Minority physicians encourage the next generation
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Dr. Maurice Sholas, a physical medicine and rehabilitation specialist works on the program related to the problem of racial and ethnic disparities in health care faced by the African- American physicians. The program hopes to support new research, raise individual and institutional awareness, and develop effective and appropriate interventions to improve the health of all Americans.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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Now is the time to build on our health policy victories
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US President George W. Bush and others at the first National Advocacy Conference in Washington, D.C., praised the American Medical Association (AMA) and the Federation of Medicine for US leadership and influenced the national health policy issues. They seek to find solution to the disgraceful problem of American living where many people die without health insurance.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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Best form of prevention: Health education in the schools
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Education among children is an important tool for helping them establish positive health habits. The research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the 1990s indicates that health education can help reduce the prevalence of risky health behaviors among young people.
Publication Name: American Medical News
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0001-1843
Year: 2003
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