Association of Minority Health Professions Schools

Gym memberships can prove to be costly affairs, even for families with quite a bit of disposable income on their hands. So, for low income families, gym memberships can turn out to be completely outside their financial reach. Fortunately, there are ways to get reduced gym membership costs as low income families. Nicole Gonzalez from personal training Austin Tx provides us some great tips on how to lower the costs associated with being a member of a gym.

How To Reduce Gym Membership Costs

1. Use Unconventional Gyms

You should not limit yourself to regular gyms if you are a low income family looking for a good deal on your gym membership. (read more…)

Good health is no doubt the most important of all wealth that one can possess. It is therefore an absolute tragedy to see the continuous and alarmingly accelerated increase in the number of people living with obesity, lack of physical fitness and other lifestyle related conditions. Unlike in the past, these conditions know no boundaries in terms of age, social class or even race.

Statistical studies show that in the past things like obesity and being unfit were practically unheard of among the African American community. Now, they are actually among the group at highest risk of ending up with lifestyle diseases. Below are a few interesting statistics that should help you get a better view of the situation. (read more…)

The latest research in the medical field shows that Heart disease and stroke are the leading causes of death in the United States of America. These studies show that the risk is much more hire for the African-American population.

These statistics might be alarming but African-Americans have no need to worry. They can easily avoid this disease by understanding its risks and taking the necessary steps to address them. The risk of one getting a stroke or heart disease is increased by several conditions. The most common conditions include obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. (read more…)

Unfortunately, availability and overall quality of health care isn’t equal among all races and ethnicities. It turns out that our nation is severely lacking in some of these areas. A lack of diversity in health care professions is hindering our ability to treat individuals of all backgrounds. By increasing the diversity of our health care professionals, we can improve access to health care for all minority groups and improve the educational processes for students. Getting more diverse students will improve the workforce of tomorrow. (read more…)

The original Environmental Health & Toxicology Research Program (EHTRP), funded in 1992 by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) as part of its Substance-Specific Applied Research Program (SSARP), is a shining example of research collaboration effectiveness. This program, now in its 13th year, has at one time or another involved all of the AMHPS institutions (excluding Howard University). (read more…)