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May 7, 2011 at 11:57 pm

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Black Stroke Victims Call Friends Before 911

A recent study shows that when suffering from stroke- like symptoms, African Americans are more likely to call a friend instead of 911.

Researchers at Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington D.C. interviewed 100 acute stroke patients or those who accompanied them to the hospital and found that 75 percent said they called someone else first instead of 911 when they realized something was wrong. Even more reported

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How To Prepare For Flu Season

Flu season’s arrived with lots of coughing and fever in the South and New York City, and it’s sure to spread to the rest of the country.

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Nov 12, 2010 at 8:25 am

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South Africa Turns Apartheid Era Nuclear Bombs Into Medicine

This is a great thing coming out of South Africa. They have managed to turn weapons of destruction into tools of healing. The American Foreign Press reports:

South Africa has transformed apartheid-era nuclear weapons into a tool for detecting cancer and heart disease, with a new technology that could ease global worries about nuclear arms trafficking.

After voluntarily dismantling its weapons programme, democratic South Africa used the leftover nuclear fuel to produce

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Jun 17, 2010 at 10:55 am

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Study Shows HBCUs Are Best In Training Doctors To Serve Poor People

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Medical Association Backs Ritual “Nick” As Female Circumcision Option

From the NY Times:

In a controversial change to a longstanding policy concerning the practice of female circumcision in some African and Asian cultures, the American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting that American doctors be given permission to perform a ceremonial pinprick or “nick” on girls from these cultures if it would keep their families from sending them overseas for the full circumcision.

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