News - Office of Minority Health
Office of Minority Health Urges "Know Your Risk and Help Prevent Blood Clots" WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Speaking at the Venous Disease Coalition (VDC) Annual Meeting today, Dr.
By Tracy Wheeler, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Mar. 9--Talk of social injustice usually focuses on jobs, income, education, housing or crime and punishment. But to Sloan Sanford, there's one social injustice that is often overlooked -- health.
By Tracy Wheeler, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio Dec. 27--Local health officials know that African-Americans die younger, on average, than whites.
To: MEDICAL EDITORS Contact: Office of Minority Health, +1-800-444-6472 WASHINGTON, Oct. 15 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The sense of family in the Latino community is so strong academics have coined a term for it: familismo. But for Latinos, family includes the village, the community at large. Dr.