Journal of the National Medical Association back issues from May 2007:
Elective and Isolated Carotid Endarterectomy: Health Disparities in Utilization and Outcomes, but Not Readmission
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: Dr. Kennedy was supported by Public Health Service National Research Service Award T32 HL007034 from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Background: Carotid endarterectomy (CEA) has been shown to decrease future ischemic stroke risk in selected patients ....
Relationships and Communication in Minority Participation in Research: Multidimensional and Multidirectional
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: This work was supported by grants from the National Institutes of Health (K01 HL 04039), the Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (#038407), an unrestricted educational grant from Pfizer Inc., and a training grant from the ...
Increasing Incidence of Clostridium Difficile-Associated Diarrhea in African-American and Hispanic Patients: Association with the Use of Proton Pump Inhibitor Therapy
May 01, 2007; ... This study was presented in part as an abstract at the Annual Meeting of American Gastroenterological Association-Digestive Disease Week in Los Angeles, CA, May 2006. Background: Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhea (CDAD) has been increasingly diagnosed in hospitalized patients ....
Association between Past Urinary Tract Infections and Current Symptoms Suggestive of Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: Supported by grant U01 DK56842 from the NIH NIDDK. Dr. Daniels is supported by the Department of Defense Prostate Scholar Award. Presented in part as a moderated poster session presentation at the Annual Meeting of the American Urological Association, San Antonio, TX, May 21, ...
Dynamic Association between Parental Monitoring and Communication and Adolescent Risk Involvement among African-American Adolescents
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: This study was supported by the National Institutes of Mental Health (grant R01 MH 54983). Purpose: To examine: 1) the relationship between parental monitoring and communication and adolescent risk involvement over time, including consideration of their potential ...
Colon Cancer Screening Consultations May Identify Racial Disparity in Hypertension Diagnosis and Management
May 01, 2007; ... There are significant health disparities between African Americans and whites in the United States. While colon cancer screening aids in decreasing the morbidity and mortality from colon cancer in African Americans, other health risks may also be identified during gastroenterology consultations ....
When Race Matters: Disagreement in Pain Perception between Patients and their Physicians in Primary Care
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: Faculty Development in Primary Care 1-D14-HP00169-01 was supported by the Bureau of Health Professions of the Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA). Dr. Carey is supported in part by funding from the Agency for Healthcare ...
Cancer Screening Participation: Comparative Willingness of San Juan Puerto Ricans versus New York City Puerto Ricans
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: The Cancer Screening Questionnaire Study was supported by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research/National Institutes of Health grant U54 DE 14257, the New York University Oral Cancer Research on Adolescent and Adult Health Promotion Center, an Oral Health ...
Understanding "Masculinity" and the Challenges of Managing Type-2 Diabetes among African-American Men
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: Research for this project was funded by the Division of Diabetes Translation, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA. African-American men bear a greater burden of type-2 diabetes and its associated complications. The purpose of this analysis was to ...
Inherited, Familial and Sporadic Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma
May 01, 2007; ... The U.S. surgeon general has recently launched a campaign to promote the awareness of the medical value of family history. Further attention should be paid to familial aggregation. Accordingly, we suggest that primary open-angle glaucoma (POAG) be classified into inherited, familial and sporadic ...
Ethnicity, Alcohol Drinking and Changes in Transaminase Activity among Heavy Drinkers
May 01, 2007; ... Financial support: Dr. Stewart was partially supported by a Career Development Award from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (K23AA014188). Background: Liver cirrhosis mortality differs by ethnicity in the United States. Some studies suggest alcohol sensitivity may ...
Surgical Pathology of Schistosomiasis
May 01, 2007; ... Schistosomiasis remains an important health problem in many tropical countries and is being seen with increasing frequency in immigrant populations and tourists in developed countries. The pattern of organ involvement and clinical presentation of schistosomiasis in 80 patients (male: female, ...
