Morehouse School of Medicine News Center
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NPR: Joy Baker, MD '09 Works to Help Moms in Rural Georgia Have Healthy Babies
AUGUST 13, 2019 - Morehouse School of Medicine alum Joy Baker, MD, is working with expectant mothers in rural Georgia to help reduce low-birthweight births. Atlanta's NPR station WABE shares her story.
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Yolanda Wimberly, M.D., Recognized as One of Atlanta Magazine's Top Docs
JULY 19, 2019 - Morehouse School of Medicine's own Yolanda Wimberly, M.D., was once again named one of the top doctors in Metro Atlanta by Atlanta magazine. Her profile appears in the July 2019 issue of the magazine, which features MSM's commencement speaker and president of the American Medical Association, Patrice Harris, M.D., on the cover.
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Vincent Bond, Ph.D.: Unsung Hero of the HIV Response in Atlanta
JUNE 12, 2019 - "From the 1980s into the '90s if you had HIV and did not have access to standard anti-retroviral treatment, this would have been a death sentence," says Vincent Craig Bond, Ph.D., reflecting on the early HIV/AIDS epidemic in the U.S.
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Pew: Black Women in the South are More Likely to Die of Breast Cancer
MAY 15, 2019 - Pew talked to several leaders and researchers in the field of breast cancer, including two experts from MSM, to try and figure out why so many more Black women are dying from this disease than their white counterparts.
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NBC News: Shortage of Black Male Doctors Having Public Health Impact
MAY 6, 2019 - The number of Black male medical students peaked more than 40 years ago and has been declining ever since. NBC Nightly News looked at how having more doctors who look like them affects Black male patients and what Morehouse School of Medicine is doing to address this issue.
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H.E.A.L. Mobile Clinic Travels to Meriweather County to Treat Patients
APRIL 8, 2019 - Morehouse School of Medicine medical students and practicing physicians took their clinic on the road. MSM's H.E.A.L. (Health Equity for All Lives) Clinic visited patients in Meriweather County on Saturday, March 30. The H.E.A.L. on Wheels Mobile Health Fair stopped at the Ingles on Millarden Rd. in Woodbury.
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AJC Reports: There is No Excuse. Anti-Vaxxers Put Us All at Risk
MARCH 12, 2019 - Lindenberger is the 18-year-old from Ohio who shared his story last week about growing up in an anti-vaccine household. He spoke at a U.S. Senate hearing on vaccines and the outbreak of preventable diseases.
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Heart Scare an Eye-Opener for MSM Doctor
FEBRUARY 15, 2019 - February is Heart Month. David Anderson, M.D. faced his own heart health scare when he started feeling pains in his chest. He talks with Fox 5's Medical Team about the experience and his advice to patients and doctors.
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MSM Students Experience Life as a Country Doctor
JANUARY 7, 2019 - Georgia Health News reports on Morehouse School of Medicine medical students getting the chance to hone their skills in real life in rural settings.
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MSM and Emory Researchers Share New Discovery Connecting Vision and Aging
DECEMBER 19, 2018 - Emory Eye Center and Morehouse School of Medicine researchers share new discovery connecting retinal development and photoreceptor viability during aging to circadian rhythm.
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