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November 5, 2009
APA Poll Finds Stress Having an Impact on Families, Hispanics
The Prevention Research Center (PRC) in St. Louis is launching a multinational research project focused on preventing the leading causes of death in Hispanics in the United States and Latin America. – will conduct a four-year, $2.8 million effort to apply and adapt evidence-based strategies for preventing heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity in the United States, Mexico and Brazil
Photos: Latin Music Superstar Luis Fonsi to Serve as Celebrity Ambassador for the 6th Annual Thanks and Giving(R) Campaign to Support St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital(R)
For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
The American Heart Association Launches Go Red Por Tu Corazon at the Latin Grammy’s to Educate Latinas About Their Heart Health
November 4, 2009
Little Joe: ‘I’m diabetic! Are you?’
The debate over health care for illegal immigrants continues to percolate in Congress despite the Obama administration’s efforts to put it to rest, with lawmakers in both houses also wrangling over how much coverage to provide for immigrants who have settled in the country legally.
November 2, 2009
Alzheimer’s researchers tap into Hispanic group at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix
Dr. Eliscer Guzman From The Mount Sinai Hospital Among Comunilife Honorees
Rep. Raul Grijalva, Co-Chair of Progressive Caucus, Vows to Bring “Robust” Public Option to House Floor
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
October 30, 2009
National Alliance for Hispanic Health Applauds Confirmation of Dr. Regina Benjamin as the 18th Surgeon General of the United States
Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.
LULAC Hails the Inclusion of Puerto Rico in the House Healthcare Bill
Todobebe and Molina Healthcare Produce National Public Service Announcements
October 29, 2009
Patient Medical Home Linked to Reducing Health Disparities – Studies Find Chronic Disease Awareness Lacking Among US Latinos without Usual Source of Care
Not a healthy state for all Latinos in the US – Undocumented foreign-born Latinos face serious financial and language barriers to quality health care
Special Issue of Medical Journal Explores Latino Health and Healthcare – New Facts Uncovered to Advance Healthcare Systems and Policy for US Latinos
Health Insurance Status Among US Latinos Affects Perception of Quality of Health Care – Researchers Link Socioeconomic and Other Factors to Health Insurance Coverage
October 28, 2009
Latino Leaders Launch National Campaign for Healthcare Reform – New website unveiled today will educate and mobilize community on healthcare reform.
Meet the Man Behind Zumba: Beto Perez – He built a global empire helping people have fun and burn calories.
75% of HIV Positive Hispanics Have AIDS
Health Reform for Latinas Should Include Not Being Shackled While Birthing
October 26, 2009
Latinos lag in skills as toddlers, studies show – Poor, immigrant Latinas have healthy babies but by age 2 or 3, their toddlers begin to lag behind white middle-class children in vocabulary, listening and problem-solving skills, according to two new studies.
The Vail Breast Cancer Awareness Group is publishing “Cancer de Mama 101” to serve the growing Hispanic community in Eagle County, CO
Millions of children in the US suffer from suboptimal levels of vitamin D – 80% of Hispanic children tested!!!
Texas Dr. Antonio Falcon: We’re Facing A Catastrophic Situation On The Border
October 17, 2009
UnitedHealthcare Launches PlanBienSM for Colorado Hispanics; Plan Combines Health Benefits, Bilingual Support Services
October 15, 2009
Crafting a final version of health insurance legislation to attract moderate Republican support would be a “waste of time,” according to the leader of the House Progressive Caucus. – Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.)
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)
Statement of Anthony S. Fauci, M.D. Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases National Institutes of Health on National Latino AIDS Awareness Day October 15, 2009
October 14, 2009
HEALTH CARE BILL OVERCOMES EXTREMIST POLITICS, BUT STILL NEEDS IMPROVEMENT, SAYS NCLR
Some Immigrants Going Back to Their Home Countries To Get Affordable Health Care
At the end of the 31st annual Hispanic Heritage month, Latinos in the US are still waiting to celebrate a crucial victory –getting rid of the toxic water that poisons so many of our communities.
