Current Press Releases
The Office of Minority Health Resource Center receives pertinent health information from prominent media resources and other government sites. Please return to our Press Release page often for the latest information on issues relating to minorities and health, funding resources and legislative publications.
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The Office of Minority Health releases strategies to address chronic hepatitis B in Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander communities.
Chronic hepatitis B and liver cancer caused by hepatitis B in AAs/NHOPIs comprise one of the most serious but frequently neglected racial and ethnic health disparities in the United States. |
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Ginkgo Evaluation of Memory (GEM) Study Fails To Show Benefit in Preventing Dementia in the Elderly
The dietary supplement Ginkgo biloba was found to be ineffective in reducing the development of dementia and Alzheimer's disease in older people, according to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. |
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National Institutes of Health and National Council of Negro Women Launch Collaboration to Help Children Maintain a Healthy Weight
The National Institutes of Health and the National Council of Negro Women (NCNW) joined forces today to train NCNW members in how to present two NIH education programs that help children maintain a healthy weight. |
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Earlier Jaundice Treatment Decreases Brain Injury In Preemies
A study from a National Institutes of Health research network found that an early treatment to prevent severe newborn jaundice in extremely early preterm infants reduced the infants' rate of brain injury, a serious complication of severe jaundice. |