[MMA News Now, May 13, 2010] Mercury is still Minnesota's main chemical of concern when it comes to eating fish, according to a new study about perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOs).

MINNEAPOLIS, July 22, 2009 - The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently announced Consejos de Salud Para Tí, (Health Advice for You), a new monthly online health advice column for Spanish-speaking consumers.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 25, 2009 - Nine independent and Fairview-owned medical clinics recently were awarded nearly $60,000 in grant dollars of up to $10,000 each to support projects to improve clinical outcomes and promote innovation.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 25, 2009 - Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota is offering lunch and learn sessions on cross cultural communication and conflict resolution skills.

MINNEAPOLIS, June 4, 2009 - The MMA is seeking committee members for the following three committees: Accreditation and Continuing Medical Education, Communications, and Minority and Cross-Cultural Affairs. 

MINNEAPOLIS, June 4, 2009 - The MMA is seeking four people to serve on the board of the Minnesota Credentialing Collaborative, a new initiative to simplify the credentialing process for physicians and other providers.

MINNEAPOLIS, January 29 2009 -  The Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) is encouraging interpreters to sign up for a voluntary roster that is expected to be available for physicians to search early this year.

MINNEAPOLIS, December 18, 2008—Two new checklists to help Spanish-speaking men and women over the age of 50 decide which preventive medical tests they need and when they need to get them are now available from AHRQ and AARP.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 17, 2008—Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation has developed a 30-minute program and DVD about community building by nonprofits in the Twin Cities and around the state.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 6, 2008—A new booklet published by the Blue Cross Blue Shield of Minnesota Foundation explains how providers can eliminate disparities in their care through a better understanding of world religions.

MINNEAPOLIS, November 3, 2008—A report by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation found that the poorer a child is, the worse his or her health is likely to be.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 27, 2008— Disabled women are more likely to be threatened, hit, slapped, pushed, kicked or physically hurt than those without a disability, says a new study presented at the American Public Health Association’s 136th Annual Meeting & Exposition in San Diego.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 20, 2008—National experts on health disparities will speak at the "Health Equality: Honoring Culture While Closing the Gap" conference, November 12 – 14, 2008, at Mystic Lake Casino and Hotel in Prior Lake, Minnesota.

MINNEAPOLIS, October 9, 2008 - Children’s Hospitals and Clinics of Minnesota has begun a new initiative to help eliminate health care inequities among children from diverse cultures.

MINNEAPOLIS, August 11, 2008—The Office of Minority Health, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, is offering an online CME course that teaches physicians how to provide "culurally competent care" to people from different backgrounds.

Minnesota's Future Doctors program is seeking physician volunteers for its student shadowing program. To learn more, visit http://www.meded.umn.edu/futuredocs or contact Jo Peterson at 612/625-7951.

The MMA’s Minority and Cross Cultural Affairs Committee launched a program to encourage minority students to consider careers in medicine in 2006 that has since been taken over by the MMA's Medical Students Section.