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October
9, 2008 "Understanding the Many
Causes of Heavy Bleeding"--Dr. Linda in the New York Times. Read it here.
August
03, 2008: TEEN
SISTERS' HEALTH Rationale Update: "Teen Sisters' Health--Closing the
Health Disparities Gap". Read it here.
August
03, 2008: HIV
numbers just in--CDC goes from thinking there are about 40,000 new cases
each year in the United States to realizing there are about 56,300. Read about it here.
August
02, 2008: Universal Sisters Health Event for Women of Color,
August 23, 2008, Cleveland Intercontinental Hotel. SOLD
OUT. But tickets may still be available. For information,
click
here.
July
28, 2008:Dr.
Renee R. Jenkins, President, American Academy of Pediatrics,
presents "Poisoned from the Start: Disproportionate Toxic Exposure of
Children in Communities of Color," prepared by M. LaVora Perry for
the annual National Medical Association convention in Atlanta, Georgia.
Theme of session: "Communities in Crisis": Environmental Justice
as a Mandatory Step in Homeland Security." View the Power Point presentation
here. Read
a presentation recap in the NMA Convention Daily News,
here
(PDF).
May
7
2008: Dr. Linda named one of America's Leading Doctors
in Black
Enterprise magazine, May
2008.
May
5, 2008:
Moms' unwillingness to let
daughters under 13 get HPV (cervical cancer) vaccine increases
girls' cancer risks. Read more at WomensHealth.gov.
The CDC recommends that all
girls ages 11-12 receive the HPV vaccine. Girls as young as 9 are eligible for it.
And girls and young women up to age 26 should get it. CDC.gov
has HPV vaccine info--including how low-income/uninsured children
under 19 can get them free--here.
February 2, 2008:
Adult
Male Impregnation:
Click
here to learn what it means for teens.
 February 1, 2008: "Teens
and Sex": Hear Dr. Linda on Cleveland's
NPR station, WCPN.
January 31, 2008: Read
Dr. Linda's Plain Dealer
interview.
December 5, 2007:
U.S. teen birth rate UP
for the first
time in 14 years. Read all about it here.
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