Medical Monday – August 8, 2016
Medical Monday is a service of Project RACE for the multiracial community. We seek, gather, and list health articles of interest to interracial families and people of all races. We welcome health information from outside sources as long as the original source is cited.
1. Minorities less likely to have knee replacement surgery, more likely to have complications
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-08/aaoo-mll080316.php
- Morphology and Prevalence Study of Lumbar Scoliosis in 7,075 Multiracial Asian Adults
The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery
http://jbjs.org/content/98/15/1307
3. Diversity in the Ophthalmologist Workforce
Source: JAMA ophthalmology
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