To mark National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, Planned Parenthood of Indiana will give away vouchers for free HIV/AIDS testing today at events.
A needle exchange program in Puerto Rico is testing a vending machine that provides drug users with clean syringes after-hours to fight the spread of HIV and hepatitis C.
October 12, 2009
Cuban public health authorities reported the first three deaths from the AH1N1 flu virus on the island and said that to date 621 cases of the disease have been confirmed.
October 9, 2009
Latinas Feeling Uncertain About Healthcare Debate
The cast of the Ugly Betty will be joining forces with the U.N. “to shed light on a campaign to stop the spread of malaria in Africa
Unequal access: Hispanic children rarely get top-notch care for brain tumors
What should Latinos think of H1N1?
October 7, 2009
Mexican Health Minister Visits Washington to Discuss H1N1
Too Much Silence About Swine Flu’ Impact on Blacks, Latinos
Verification of illegal immigrants is scrutinized amid healthcare debate – L.A. County officials question cost-effectiveness of rules aimed at screening those trying to get public health services.
African-American, Latino and civil rights groups have launched an ad campaign aimed at pressuring moderate Democratic senators to support health care legislation that allows the government to sell insurance in competition with private industry.
First steps: Horse helps 8-year-old Rhiannon Hernandez to reach dream – (touching)
Miss Dominican Republic to Take OraQuick ADVANCE® Rapid HIV Test to Promote National Latino AIDS Awareness Day Kickoff – Wednesday October 7th, 3pm-6pm
October 5, 2009
In Guatemala, drought leaves hundreds suffering from malnutrition
As More Hispanics Seek Plastic Surgery, Medical Science is Slow to Keep Up
¡VIDA! The Fourth Annual Mujer Latina Breast Cancer Conference, offering information on early cancer screening, risk factors, treatment and managing side effects, is scheduled for next Saturday, Oct. 10, at Old Pueblo Community Center. – Arizona
Immigrants & Health Care: MPI Analyzes Health Reform Eligibility, Verification Issues and Provides New Estimates of Coverage by Legal Status, Poverty, Firm Size and for Select States
Mystery Illness Forces Paul Rodriguez into ICU
October 2, 2009
St. Jude and Davidson Media Group Announce 2nd Annual Hispanic Radiothon to Help Children with Cancer
United States and Four Latin American Countries Partner to Battle Cancer
September 30, 2009
National Hispanic Council on Aging Urges Healthcare Reform and Geriatrics Training for Health Professionals as Older Americans Reach 20% of Population
Latinos must use political capital towards demanding passage of the REAL Act – (very good read)
Patients’ Group Launches Spanish website – www.pacientesprimero.com
National Health Partners Announces Agreements with Two Hispanic Marketing Groups
Health Net Named to Hispanic Business Magazine’s Top 60 Diversity Elite
September 29, 2009
A pesar de ser una amenaza para la salud, un nuevo estudio revela poca preocupacion entre hispanos por la gripe – With Video
General Mills Renews Commitment To Help Latino Families Eat Right
Hispanic immigrants kept at arm’s length from healthcare
The number of deaths of undocumented immigrants in the Arizona desert increased by 20% during the 2009 fiscal year, despite extreme vigilance and the efforts of humanitarian organizations.
September 28, 2009
With swine-flu vaccinations set to begin next month, public-health officials are mobilizing to ensure that the nation’s estimated 11 million-plus illegal immigrants are vaccinated.
Health insurance and immigrants: Weapons of mass distraction uncovered
MEDIA ALERT: Chagas Disease: Break the Silence—Time to Treat :: Medical, Scientific Experts Gather in Los Angeles to Shed Light on Deadly Latin American Disease Now Increasingly Found in the U.S.
41% non-citizen, non-legal permanent resident Hispanic adults state that their usual provider is a community clinic or health center.
