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Living in the Shadow of Blackness as a Black Physician and Healthcare Disparity in the United States of America
The book is written to bring to light the magnitude of healthcare disparity in the United States of America and the many entities responsible for this disparity. In addition, the book tells young black men and women how to go about becoming physicians.
African Americans and Medical Diseases
The state of African American health is grim and getting grimmer every day. Many African Americans are beset with illiteracy, high rate of unemployment, poverty and hunger. These problems create a situation that causes many African Americans young and old to live in some of the poorest communities in the U.S. Life in the Black Ghetto of America is a cruel and brutal life, which exposes people living there to a daily life and death set of circumstances that risks their lives from moment to moment. Intertwined in this life of poverty and daily struggle to survive is a high rate of medical problems that African Americans are afflicted with that go both undiagnosed and untreated most of the time...
Health Care Disparity in the United States of America
This book is written to bring to light the many wrongs that are going on in the health care insurance system in the U.S. The U.S. health care insurance system is the most expensive health care system in the world and the most inefficient health care system of all the health care systems of other industrial countries in the world. The U.S. health care system is controlled by the HMOs. The HMOs run the health care system for financial gains as their only motives. The CEOs of the HMOs device all sort of business models that en-able them and their share holders to pocket the lion share of the 2.3 trillion dollars allocated yearly to pay for this inefficient and costly health care system. They have zero interest in quality patient care. The drug companies must also share some of the blames for the problems afflicting the U.S. health care system because, they make drugs that are so expensive and many people cannot afford to pay for them. It is time for people in the U.S. to demand change and for the government to say enough is enough and come up with new legislation to create a brand new health care system to provide health insurance coverage for all American citizens.
The Best of Women's Health
The Best of Women's Health brings to the forefront progressive information on the various medical conditions that affect women in the 21st century. But the informative guide also discusses the social, racial, economic, health care disparities and other inequities that illustrate the alarming differences between how men and women are cared for by our society and the United States government. Dr. Valiere Alcena shares his vast experience as a practicing physician and researcher as he describes the symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of today's most common female diseases such as hypertension, diabetes, stroke, heart disease, cancer, anemia, arthritis, osteoporosis, lung diseases, de...
Anthology of Medical Diseases
The followings are the many Books that Dr. Alcena has written 1. The Status of Health of Blacks in the States of America- A Prescription for Improvement (1994) 2. The Third World Tropical Diet, Health Maintenance, and Medical Management Program (1994) 3. African American Health Book (1994) 4. AIDS the Expending Epidemic, What the Public Needs to know: A Multi Cultural Overview (1994) 5. African American Women's Health Book (2001) 6. Women's Health and Wellness for the Millennium (2002) 7. Men's Health and Wellness for the New Millennium (2007) 8. The Best of Women's Health (2008) 9. Health Care Disparity in the United States: An Urgent Call for Universal Health Insurance & A Public Health In...
Men's Health and Wellness for the New Millennium
Millions of men suffer from diseases such as diabetes, hypertension, heart disease, cancer, obesity, and other ailments.Men's Health and Wellness for the New Millennium explains why these diseases occur, how to evaluate them, and how to treat them. Geared toward the medical professional but written in such a way that a layperson can understand its language and concepts, Dr. Valiere Alcena explains the best way to take a person's blood pressure, how hypertension affects different areas of the brain, the proper ways to treat various diseases in men, and much more. Dr. Alcena also delves into the risk factors for different age groups and races, explains the variations between assorted types of strokes, and offers suggestions to men and their doctors on how to reduce susceptibility to various illnesses. If you are a doctor trying to diagnose or treat an illness or if you are simply looking for recommendations on how to cope with or avoid an illness, Men's Health and Wellness for the New Millennium has the answers you seek.
Nephrology Grand Rounds
The present volume is a reprint of a series of the lectures, first published in a special section of `Nephron'. It covers such diverse aspects of clinical nephrology as the cardiovascular system, transplantation, immunosuppression and dialysis, providing a most interesting overview of recent highlights in the field.
Voice and Swallowing Disorders
The purpose of writing this book is to discuss the updated information on voice and swallowing disorders. The book has been written by international authors and experts in this field. You will find not only clinical aspects but also basic science aspects of voice and swallowing disorders. The chapters include the quantitative analysis of activity patterns of muscles of mastication and deglutition, and salivary secretion after facial massage and vibrotactile stimulation. You will also find the updated management of oropharyngeal dysphagia, dysphagia due to cervical facial tumors, radiation-induced dysphagia, and dysphagia in patients with a stroke. This book can be an important guide to the practicing physicians and surgeons managing voice and swallowing disorders.
