Tag: medicine
Ellis: Why Are We Still Questioning Vaccines?
By Glenn Ellis
Measles cases have cropped up across 12 states over the last 10 weeks — nearly two decades since the highly contagious disease...
Knowing how your body handles drugs can greatly impact your health
By Glenn Ellis
According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), more than half of all insured Americans are taking prescription medicines regularly for chronic...
Sickle Cell Patients Suffer Discrimination, Poor Care — And Shorter Lives
By Jenny Gold
Kaiser Health News
NeDina Brocks-Capla sits in her kitchen in San Francisco. Her son Kareem Jones died at age 36 from sickle cell...
Does The Expiration Date on Your Medicine Mean You Can’t Take...
By Glenn Ellis
Is expired medication effective and safe to take? Do drugs really stop working after the date stamped on the bottle?
Drug manufacturers are...
New Leadership takes charge at Cooper Green Mercy Health Services
Special to the Birmingham Times
Cooper Green Mercy Health Services has a new leadership team in place with Armika Berkley as director and Taylor Krueger...
Casino Royale Returns with Harlem in the ‘Ham
UAB News
Casino Royale, one of Birmingham’s most popular fundraising events, returns this fall as the UAB Minority Health & Health Disparities Research Center (MHRC)...
How Mental Health Issues Disproportionately Affect Minorities
By Glenn Ellis
African Americans endure more intense and frequent mental and behavioral health issues than their counterparts, at least in part related to poverty...
UAB launches clinic dedicated to breast cancer survivors
By Beena Thannickal
UAB News
Patients are eligible for the Breast Cancer Survivorship Clinic if they have received a diagnosis of breast cancer, stages 0 to...
Baptist Health opens new multispecialty clinic with UAB Medicine
By Jim Bakken
UAB News
Baptist Health has partnered with the UAB Health System to open the UAB Medicine Multispecialty Clinic at Baptist Medical Center South. The...
Healthcare and medicine change for minorities throughout the years?
What are ways you have seen healthcare and medicine change for minorities throughout the years?
When you talk about health disparities.
He is the new director...