Hispanics, Health Insurance and Health Care Access – Pew Hispanic Report – 60% Hispanic adults living in the United States who are not citizens or legal permanent residents lack health insurance.
Liberals seek health-care access for illegals – Fearful that they’re losing ground on immigration and health care, a group of House Democrats is pushing back and arguing that any health care bill should extend to all legal immigrants and allow illegal immigrants some access.
September 24, 2009
Dynamic Response Group Announces Test Results for Medico Express
On the Job with Marielena Vasquez – Bilingual pediatrician adds level of comfort for Hispanic parents – Columbus, Ohio
Hispanics In The U.S. Are Likely To Be Uninsured
“We Made Them Millions, and They Complain About Insurance” – Lupe Chavez, a housekeeper at the San Francisco Hilton, tells her story to David Bacon.
September 22, 2009
LATINO Magazine to Host Latino Issues Forum on Health in Washington DC
California medical tourism association formed to promote Baja – Baja California Medical Tourism Association (BCMTA)
Puerto Rico and other territories left out of healthcare reform
A Mobile Connection for the Hispanic Community
Obama overreaches on immigrant care
Race Is a $50 Billion Reality for the U.S. Health System – Traveling Exhibit Asks Los Angeles to Explore Why at California Science Center
Hispanic Evangelicals Push Back on Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric in Health Care Debate, Label Exclusion as ‘Xenophobic Health Care Reform’
New Research Finds Latinas with Lactose Intolerance Manage Their Condition by Limiting or Avoiding Dairy
Obama takes heat from other side of immigrant healthcare debate – He suggests that those here illegally be kept from taking part in an insurance exchange set up by the government. Some on the left say that’s bad policy that panders to the likes of Joe Wilson.
National Latino Behavioral Health Association Gives Voice to Mental Health Consumers – Groundbreaking Latino Consumer Network to Kickoff at 1st Annual “Tenemos Voz” Symposium
September 21, 2009
Mexico could see up to 5 million cases of swine flu during this winter’s flu season, a higher projection than officials had previously given
The health of the nation’s black and Latino communities stands to get a significant shot in the arm from the $650 million in health and wellness funding announced this afternoon by the Department of Health and Human Services
Nearly 2.5 million Latinos in the United States, or roughly 10 percent of the nation’s Latino population, are afflicted with diabetes, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ National Diabetes Education Program. – By 2050, the agency predicts, two of five Latino young people, and one in two Latino females born in the year 2000, will have developed diabetes.
Diabetes is killing Latinos in Ventura County, CA at twice the rate it is claiming lives in other racial and ethnic groups. – Nearly 6% of Latinos who died in Ventura County in 2005 and 2006 were killed by diabetes
Illegal Immigrants embroiled in health care debate
Hispanic Heritage Month highlights need for type O blood – about 60% of Hispanics have type O blood
Red Cross Program Addresses Disproportionate Hispanic Drownings
The Intersection Of Health Care And Immigration or an interview with Rev. Luis Cortes Jr.
Your Turn: Contra Costa Times’ headline about illegal immigrants was misleading
September 17, 2009
Adamari Lopez & Yoplait(R) Committed to Continue Raising Awareness for Breast Cancer Risk Reduction Among the Hispanic Community
Free Spanish-Language Online Video Teaches Hands-Only(TM) CPR
Latino Health Guide Features Updated Pyramid
Mexico Taught the World About Pandemic Preparedness
Obama links healthcare, immigration reform – “My commitment is real and so is my desire to get this (immigration reform) done,” Obama said Wednesday during the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute’s 32nd Annual Awards Gala.
September 15, 2009
“Joe Wilson ganó”, afirma congresista demócrata Luis Gutiérrez
Asthma affects about 33 Puerto Rican children for every two non-Latino Caucasian children.
The College of Nursing and Health Innovation announced Monday that it received a $2.5 million grant for research of asthma disparities among Latino children from the National Center of Complementary and Alternative Medicine. – Arizona State University
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