Micronodular Radiographic Pulmonary Pattern in Metastatic Medullary Thyroid Carcinoma
May 01, 2007; ... Medullary carcinoma of the thyroid is a rare form of all thyroid malignancies, thereby limiting the clinical nature and the ability to optimize diagnostic tools. We present two cases of a micronodular radiographic pulmonary pattern in metastatic medullary thyroid cancer to enhance awareness of ...
CHARITY HOSPITAL: FROM THE BEGINNING TO EITHER A NEW BEGINNING OR THE END
May 01, 2007; ... Through epidemics, wars, hurricanes, pirates and politics, Charity Hospital has served the indigent population of New Orleans and Louisiana since May 10, 1736 as the second oldest continuing public hospital in the country following Bellevue in New York City, which opened six weeks earlier on ...
THE FUTURE OF NEW ORLEANS' CHARITY HOSPITAL
May 01, 2007; ... For more than 50 years, the medical schools of Tulane University and Louisiana State University have shared the primary clinical responsibilities for New Orleans' Charity Hospital (formally, the Medical Center of Louisiana at New Orleans). That critical era at least paused on August 29, 2005, ...
CHARITY HOSPITAL: A FORMER TULANE DEAN'S PERSPECTIVE
May 01, 2007; ... Failure of the federal government and the State of Louisiana to rebuild the Medical Center of Louisiana, New Orleans (MCLNO, also known as Charity Hospital), would be a continuation of the abandonment of the poor of New Orleans that became so overt in the face of Hurricane Katrina. While the ...
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A CHARITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM AND A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SYSTEM?
May 01, 2007; ... Before I arrived as an intern at Charity hospital, which is now 10 years ago, I heard great legends about it. My father, who trained there in the '70s, said that when he first saw it, he thought it "shined like a silver dollar." I can't quite say I remember any shine. However, many physicians ...
THE CHARITY HOSPITAL DILEMMA
May 01, 2007; ... Louisiana has been ranked last or next to last in the majority of healthcare report cards for more than 10 years. In 2006, in the most recent ranking by United Health Foundation, Louisiana was ranked last. Although these rankings are based upon health outcomes, Louisiana's unique healthcare ...
IF NOT CHARITY HOSPITAL, THEN AN EQUIVALENT FACILITY IS IMPERATIVE
May 01, 2007; ... In Dr. Hoover's introduction to the situation in New Orleans, he touts Charity Hospital as having been a mainstay of healthcare and in healthcare education throughout the ages. He readily points out that the Charity facility is one of the longest continuously in service medical-surgical ...
REBUILD CHARITY HOSPITAL AS A NEW ENTITY
May 01, 2007; ... I write in support of replacing Charity Hospital with an entirely different entity. The State of Louisiana purchased University Hospital (formally Hotel Dieu) on December 31, 1992. The resulting horizontal integration of Charity and University hospitals formed the Medical Center of Louisiana at ...
Salvaging a Geriatric Medicine Academic Program in Disaster Mode-The LSU Training Program Post-Katrina
May 01, 2007; ... Formal training in geriatric medicine in Louisiana is in its infancy. This article portrays the struggle of the sole functioning geriatric medicine training program and its trials and tribulations in a survival mode, opportunities that come with disaster as well as lessons learned ...
INFO POEMS
May 01, 2007; ... These InfoPOEMs® are selected by JNMA Lead Statistician Greg Gilbert, MSPH, Gregory.Gilbert@pobox.com, from www.infopoems.com. InfoPOEMs® are created by experts who continuously survey medical journals worldwide. They identify and summarize valid and clinically applicable new evidence. For more ...
CALENDAR
May 01, 2007; ... Submit your events and announcements no later than four months before the event to the calendar editor, Theresa G. Reed, MD, MPH; shaynes@nmanet.org. Include the following information: date, name of event, location; sponsoring group(s); topics to be presented; CME credit hours (if applicable); ...
About the Cover
May 01, 2007; ... Holiday in Dubai Artist: Gary Frier Size: 1200 x 800 mm Oil on Hardboard This work was originally commissioned by a friend for a portfolio proposal from a photo taken during a "Holiday in Dubai." Set across the Persian Gulf from Iran and just east of Saudi Arabia, ...