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Support and Courage, Keys to Facing Multiple Sclerosis
One night, in 1990, Irma Resendez went to bed after a regular day of runs to the store, a trip to the park with her two and three year-old girls, a cleanup of the looks-like-a-war-zone play room. The next day, she was paralyzed from the waist down and with limited movement in her arms.
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Is It Life You Love?
Then, Share It: Become an Organ Donor!
As co-founder of the Let Us Live Foundation in Atlanta, Lisa Monroe sometimes finds herself presenting information about organ donation to a skeptical audience.
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Learning from Katrina: Public Health Disaster Preparedness in Minority Communities
When it comes to major disasters, it seems some communities are harder hit than others. So, representatives from more than 30 organizations signed a consensus statement to ensure that all Americans are prepared.
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United Efforts to Prevent Hepatitis B
A national task force of scientists, health experts and advocates from the non-profit sector is working to raise public awareness, promote prevention and increase screening for Hepatitis B.
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Colorectal Cancer: Know It to Beat It
At 36, Sandy White was tested for anemia, but exams suggested that she had a polyp in her colon. Soon after, a colonoscopy confirmed it was actually a tumor.
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Medical Home on the Go
Things haven't been the same since Katrina. No one denies it. But with two mobile units and a willing staff, Dr. Persharon Dixon is working with communities to mend the Gulf Coast, while bringing a fresh perspective and medical home to the children of Mississippi.
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Scoring a Goal in HIV Prevention for Latinos
In the rural county of Chatham, N.C., soccer is one of the few sources of entertainment for Latino men; for the last three years it turned into a channel to distribute information about HIV and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs).
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Health Information Technology in Underserved Communities
Seven years ago, Carmen Aranibar, 67, a native of Peru, moved to Montgomery County, Maryland. Her daughter was concerned and knew her mother needed permanent health care because she suffers chronic ischemic heart disease and doesn’t have health insurance.
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Loving Your Heart...in Red
Orlinda "Orie" Platero is a Navajo woman who is used to transitioning between two worlds.
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Moving Ovarian Cancer into the Public Spotlight
Misread symptoms, lack of early-detection process and inadequate education about ovarian cancer can spell trouble for those who suffer it.
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Substance Abuse among Latinos: Organizations Help on the Path to Recovery
A young Mexican woman, tired of sexual abuse at the hands of her father and two older brothers, decides to cross the border into the United States, only to be raped again in the process. After that, the bottle became her trusted companion.
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Alaska Natives Try Holistic Approaches against Diabetes
Alaska Natives did not have a high risk of diabetes until the past two to three decades. Now, however, the prevalence of diabetes in Alaska is rising at an alarming rate.
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At Risk Asian Americans Battle Diabetes in New Ways
Every nine months it seems to be the same thing. People come in to the National Alliance to Nurture the Aged and Youth (NANAY) Inc., to attend a workshop or class and inadvertently end up on "the couch," the one elders rest on when they have unexpected dizzy spells brought on by diabetes as someone calls for help.
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OMH to Launch Infant Mortality Awareness Campaign at APHA
A Healthy Baby Begins with You. And it begins in your community. That's the call to action the HHS Office of Minority Health (OMH) will bring to the American Public Health Association (APHA)'s annual conference with the launch of its infant mortality awareness campaign for the public health community on Wednesday, November 7 at 10:30 am, booth 409.
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The Minority Role in Clinical Trials
When it comes to creating an accurate picture of what it takes to cure diseases and develop vaccines, a few pieces of the puzzle are missing.
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Is It Life You Love?
Then, Share It: Become an Organ Donor!
As co-founder of the Let Us Live Foundation in Atlanta, Lisa Monroe sometimes finds herself presenting information about organ donation to a skeptical audience.
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Tuberculosis Control Efforts Demand Renewed Attention
Tuberculosis, or TB, is striking a hard blow to minority communities in U.S., while progress is slowing in efforts to eliminate tuberculosis in the country, according to a new CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report.
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Minorities Take Health into Their Own Hands
She was really sick, nobody knew what it was, but she and her family finally did…and kept it secret.
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“Silence Is Our Culture”… or Was
When the Coral Life Foundation disbanded in 2002, activists in the south Pacific nation of Guam set out to create another organization that could carry out the community-oriented work in HIV prevention that had been Coral Life's mission and purpose.
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Hearts N' Parks for Wholesome Hearts
September is America on the Move Month of Action
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Prioritizing Eye Health, Stopping the 'Sneak Thief of Sight'
Eugenia McMillan was just a child when she suffered an accident that resulted in a damaged eye nerve and the loss of vision in her left eye.
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Indiana Takes the Lead against Health Disparities
Efforts to end health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities have brought the state of Indiana to the national stage as they begin to select the first pieces of the puzzle.
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Giving to the Fullest… Donating Yourself
Once a very rare occurrence, now each day about 74 people receive an organ transplant.
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Around the World in Five Breakfasts
The School Nutrition Association (SNA) stresses the importance of nutritious breakfast during National School Breakfast Week.
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Video Medical Interpretation:
Preventing Health from Getting Lost in Translation
He ended up quadriplegic... because something was lost in translation.
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Tackling HIV on College Campuses: An Illinois Experience
"Our focus is not that you just come out and get tested, but that you come back and get your results," said Shawn Peoples, advisor for the Zeta Theta chapter of Delta Sigma Theta, which sponsored the second annual HIV testing for National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day at EIU.
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Multiple Sclerosis, Unpredictable but Treatable
Ohio Chapter Brings MS to Forefront in African-American Community
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Webcasts of 2006 National Leadership Summit 
The Office of Minority Health, Washington, D.C.
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