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Posted on May 19, 2015
Author:
Nicole Dueffert

Hardly anyone knew that 28-year-old Monique Gore-Massy was sick on her wedding day in 2008, but just two months earlier, she had been diagnosed with lupus. Before then, Monique had been coping with symptoms such as fever, chronic body pain, swelling of her joints, hair loss, shortness of breath and mouth sores without understanding why. First she was prescribed antibiotics and then told she was suffering from a viral infection. After nearly a year of confusion and misdiagnosis, Monique was finally diagnosed with lupus. Unfortunately, Monique’s experience is all too common. A recent study found

Posted on May 14, 2015
Author:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
As the daughter and granddaughter of immigrants from Haiti, I have a deep respect for the rich traditions of the generations that preceded me. My family’s elder women – especially my late maternal grandmother and my mother – have been great matriarchs and their lessons are too important to forget.
Posted on May 11, 2015
Author:
Kathy Greenlee
On April 24, I was honored to represent our nation’s older women in a roundtable discussion hosted by the White House Council on Women and Girls.
Posted on May 1, 2015
Author:
Larke N. Huang, PhD
I was working the evening shift at a Crisis Unit in a Community Mental Health Center in California. A young adult female was brought in by her family. She was severely ill with psychosis and was nine months pregnant – and her Chinese-speaking parents had no awareness of either condition.
Posted on April 29, 2015
Author:
Larke N. Huang, PhD
I was working the evening shift at a Crisis Unit in a Community Mental Health Center in California. A young adult female was brought in by her family.
Posted on April 28, 2015
Author:
Karen B. DeSalvo, MD, MPH, MSc
National Minority Health Month is a time to raise awareness about health care inequities that impact the daily lives of millions of African American, Asian American, Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Hispanic families and individuals.
Posted on April 24, 2015
Author:
Camilla Graham
The epidemic of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection impacts over 3 million individuals in the United States, and over 50% of infected people are undiagnosed. In an effort to increase the number of people who are aware of their HCV infection and link them to care, in 2012 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that all persons born from 1945 through 1965 be tested for HCV, given that this group currently accounts for more than 75% of adults infected with hepatitis C in the U.S. and are five times more likely to be infected than other adults. Subsequently, in 2013, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force also recommended a one-time HCV screening for adults born between 1945 and 1965.
Posted on April 21, 2015
Author:
Richard Washington
During April, the Office of Minority Health marks National Minority Health Month. Despite our nation’s progress toward ending health disparities, racial and ethnic minorities still lag behind the U.S. population as a whole on many health fronts.
Posted on April 17, 2015
Author:
Michelle Allender-Smith, RN, BSN, MS
On the 30th anniversary of the Report of the Secretary’s Task Force on Black and Minority Health (also known as the Heckler Report), the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) recognizes the far-reaching impact of this landmark publication.
Posted on April 16, 2015
Author:
Elizabeth Rahavi
Calling all budding chefs! Do you like to cook and make healthy food for your friends and family? If so, you might be able to show off your skills and creativity to the First Lady of the United States and your peers from across the country.
Posted on April 14, 2015
Author:
J. Nadine Gracia, MD, MSCE, Former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Minority Health
At a commemorative event two years ago, I heard a historian say that history is not a steady stream of events, but rather a series of punctuation points, like ripples from stones tossed into water.