Health Care September 2019

University Researcher Awarded $1.4M

A researcher from the University of Arizona has received the Washington-based Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute grant for a sleep-apnea program.

Global September 2019

UAlbany Opens An On-Campus Food Pantry

Students, faculty and staff at the University at Albany now have access to the school’s new on-campus food pantry, a trend which is becoming more and more common on college campuses.

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“Failure Is A Detour”

Pensa Helps Create Medical Student Support Group

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Achieving Equity For Latino Students

Achieving equity for latino students expanding the pathway to higher education through public policy”

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Chi-Chi Rodríguez’s Youth Foundation

Encouraging Every Child To Always Dream Big

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Danny Torres

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USC Experts Discuss The Opioid Crisis

Editor’s Note: The following article explores the opioid crisis with experts weighing in on some of the most frequently asked questions on this national epidemic.

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America Can’t Kick The Habit

Opioid Crisis Repeats A Deadly Pattern

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Mary Ann Cooper

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Hispanics’ Deadly Response To Opioid Bias

Opioids are sometimes necessary to treat Patient pain, but Physicians are now being cautioned about prescribing them. In an article entitled “How Racial Inequity Is Playing Out in the Opioid Crisis,” by Jenae Addison for Health Magazine, it is noted that the stereotyping of Patients of color influences the number of prescriptions dispensed.

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Mary Ann Cooper

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Physician Spotlight Dr. Marcelo Hochman

Agent of Change

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Mary Ann Cooper

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Inspiring and Aspiring: Leslie Pensa

University of Alabama School of Medicine 2019 Editor’s Note: Diagnosed with ADHD during her first year of medical school, Leslie Pensa wants to remind others they don’t have to be perfect and to never be afraid to ask for help.

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Angelina College Hispanic-Serving Institutions 09-2019

Located in Texas, AC is made up of the following schools: Arts and Education, Business and Technology, Health Careers, and Science and Mathematics. Its student organizations include Sociedad Honoraria de le Lengua Espanola

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Revamped OxyContin And Drug Abuse

New Version Was Supposed to Reduce Abuse, But Has It? Editor’s Note: As new details emerge about the opioid epidemic, experts are asking if the reformulated version of OxyContin reduces drug abuse as it was supposed to do.