Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 19, 2009
Today is officially the Great American Smokeout 2009 and I won’t tell you how I ran into the smokers on the way into work today. I think there were more than usual, maybe they were smoking in protest… Anyway, we all know smoking is bad for you and your health and the people around you breathing [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 16, 2009
The Good News
The deadline to submit comments and suggestions for the National HIV/AIDS strategy has been extended until Nov. 23 (next Monday) so there is still time to submit your thoughts. I think they should leave the comments section open until after all the town halls have been completed –the last one is in Puerto [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 11, 2009
The deadline to contribute to the White House’s national HIV strategy has been extended to this coming Monday, so there’s still time to submit your thoughts online. Also, there’s a national conference call coming up this Friday at 3:30 p.m. EST. The call will focus on informing Hispancs/Latinos abot the contributions they can make [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 10, 2009
Just ran across this release from University of Cincinnati about funding going toward a study to find the effects of BPA on the heart and reproductive system, so I guess we should prepare ourselves now for the news.
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 9, 2009
So maybe I should have said this before, but there was a slight change in the OMH URL and instead of typing in www.omhrc.gov the new address is minorityhealth.hhs.gov sans www. If you type in the old address, you’ll be rerouted, so no worries. Either way you’ll still get to all that free info.
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 6, 2009
Here’s some info about an opportunity for college students to get some hands-on experience in the health field before it’s too late to turn around. Joking… somewhat.
To help lessen health disparities by encouraging more state students to consider medical and dental fields, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is sponsoring the Summer Medical and Dental Education. College [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 5, 2009
The CDC has gotten a little bit closer to answering the question I always have whenever study results are released. They hit on the “why” factor. The “what-cause-that” factor. The CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics released findings showing that the high rates of infant mortality in the United States are fueled by premature birth rates [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 4, 2009
I just wanted to pass this one along because keeping a health journal seemed like such a brilliant idea—I wish I had come up with this one by myself. Lately I’ve started writing down all the details that I need to remember when going for my doctor’s appointments, but only recently I thought about keeping all [...]
Posted by: healthyadvances on: November 4, 2009
The OMHRC staff will be attending APHA in Philly and there are several scheduled events worth noting and taking in first hand. From a book signing and documentary viewing to some serious insight about issues impacting minority communities.
OMH’s APHA Events Announced
OMHRC representatives will be in attendance at this year’s annual APHA conference in Philadelphia, with [...]
