Native American Medical

Native Americans four times more likely than others to die of H1N1 swine flu, CDC says
Nationwide, Native Americans were far more likely to die from swine flu infections. Only one Native American died from flu in Oregon during a seven-months stretch of 2009, however, which could indicate lower death rates and better vaccination programs here.

American Diabetes Association Announces Kansas City, Missouri Native Amy Johnson As 2010 National Youth Advocate
The American Diabetes Association announced that Amy Johnson, 17, of Kansas City, Missouri, will be the Association's 2010 National Youth Advocate. Johnson was diagnosed with type 1 diabetes when she was 12 years old. As the Association's National Youth Advocate, Johnson will spend 2010 meeting with policy makers, promoting the Association's advocacy agenda and reaching out to young people and ...

• Business roundup: Kannapolis native's firm receives $9.5 million federal research grant
The Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a three-year, $9.5 million research grant to South Shore Clinical Consulting (SSCC), a Cornelius-based research firm founded by Kannapolis native Brent Lambert. The Cooperative Studies Program Clinical ...

Lagat overtakes Rupp, American mark in 5,000
The cheers for American record-holder Galen Rupp after his introduction by meet announcer Tony Reavis were loud. ...

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James Johnson: Doctors' doctor was dedicated to his patients, his profession
Dr. James Gibb Johnson will be remembered as a man dedicated to his profession, medical education and his family, say longtime friends.Dr. Johnson died Saturday from lung cancer at his Midtown home. He was 72.He was appointed interim chancellor of the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in 2002 and served until his retirement in 2003.The Knoxville native and graduate of the University ...

CDC and IHS urge American Indian and Alaska Native parents to protect preteens with recommended vaccines
As children approach their teen years, parents often worry about how to protect them from new risks and potential dangers.

• Wineka column: Links to medical community part of Stokes-Snider House's allure
It's easy to picture Dr. J. Ernest Stokes' patients strolling up the sidewalk, opening the gate and moving through the garden to the small cottage in back that served as his office. On the way, they must have paused to look up toward the handsome ma ...

Tribes find hope in Obama budget
WASHINGTON - Native American tribes would see more federal aid for health care and law enforcement activities, but less for housing and construction projects, under President Obama's $3.8 trillion proposed budget plan for 2011 unveiled this week. After a year in which long-underfunded programs for Indian Country saw a significant boost in federal aid, tribal advocates fretted that their programs ...

Business Buzz
Ariel Anguiano Jr., M.D., has joined the medical staff of the DCH Cancer Center as a medical oncologist.