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Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010By Adam Dougherty, MPH
TAMH is pleased to announce that the Indian Health Service (IHS) will welcome a new initiative into its effort, the Office of Indian Men’s Health. The novel Office was included within each version of the two congressional houses’ Indian Health Care Improvement Act (IHCIA), H.R. 2708 and S. 1790. The IHCIA was [...]
Health Reform Unraveled: A Health Professional’s Perspective
Monday, March 29th, 2010by Adam Dougherty, MPH
Last week, Congress passed arguably the most comprehensive health legislation since Medicare. After over a year of passionate debate (and nearly a 100 years in the making), the bill was signed into law. Though not a perfect bill, far from it for many, the legislation establishes a fundamental social precedent where we [...]
An Informed Decision
Monday, March 22nd, 2010By Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
Richard J. Ablin, research professor of immunobiology at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, has been studying prostate cancer for over 40 years. After discovering the Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA), an enzyme made by the prostate, and subsequent approval by the Food and Drug Administration in 1994, the PSA test is [...]
Men’s Health Caucus in the American Public Health Association
Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010Men’s Health Caucus in the American Public Health Association
Ramon P. Llamas, MPH
On February 24, 2010, Dr. Georges Benjamin, executive director of the American Public Health Association (APHA), announced the Association’s support for the Men’s Health Caucus, which will draw awareness to an emerging and cross-cutting public health concern. Scott Williams, Chair of the newly [...]