Dr. Daveed Frazier is president of Orthopaedic Associates of New York P.C.
A board-certified orthopedic surgeon with advanced fellowship training in spinal surgery and correction of spinal deformity, he offers patients an array of treatment options to relieve pain and correct problems of the back and neck, ranging from a nonsurgical muscle relaxant to surgical disc replacement. It’s hard to believe he once ran away from a career in medicine. Why did he turn back?

Receiving a life-altering medical diagnosis is difficult, but patients of Donna M. Mendes, M.D., may find that message a little easier to bear. As an African-American senior vascular surgeon at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital Center in New York City, Dr. Mendes mirrors the race of her patients and understands the behavior that leads this population to have higher incidences of diabetes, high blood pressure and other conditions that can result in circulatory problems.

The year ahead will bring huge benefits to enterprises that are well managed, competitive, innovative and proactive enough to exploit public- and private-sector actions aimed at enhancing the nation’s small businesses.

Have you ever wondered what happened to the nearly 250,000 Africans taken between 1519 – 1810 as slaves to what is now Mexico, or what became of slaves who fled the United States for that same country?

I worked as a medical biller for six years. Without warning, I was let go and told my accounts would be taken over by a team leader. When I started the job, I signed an agreement stating that I would not go to work for any of the company’s clients. The agreement never was updated or renewed in any way.

Frontier market stocks rose in December 2009 after China raised its economic growth forecast and oil prices climbed, capping six months of recovery after a plunge in 2008 through early 2009. The outlook for 2010 is a little brighter, with African markets revving up while Caribbean markets remain flat until late in the year or early 2011.

We read so often of heads of state, their families and other well-to-do individuals in Africa who travel to developed countries for medical treatment that we may be inclined to think that the term “medical tourism” was invented for Africans

I have been in a retail business with a partner for several years (we have a limited liability company). The business has been clobbered by the economy and we have decided to shut it down. There is no bank debt, but we do have a lease and some credit-card balances that we have both personally guaranteed.

We are waging a war here. Like any major military campaign, we need the attack power of many different armies. Clearly, our voices grow louder and our messages intensify when we work together, not apart in this common cause. This global partnership that is the World Summit Against Cancer is a perfect example of uniting our efforts and integrating our knowledge.

Banks have taken big financial hits over the past year, in part because of the subprime mortgage meltdown. Now they are scrambling to recapture their losses.

Importers beware! As of Jan. 26, U.S. Customs and Border Protection will begin enforcing new rules that could result in a $5,000 fine per violation. Moreover, failure to comply could delay your shipment.

In a nation wrestling with an obesity epidemic, almost one in four children are food insecure, with a striking disparity in the prevalence of food insecurity among Black children. Such is the state of affairs in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service.

The fight over health-care reform is one that many hope will transform the $2.6 trillion health-care industry and provide coverage to all Americans.

Rampaging obesity and related illnesses in the African-American community have triggered calls for urgent action to halt their deadly advance.

In times like these, when money is tight, people are losing jobs faster than they are being created and bill collectors are on the prowl even late on Sunday nights, every scam in the book that promises a freebie seems to crawl out of the Internet. If you’ve become suspicious of anything that says it’s free, you’re a smart consumer. Normally, I would agree that “free” comes with a price, but every now and then, I find a useful Web site that truly is free. Here are a few of my favorites:

In 2015, on the 5-acre site across the street from the Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., a regal structure to celebrate the rich legacy of African-Americans will stand. It will be the new home of the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

Are you familiar with Afrobeat? Is it something that you have enjoyed for years? If not, you will become familiar with the music after you see Fela!, on Broadway. This musical is full of songs and music by Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, the father of the Afrobeat. Fela! tells the traumatic story of his life growing up in Lagos, Nigeria, during the ’60s and ’70s when the government was corrupt, the people were poor and human life was trivialized.