Journal of the National Medical Association back issues from January 2007:
Annual Stubbs Lecture, Surgical Section of the NMA-A Tribute to Dr. King
Jan 01, 2007; ... Key words: Frederick W. Stubbs * Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. * Charles Brunicardi, MD * tuberculosis * thoracic surgery In 1941, the Surgical Section of the NMA (SS-NMA) began an "Annual Oration in Surgery" intended to honor an outstanding colleague and make black medical history better ...
The Leadership Principles of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Their Relevance to Surgery
Jan 01, 2007; ... In order to face the challenges in healthcare this century, it is essential that surgeons understand modern leadership principles. One of the greatest leaders in history was Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., who provides a shining example of level-5 leadership for us to study. The study of leadership ...
Measuring African-American Parents' Cultural Mistrust While in a Healthcare Setting: A Pilot Study
Jan 01, 2007; ... Background: African Americans' mistrust of healthcare is often cited as a cause of racial disparities in health and has been linked to cultural mistrust. African-American parents' level of cultural mistrust while in a general healthcare setting has not been previously ...
Examining Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Site of Usual Source of Care
Jan 01, 2007; ... Little is known about why minorities have a lower propensity to use private doctors' offices for their usual source of care than non-Hispanic whites. This study used the 2001 Commonwealth Fund's Health Care Quality Survey of adults to determine if this disparity is due to racial and ethnic ...
Helicobacter Pylori in Gastroduodenal Diseases
Jan 01, 2007; ... Objective: To determine the prevalence and disease association of Helicobacter pylori (H. pylori) in dyspeptic patients in southwest Nigeria. Setting: Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospitals Complex, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. Methods: Consecutive dyspeptic patients for upper ...
Bisphosphonate Therapy for Women with Breast Cancer and at High Risk for Osteoporosis
Jan 01, 2007; ... Bisphosphonates are effective inhibitors of osteoclast activity and bone resorption, and are standard treatments for osteoporosis, hypercalcemia of malignancy, and metabolic bone disease. Bisphosphonates have also been established to effectively reduce skeletal-related events due to malignancy ...
Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in a U.S. Pediatric Surgical Population
Jan 01, 2007; ... Objective: To describe the prevalence of overweight and obesity in a pediatric surgical population from a large teaching hospital in the United States. Methods and Procedures: We carried out a retrospective review of the perioperative database for the period January 2000 to December 2004 ...
A Program for Managing Your Treatment: The Joslin Guide to Diabetes
Jan 01, 2007; ... A Program for Managing Your Treatment: The Joslin Guide to Diabetes Revised Fireside edition-2nd ed.; Richard S. Beaser, MD and Amy P. Campbell, RD, MS, CDE; 2005; ISBN-13 978-0-7432-5784-8:431 pages; $16.95 I am delighted and honored to have been afforded the opportunity of reading and ...
Death to Diabetes
Jan 01, 2007; ... Death to Diabetes DeWayne McCu/tey, BS, EE; North Charleston, SC: Book Surge LLC 2005; Library of Congress control #2005909270; ISBN 0-9773607-4-1; 384 pages; $24.95 This is a text, which I wish I had available for me to read when I was diagnosed myself with my type-2 diabetes disorder ...
Needles Herbs Gods and Ghosts: China Healing and the West to 1848
Jan 01, 2007; ... Needles Herbs Gods and Ghosts: China Healing and the West to 1848 Linda L Bornes Physicians share their care of patients with the individual being cared for, their family, spiritual advisors, the community and other providers. Other providers may or may not be licensed, and may ...
The Golden Gate Diet
Jan 01, 2007; ... The Golden Gate Diet Adam Brook, MD In the Golden Gate Diet, Dr. Adam Brook claims to have discovered a new science-based approach to weight loss that will reduce heart disease risk by 50% and cancer risk by 40%, and will lead to a 1-2-lb weight loss per week. The diet is based ...
Overexpression of the Local Bone Marrow Renin-Angiotensin System in Acute Myeloid Leukemia
Jan 01, 2007; ... Objectives: Local bone marrow renin-angiotensin system (RAS) is an autocrine-paracrine system affecting hematopoiesis. Angiotensin II stimulates the proliferation of bone marrow and umbilical cord blood hematopoietic progenitors. Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) hyperfunction may lead to the ...
The Relationship between Occupations and Head and Neck Cancers
Jan 01, 2007; ... Objective: The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between occupation and head and neck cancers. Patients and Methods: In this case-control study, 206 Turkish patients with head and neck cancers comprised the case group. The control group consisted of 206 age- and ...
A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups
Jan 01, 2007; ... Background: Prostate cancer mortality disparities exist among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, yet few studies have explored the spatiotemporal trend of the disease burden. To better understand mortality disparities by geographic regions over time, the present study analyzed the ...
Soft-Tissue Sarcoma in Black Africans: Pattern, Distribution and Management Dilemma
Jan 01, 2007; ... Background: Soft-tissue sarcomas (STS) are a heterogeneous group of rare tumors that arise predominantly from the embryonic mesoderm. Currently, >70 different histologic types of STS have been identified. There is no identifiable etiology in most cases of STS even though a variety of ...
Roles of Religion and Geography in Organ Donation in the African-American Community
Jan 01, 2007; ... The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the National Medical Association. Having been skeptical about organ donation in the past, I was riveted by the original communication entitled "Many Facets of Reluctance: African Americans and the Decision (Not) to Donate ...
If You Suspect It, You Can Avoid Thoracotomies
Jan 01, 2007; ... We read your article "Rare Cause of Pleural Modularity: Splenosis," by Gezer et al with interest. We agree some cases of thoracic splenosis (TS) may require an invasive evaluation to diagnose, especially if there is not a high index of suspicion preoperatively. In the case presented by Gezer et ...
Physician Reimbursement Gets a Reprieve from Congress
Jan 01, 2007; ... Key words: physician reimbursement * Medicare * sustainable growth rate * Medicare fee updates Physicians entered the final month of 2006 fully expecting a 5% reduction in reimbursement from Medicare beginning in 2007. However, on Saturday, December 9, 2006, the Senate passed a Medicare ...
A Move? For the NMA? Hmmmm?
Jan 01, 2007; ... The National Medical Association as an organization has served the interest and community of African-American and other minority physicians since its inception in 1895. From its current vantage point in Washington, DC, the NMA has been able to well represent the organization's agenda ...
Open Access Reduces Well-Child Visit No-Shows
Jan 01, 2007; ... Clinical Question Does open-access scheduling decrease missed appointments for well-child visits? Bottom Line In a single clinic serving an indigent and largely Mexican population, open access to appointments for well-child care reduced the number of missed appointments ...
Journal Ads Not Evidence-Based
Jan 01, 2007; ... Clinical Question Are advertisements in rheumatology journals reliable? Bottom Line This study demonstrates again that the majority of claims made in advertisements in rheumatology journals are poorly supported or misleading. (LOE = 2b) Study ...
Delayed Prescription for AOM Reduces Unnecessary Antibiotics
Jan 01, 2007; ... Clinical Question Will asking parents to delay filling a prescription for the treatment of acute otitis media (AOM) reduce unnecessary antibiotic use? Bottom Line A wait-and-see approach of asking parents of children given a diagnosis of AOM in the emergency department to ...
Counseling Helps Fearful Women Choose Vaginal Delivery
Jan 01, 2007; ... Clinical Question Can crisis-oriented counseling change a woman's requests for cesarean delivery associated with fear of childbirth? Bottom Line A counseling intervention can lead to a choice in favor of vaginal birth for women desiring cesarean delivery because of fear ...