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Missed Opportunities: Gaps in Cancer Screening Among Men Living with HIV

Fellow Bernadette Carter-Salmond

Beyond the Hollywood Heart Attack

Fellow Rowena Lindsay

The Community-Level Impact of Poverty on Late-Stage Breast Cancer

Guest Author Heather Sherr

A Generation Growing Up Sick

Fellow Aidan Stotz

When Ideology Clashes With Immunity

Fellow Aidan Stotz

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11.13.2017 A crushed cigarette

A “Micro-Ounce” of Cancer Prevention

Precision medicine holds great promise for managing and treating cancer. Yet an underfunded and underutilized breakthrough is already available: cancer prevention.

Guest Author Megan Healey

11.10.2017 Screenshot of main menu of storytelling intervention

Storytelling and African-American Veterans with High Blood Pressure

Would hearing another person’s story help increase adherence to treatment plans? A recent study assessed the effectiveness of DVD storytelling to decrease blood pressure of African-American veterans.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

07.20.2017 CAMTech Uganda Medtech Hack-a-thon

Disease

It Works: Innovative Medical Technology’s Impact on Global Health

Forward-thinking private sector companies like CAMTech are pooling resources to address disease burden in low- and middle-income countries.

Guest Author Kristian Olson

05.15.2017 Celeste Castillo Lee with her husband Shoou-Yih Daniel Lee

Celeste Castillo Lee: A Pioneer in Patient Engaged Care

Celeste Lee spent a lifetime raising awareness and improving the care experiences of patients, especially those living with kidney disease.

Guest Author Edward Alan Miller

04.24.2017 Graph showing the relationship between infant vaccination rate for measles and GDP

The Problem of Vaccine Non-Adherence in the 2010s

Allowing states to decide vaccine requirements could perpetuate inadequate vaccination the United States.

Fellow Gilbert Benavidez

04.14.2017 View of a persons legs inside a tanning bed

Tanning Beds, Sun Exposure and Cancer

Despite the risks of UV exposure, research shows that fewer people are wearing sunscreen and the use of tanning beds has not declined.

Guest Author Corey Basch

04.12.2017 An empty rocking chair on a large porch

HIV in the US Deep South

Susan Reif and colleagues on the need to address the structural, financial, and cultural factors that contribute to the disproportionate Southern HIV epidemic.

Guest Authors Susan S. Reif, Carolyn McAllaster, Elena Wilson

03.31.2017 Shadowy hand with yellow glow on fingertips

An Unnerving Experience

Brad Wright contemplates how different his experience with Guillain-Barré syndrome could have been without health insurance and access to health care.

Guest Author Brad Wright

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