Showing posts with label medicine. Show all posts
Showing posts with label medicine. Show all posts
When Therapy Isn't Enough: Why I Chose to Go on Antidepressants
Reviewed by Unknown
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January 14, 2015
Rating: 5
Reviewed by Unknown
on
January 14, 2015
Rating: 5
Here's What You Need to Know About the Ebola Virus
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by Dr. Danielle N. Lee for The Grio
The first of two individuals who have contracted the deadly Ebola virus arrived in the US on Saturday. A second patient is scheduled to arrive Tuesday.
People are concerned for their safety, and I completely understand how you feel.
In July 2012, I was two and half weeks into my three month research trip to Tanzania when outbreaks of Ebola were reported in neighboring Uganda.
Here's What You Need to Know About the Ebola Virus
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
August 04, 2014
Rating: 5
How the HPV Vaccine Fails Black Women
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by Evette Dionne
As I slid off the examination table after my annual pap smear, my gynecologist said the same thing he always did: “All looks good down there, Evette. No news is good news.” His words never failed to reassure me. I’d never received the dreaded phone call telling me I had a gynecological issue, and a part of me thought that’s how it always would be.
It turned out I was wrong.
How the HPV Vaccine Fails Black Women
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
July 12, 2014
Rating: 5
The Mother of Brain Dead Teen, Jahi McMath, Says She has Improved
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Jahi McMath was declared brain dead at Children's Hospital in Oakland, Calif., on Dec. 12, 2013, three days after she underwent a routine tonsillectomy.
Jahi's family fought to keep the eighth-grader on life support even though doctors testified that she was technically dead. Children's Hospital would not treat Jahi and tried to remove her from a ventilator before her family moved her to an undisclosed care facility on Jan. 6.
The Mother of Brain Dead Teen, Jahi McMath, Says She has Improved
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
February 23, 2014
Rating: 5
HPV Vaccine Found Less Effective in Black Women
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The HPV vaccines Gardasil and Cervarix are less likely to benefit Black women according to a new study published last month by the Duke University School of Medicine. The vaccine has been credited with cutting the risk of cervical cancer in teen girls in half; however, Black women are more often infected with the strains of HPV that the vaccine does not cure.
HPV causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer, and there are nearly 100 different strains. The study revealed that Black women are less likely to be infected with the strains treated by the popular vaccines leaving us without the protection we need. Black women have higher rates of cervical cancer than the general population.
HPV causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer, and there are nearly 100 different strains. The study revealed that Black women are less likely to be infected with the strains treated by the popular vaccines leaving us without the protection we need. Black women have higher rates of cervical cancer than the general population.
HPV Vaccine Found Less Effective in Black Women
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
November 27, 2013
Rating: 5
Reviewed by For Harriet
on
November 27, 2013
Rating: 5
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