blackdoctors.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="image" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/SpV-nRwg34I/AAAAAAAAACo/zfxHLtMzOtg/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>The latest episode of “Medicine on Call” is here.&#160; Check out <a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/drelainageorge" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a>, as she breaks down the healthcare news you need.</p> <p><a href="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/podcasts/MedicineOnCallMay20.2009.mp3" target="_blank">Click to listen</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-3940591795437857703?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-62564816183547950702009-08-26T10:48:00.001-07:002009-08-26T10:48:53.745-07:00<p><a href="http://blackphysicians.wordpress.com" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="244" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/SpV1hKIiVqI/AAAAAAAAACM/Lp_JagpNW3w/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="164" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>Dr Elaina George gives you the medical advice that other doctors won’t give.&#160; Today she discusses alternative methods to treat chronic pain. The audio is below.&#160; </p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.radiosandysprings.com/podcasts/MedicineOnCallJun03.2009.mp3" target="_blank">Click here to listen!</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6256481618354795070?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-33357075535763208122009-08-24T19:42:00.001-07:002009-08-24T19:42:12.500-07:00<p><b>For Immediate Release</b></p> <p><b>Please Contact S Prewitt for Interviews at (901) 413-0203 or email </b><a href="mailto:information@yourblackpublicity.com"><b>information@yourblackpublicity.com</b></a><b>. </b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p><b>Prominent Black Physician Says Michael Jackson’s Doctor’s Actions were Inexcusable</b><b></b></p> <p>Dr. Elaina George, an Otolaryngologist out of Atlanta, says that the doctor alleged to have killed Michael Jackson was not only unethical, but incredibly irresponsible in his choice of medications. Dr. Conrad Murray is subject to investigation after Jackson’s death was ruled a homicide in initial autopsy reports. But while many believe that Jackson’s death was an accidental occurrence, Dr. George states that the combination of drugs given to Jackson was almost likely to kill him. </p> <p>“There was no way that harm would not have come to Mr. Jackson,” says Dr. George, who advocates for doctors on a regular basis. “It was beyond negligent to give him a mixture of three different kinds of sedatives, a muscle relaxant, an antidepressant in addition to Propofol, a general anesthetic that is only used in an operating room setting (because it can stop someone’s breathing). Each of these drugs by themselves can be lethal, but together it is a recipe that will almost definitely kill someone.” </p> <p><a href="http://newsreleasenow.blogspot.com/2009/08/prominent-doctor-speaks-on-michael.html" target="_blank">Click to read more.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-3335707553576320812?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-27531068371428543682009-08-18T19:20:00.001-07:002009-08-18T19:20:29.740-07:00<p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.cbc.ca/gfx/images/news/photos/2009/08/14/healthcare-392-7160489.jpg" /></a></p> <p>by <a href="http://youngblackstudents.com/drelainageorge" target="_blank">Dr. Elaina George</a></p> <p>The debate on healthcare reform is in full swing, but no one is paying attention to the long term effects.</p> <p>I am for universal healthcare in theory. As a physician, I believe that it is a fundamental right. Unfortunately, the way the debate and pending legislation has been crafted, the outcome will result in unintended consequences. </p> <p>As a physician in solo practice, I am in a unique position to see the outcome if we continue on the path that Congress is proposing in HR 3200. </p> <ol> <li>A single payer system that pays the same rate as Medicare or as the bill stipulates (5% above Medicare) will lead to LESS choice. People are overlooking the fact that most private physicians are currently NOT accepting new Medicare patients because they can’t afford to do so and stay open. There will be no reason for this to change if the reimbursement scale is adopted. </li> </ol> <p>Unintended consequence: The network of private physicians would be smaller and more patients will be placed in a system of fewer physicians, less choice and longer waiting times to be seen. This would have the opposite effect – what is the point of universal healthcare if you don’t have quality physicians to provide it?</p> <p>2. The proposed healthcare bill sets up a bureaucracy run by a National health insurance commissioner and sets up an insurance “self regulatory agency” – made up of national insurers, national agencies, and insurance producers. There are no physicians or patient advocates. </p> <p><a href="http://drelainageorge.wordpress.com/2009/08/19/dr-elaina-george-speaks-on-the-healthcare-debate/" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-2753106837142854368?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-76833319028673335122009-08-17T16:42:00.001-07:002009-08-17T16:42:18.377-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackpolitics.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img title="image" style="border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; border-left-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px" height="164" alt="image" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_I9x_zlw8c_8/Sonq2XjFu9I/AAAAAAAAABc/9qGfGwQBKls/image%5B3%5D.png?imgmax=800" width="244" border="0" /></a> </p> <p>President Obama just bought a great deal of ad time to push his healthcare reform bill.&#160; What do you think? </p> <p><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cqQl3lZzzE" target="_blank">Click to watch the ad.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-7683331902867333512?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-17797527030519995632009-08-14T15:28:00.001-07:002009-08-14T15:28:39.976-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img src="http://pro.corbis.com/images/42-16880566.jpg?size=572&amp;uid=%7BCD7A728B-2F28-433A-B412-87F5D8070026%7D" /></a></p> <p>BET Foundation officials believe if anyone has the power to help family members get healthier, it's the woman in the house.</p> <p>That's why the organization is bringing the BET Foundation Women's Health Symposium, Remembering Our Health, to Detroit for the first time Saturday.</p> <p>&quot;Our women's health symposium was designed to educate African-American women on how to better care for themselves because we've realized when it comes to health disparities, the leading person that can influence health disparities is the African-American female,&quot; says Debra Kilpatrick, director of women's health programs for the Washington, D.C.-based BET Foundation Inc.</p> <p>Advertisement</p> <p>The event, which is free but requires registration, runs from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Wayne State University Community Arts Auditorium and Student Center. It features Grammy-winning gospel great Vickie Winans as emcee and a special performance by R&amp;B songstress Deborah Cox during the 3 p.m. plenary session.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://www.detnews.com/article/20090813/LIFESTYLE03/908130330/BET-Conference-aims-to-help-African-American-women-improve-their-health" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-1779752703051999563?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7085471034769725454.post-61124951764524319932009-08-10T14:50:00.001-07:002009-08-10T14:50:05.864-07:00<p><a href="http://yourblackhealth.blogspot.com" target="_blank"><img height="406" src="http://www.lupusremedy.com/images/black%20girl%20doctor%20and%20nurse%2072.jpg" width="271" /></a></p> <p>Luis Manriquez and Katherine Glass share a common -- and increasingly rare -- ambition: They both want to become family doctors.</p> <p>&quot;As a primary care doctor, you are a gatekeeper of the medical system,&quot; said Manriquez, 26, who with Glass is a first-year student at the University of Washington School of Medicine. &quot;Primary care is where you can have the most immediate impact in affecting patients' lives by managing their health.&quot;</p> <p>Still, Manriquez realizes that he's setting himself for considerable challenges.</p> <p>For one thing, as a family doctor, Manriquez will probably make one-fourth the salary of a specialist while trying to pay down $140,000 on average in medical school debt.</p> <p>&quot;That's why only the most committed pursue primary care. Kudos to them,&quot; said Jonathan Weiner, professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore.</p> <p>Then there are some intangible challenges.</p> <p>&#160;</p> <p><a href="http://money.cnn.com/2009/07/16/news/economy/healthcare_doctors_shortage/index.htm?postversion=2009071807" target="_blank">Click to read.</a></p> <div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7085471034769725454-6112495176452431993?l=africanamericanphysicians.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bomber1http://www.blogger.com/profile/00933258983648937560noreply@blogger.com0