African American Patients Only Have a 23 percent Chance of Finding a Life-Saving Blood Stem Cell Donor Compared to 77percent for White Patients
Be The Match On Campus college chapters formed to help more African Americans find a cure for life-threatening blood cancers and blood disorders
Prair ...
Posted Monday, November 12th 2018 at 5:51PM
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PA Program Gains Provisional Accreditation, Can Enroll Students. Commission OK has Morehouse School of Medicine on fast track to June 2019 debut
Morehouse School of Medicine’s new Physician Assistant Studies program passed a significant milestone ...
Posted Wednesday, October 31st 2018 at 3:49PM
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The Maryland Health and Human Service Committee, chaired by Senator Shirley Nathan-Pulliam, will partner with the National Association of Health Services Executives (NAHSE), Baltimore Chapter, to host a health workshop on Friday, November 9th 2018 fr ...
Posted Monday, October 22nd 2018 at 5:45PM
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WHAT: Community Blood Drive with the American Red Cross @ ASU/Give Blood & Get a Free Magic City Classic Football Ticket!
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 17, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
WHERE: ASU’s John Garrick Hardy Student Center in its Union Cyber Café Lounge ...
Posted Monday, October 15th 2018 at 6:26PM
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The grant will train both undergraduate and graduate students in the field of biomedical engineering
One of Alabama State University’s nationally acclaimed research scientists has been awarded a three-year, $500,000 grant from the National Scienc ...
Posted Monday, October 15th 2018 at 3:47PM
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Cancer Prevention & Research Institute of Texas funds academic research award
Texas Southern University (TSU) scholars will help in the fight against cancer via a recently announced $5.1 million academic research grant from the Cancer Prevention & ...
Posted Thursday, August 30th 2018 at 3:02PM
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A pioneering scholar who helped build Physical Therapy curriculum's within the nation's HBCU's.
Alabama State University honored the lifework of a pioneering advocate for health equity who helped to establish ASU’s nationally acclaimed Doctor of P ...
Posted Wednesday, April 4th 2018 at 4:31PM
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Close out the Month with Breast Cancer Examination & Prevention Tips -
- Noted Physician Melanie Crutchfield Whitten, M.D. will Lead the Discussion -
WHEN: Monday (Oct. 30) @ 3 p.m.
WHERE: ASU's J. Garrick Hardy Student Center Theater (near ASU' ...
Posted Friday, October 27th 2017 at 2:51PM
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This morning, the doors of the Millet Activity Center opened for the Fifth Annual Community Health Fair, hosted by Oakwood University's Praise Station WJOU 90.1 FM, Healthy Campus 2020 and Good Samaritan Hospice.
Over 75 vendors will provide a v ...
Posted Thursday, October 26th 2017 at 2:15PM
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Marriage is already an exercise in compromise and communication, but how do you cope when your spouse is bipolar?
We all experience ups and downs: it’s a normal part of life. A person with bipolar disorder, however, is experiencing these highs and ...
Posted Thursday, March 23rd 2017 at 6:16PM
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When we discuss domestic violence, it is often assumed that the victims are women. And the statistics are truly traumatic. The less-told story is that a striking number of men are victims, too, suffering physical, mental and sexual abuse in both hete ...
Posted Thursday, March 23rd 2017 at 6:13PM
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Can we teach children how to spot it in themselves?
Every parent knows the telltale signs of a good ol’ temper tantrum: There’s often screaming, tears, maybe some flailing of arms and legs as they lay on the floor of a public place.
But when t ...
Posted Thursday, March 23rd 2017 at 6:10PM
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Oakwood University is excited and prepared to greet guests tomorrow from The Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) and several Historically Black Colleges (HBCU).
The purpose of this event is to encourage other HBCUs to join PHA and create a ...
Posted Friday, February 10th 2017 at 4:34PM
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Courtesy of DiversityInc.com
Published December 15, 2016
By Sheryl Estrada of DiversityInc.com
An analysis of hair and beauty products marketed to Black women found that approximately 1,177 products contain more potentially harmful ingredients than products promoted to the general public.
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Posted Thursday, December 15th 2016 at 11:49AM
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Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he looks at the last 50 years of African-American history — from Dr. King to President Obama, from James Brown to Beyoncé — charting the remarkable progress made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain in Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Watch the Mini-Series Event Tuesday November 22 at 8/7c only on PBS. Click to learn more.
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Posted Monday, November 21st 2016 at 8:11PM
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Join Henry Louis Gates, Jr. as he looks at the last 50 years of African-American history — from Dr. King to President Obama, from James Brown to Beyoncé — charting the remarkable progress made and raising hard questions about the obstacles that remain in Black America Since MLK: And Still I Rise. Watch the Mini-Series Event Tuesday November 15 & 22 at 8/7c only on PBS. Click to learn more.
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Posted Friday, November 4th 2016 at 7:34PM
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Because of a new federal grant awarded to the ongoing Alabama State University-University of Alabama Birmingham cancer research center, a select group of high school and undergraduate students are spending their summer in Montgomery at ASU learning a ...
Posted Monday, July 18th 2016 at 1:41PM
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The College of Health Sciences at Alabama State University was awarded an $815,000 Maternal and Child Health Pipeline Training Program (MCHPTP) grant to aid and assist children and mothers healthcare,
The Federal grant is from the Maternal and Chi ...
Posted Wednesday, June 15th 2016 at 2:53PM
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National Walking Day is Wednesday
Alabama State University, American Heart Association & others team-up & invite the public to walk with us.
National Walking Day is Wednesday and ASU has partnered with the American Heart Association and others ...
Posted Monday, April 4th 2016 at 7:53PM
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Add a big dash of delicious to your healthy cooking. Choose a book with recipes that are low in sodium, fat, sugar, or calories.
To claim your free cookbook full of heal ...
Posted Friday, July 3rd 2015 at 7:02PM
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During the last decade diagnosis rates for HIV in the United States have fallen by around one-third and now stand at 16 cases per 100,000. While this is very promising news and an indication that strategies to prevent the spread of infection have bee ...
Posted Tuesday, January 6th 2015 at 6:36PM
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Heart disease is the #1 cause of death of African American women in the United States as well as providing more risks of attaining it than White women. Take action to protect your heart. View the Inforgraphic at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/educat ...
Posted Tuesday, November 11th 2014 at 6:22PM
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Listen as Lisa Price, founder of Carol's Daughter, talks about how she started out the business and click here to enter our giveaway: http://www.carolsdaughter.com/hbcuconnect ...
Posted Thursday, May 15th 2014 at 8:48PM
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Novartis wants to let all of the HBCUCONNECT members know that they are hiring and they have multiple jobs waiting for you to apply for. Novartis takes pride in developing and maintaining a diverse environment for employees and that is one of the ways that they continue to be a global healthcare lea ...
Posted Friday, May 9th 2014 at 7:44PM
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR AN EXCITING SUMMER RESEARCH OPPORTUNITY?
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) of the National Institutes of Health is pleased to announce the opening of the 2014 STEP-UP Program. The program provides an opportunity for undergraduate stud ...
Posted Tuesday, January 14th 2014 at 3:40PM
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