Recently added articles from Journal of the National Medical Association:
About the Cover
Sep 01, 2009; ... For the past 6 years JNMA has dedicated its September issue to medical education. In addition to concentrating on manuscripts related to advances in education, statistical reviews of the status of minorities in medical school, residency and faculty positions, JNMA has also used this opportunity ...
CALENDAR
Sep 01, 2009; ... Submit your events and announcements no later than four months before the event to the calendar editor, Theresa G. Reed, MD, MPH, publications@nmanet.org. Include the following information: date, name of event, location; sponsoring group(s); topics to be presented; CME credit hours (if ...
Avoidance of Invasive Diagnostic and Harmful Therapeutic Measures in a Patient With Malignant Fibrous Histiocytoma and Extensive Clinically Occult Metastases
Sep 01, 2009; ... Malignant fibrous histiocytomas are rare soft-tissue sarcomas of uncertain histogenesis but represent the most common softtissue sarcomas in adults. In this report of a 70-year-old male patient suffering from this rare malignant disease, we describe the diagnostic benefits of combined functional ...
Venous Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism in a Child With Pneumonia Due to Mycoplasma pneumoniae
Sep 01, 2009; ... A 13-year-old boy with Mycoplasma pneumoniae pulmonary infection developed deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism. He was found to have protein S deficiency and transient antiphospholipid antibodies. Though uncommon, it is important to consider venous thromboembolic disease in children ...
Rocking the Match II: More Lessons on Applying and Getting Into Residency
Sep 01, 2009; ... Keywords: education * underrepresented minorities J Natl Med Assoc. 2009;101:956-966 In 2007, one of us (R.C.Z.) published an article in the Journal of the National Medical Association entitled "'Rocking the Match:' Applying and Getting Into Residency,"1 which provided students ...