Racial and ethnic health disparities inarguably exist in the United States. It is important to educate primary care clinicians regarding this topic because they have the ability to have an impact in the reduction of health disparities. This article presents the evidence that disparities exist, how clinicians contribute to these disparities, and what primary care clinicians can do to reduce disp...

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Throughout the early 1950s, as the Korean War raged, a single contentious question consumed political debate in the United States: Who lost China? Political opponents tossed this question back and forth hoping that the tar baby would stick to someone on the other side and let them affix blame both for the Korean War and, more importantly, for allowing communists to seize control of the most pop...

Infant mortality rate (IMR) is often considered a better indicator of the overall success of a nation than gross domestic product (GDP) or other leading economic indicators. This study analyzes the relationships between lead economic and health indicators and IMR in developed and developing countries. The analysis uses 2005, 2009, and 2012 panel data from the World Bank and the United Nations H...

A 5-page questionnaire was sent to 500 audiologists who were randomly selected from the directory of members of the American Academy of Audiology to assess the clinical practices most commonly used by certified audiologists in the United States. Survey content was limited to only those practices and procedures routinely used by audiologists across the nation. The current results were then compa...

Since the attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States has declared a global war on terrorism and has strived to make the nation secure. However, as revealed in the 2009 Christmas Day attack, the government did not have a capable system to defend the country against terrorist attacks. This paper discusses the current issues and problems of airport security in terms of hardware, software, da...

The United States is a leading nation in the development of synthetic biology, an emerging engineering discipline to create, control and reprogram biological systems. With strategic investment from its government agencies, the U.S. has established numerous research centers and programs in synthetic biology, enabling significant advances in foundational tool development and practical application...

In July 2012, I delivered my first conference paper at the International Journal of Clinical Legal Education Conference: ‘Taking care business: a new clinician’s experience supervising and developing commercial case work.’ The audience was sparse. When chair asked for questions, room echoed in silence. A few years later, called ‘danger’ to clinical legal education because students provided free...