Journal of the National Medical Association back issues from July 2008:
African-American Clinicians Providing HIV Care: The Experience of the National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center
Jul 01, 2008; ... Financial support: Supported in part by a grant from the AIDS Education and Training Centers, HIV/AIDS Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration (H4AHA 01082-03). The contents of the manuscript are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of ...
Examining Geographic and Temporal Variations of AIDS Mortality: Evidence of Racial Disparities
Jul 01, 2008; ... Background: There is little literature on spatiotemporal trends of AIDS mortality among different race and gender groups. The purpose of the present study is to describe AIDS mortality geographically and temporally, and to determine if detected trends vary by race and gender. Methods: ...
Atopic Dermatitis Complicated by Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Infection
Jul 01, 2008; ... Introduction: Staphylococcus aureus colonization/infection is commonly associated with disease severity in children with atopic dermatitis. The present report is a three-year retrospective chart review of five cases (comprising three boys and two girls, aged 9-15 years at referral) of ...
Acceptance of a Potential HIV/AIDS Vaccine among Minority Women
Jul 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This research was supported by the Behavioral and Clinical Cores of the Emory Center for AIDS Research (P30 AI050409). Purpose: To explore the attitudes, opinions and concerns of minority women regarding acceptance of a potential HIV/ AIDS vaccine. Methods: ...
Malignancies in HIV: Pre- and Post-Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy
Jul 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was partially supported by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality grant 1R24HS11673. Objectives: A study was conducted at a large metropolitan tertiary-care teaching hospital to investigate the incidence of cancers among HIV-infected patients over a ...
Pattern of Pediatric HIV/AIDS: A Five-Year Experience in a Tertiary Hospital
Jul 01, 2008; ... Objectives: to determine the mode of transmission, clinical presentation and the outcome in children with HIV/AIDS at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), Sokoto, Nigeria. Methodology: a five-year retrospective study of children with HIV/AIDS from January 2001 to ...
Using an Online Survey to Assess Knowledge of HIV in General and Testing Specifically among Black and White College Students
Jul 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was supported by a university faculty research grant at The University of Georgia. This research was conducted with the approval of the Institution Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects at The University of Georgia (#2004-20747-5). Background: ...
Disparities in Breast Cancer Incidence across Racial/Ethnic Strata and Socioeconomic Status: A Systematic Review
Jul 01, 2008; ... Objectives: A higher incidence of breast cancer has been reported both in white women and women of higher socioeconomic status (SES) compared to women of other races and lower SES, respectively. We explored whether differences in SES can account for disparities in breast cancer incidence between ...
Case Management and Health-Related Quality of Life Outcomes in a National Sample of Persons with HIV/AIDS
Jul 01, 2008; ... Financial support: The HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study was conducted under cooperative agreement #U- 01HS08578 (MF Shapiro, PI; SA Bozzette, Co-PI) between RAND and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Substantial additional funding for this cooperative agreement was provided ...
Psychosocial Mediators of the Relationship between Race/Ethnicity and Depressive Symptoms in Latino and White Patients with Coronary Artery Disease
Jul 01, 2008; ... Financial support: This study was supported by 1R01 HL62161 from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute. Background: The high prevalence of depressive symptoms in patients with coronary artery disease has been well documented. However, little is known about the prevalence and ...
Laryngeal Electromyography Findings in a Patient with HIV, John Cunningham Virus and Bilateral True Vocal Fold Motion Impairment
Jul 01, 2008; ... This project was presented to the institutional review board and a waiver was granted because of the retrospective nature of the manuscript and the fact that treatment of the patient was not part of any experimental investigation. We present the findings from laryngeal electromyography ...
Neurosarcoidosis-The Great Mimicker
Jul 01, 2008; ... Introduction: Neurosarcoidosis is rare and difficult to diagnose especially in the absence of systemic involvement. Case report: A 22-year-old African-American man presented with inability to gaze laterally. He underwent magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) the day before that revealed "a ...
So You Want to Be a Doctor?
Jul 01, 2008; ... So you Want to Be a Doctor? George H. Rawls, MD & Robert D. Patterson, MD; Hilton Publishing Co., 2007; ISBN 0-9764443-3-X; 164 pages; $16.95 One of the most difficult tasks we are faced with is to be all things to all people. This concise book offers itself as "a guide for the ...
On Grief and Grieving: Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss
Jul 01, 2008; ... On Grief and Grieving: Finding the meaning of grief through the five stages of loss Elisabeth Kübler-Ross and David Kessler. New York, NY: Scribner, 2005; ISBN: 07-4326628-5; 235 pages; $14 This self-help book by two wellknown authorities on death and dying aims to help those understand ...
An Analysis of Antiretroviral Adherence, Resistance and HIV Viral Load: A Pilot Study
Jul 01, 2008; ... The opinions expressed here are not necessarily the opinions of the National Medical Association. To the Editor: A pharmacist-directed pilot study was conducted to assess the role of antiretroviral adherence and HIV viral load on subsequent development of HIV viral resistance ....
Responses to the Result of the National Health Interview Survey on Sleep Duration among Black and White Americans
Jul 01, 2008; ... To The Editor: Nunes et al. provide interesting findings in their study of ethnicity and sleep duration.1 However, there are problems with the analytic methods. The National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) uses a stratified multistage probability sample. As noted in the NHIS ...
INFOPOEMS
Jul 01, 2008; ... 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 ...
Dr. William E. Matory-A Doyen and Scion of the National Medical Association
Jul 01, 2008; ... During my second year on the faculty at The New York Hospital-Cornell University Medical Center in 1979 after completing my fellowship in cardiothoracic surgery, I received a letter from the American College of Surgeons informing me that I had been appointed to the pre- and postoperative care ...
To Learn, To Touch, To Serve: A Testimonial to William Earle Matory, MD
Jul 01, 2008; ... "If you evaluate it carefully, I don't believe anyone has made a more extensive array of contributions to the Howard University College of Medicine (HUCM) in its history than Bill Matory." One might be tempted to dismiss this resounding testimony as hyperbole until you consider the ...
CALENDAR
Jul 01, 2008; ... 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 ...