Category: Health
Asthma and Back to School
(TriceEdneyWire.com) – As the days wind down for summer and talk in households around the country turns to prepare for...
URMC Uses Theater Techniques to Help Providers Cope with Patient Bias
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Doctors, nurses and other staff members at the University of Rochester Medical Center are...
Asthma: What are Signs, How to Give Medication
Did you know that excessive coughing can be a sign of an asthma attack? Carina Malec, a nurse practitioner at Unity Pediatrics on the St....
Unexpected Struggles in the Fight Against Ebola
(TriceEdneyWire.com/GIN) – The battle to knock out the Ebola virus should have its eyes on the goal. Instead, politics and a divisive...
Colon Cancer Hits African Americans Earlier
African Americans who develop colon cancer do so when they are younger than people of other races, and the disease is diagnosed at a more...
ROC with WISH: Three Businesswomen Team with UR Medicine Program to Improve Community’s Wellness
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net Three African American businesswomen will be taking their team approach to community wellness...
Learn Key Questions to Ask Your Doctor
When you see your doctor, who does most of the talking? If you want to speak up, what should you say? Selma Mujezinovic, a family nurse...
California Recycling Bill Highlights Rift Between Mainstream Environmentalism and Environmental Justice Movement
By: Khalil Abdullah (TriceEdneyWire.com) – When a group of liberal lawmakers in the state capitol in Sacramento recently proposed...
Union Votes to Accept Contract, Labor Dispute with Jordan Health Ends
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net A labor dispute at Anthony L. Jordan Health Center ended July 12 when members of 1199 SEIU...
African Americans, Hispanics Were 20% of Opioid OD Deaths in Monroe County in 2018; Sheriff Puts Cost to Taxpayers at $6.39 M
Patti Singerpattisinger@minorityreporter.net The number of people in Monroe County who died from a heroin or fentanyl overdose declined in...
