Eye Openers + Health Hispanic y Latino News & Info (Noticias)
November 23, 2009
New breast cancer screening guide will disproportionately hurt black and Hispanic women
November 18, 2009
Experts warned on Tuesday that the rise in health problems due to obesity among Mexican children, which is considered to be an epidemic, threatens “for the first time” to reduce life expectancy rates in the country.
November 16, 2009
Where two contentious issues intersect- Immigration and health House measure omits Senate panel’s legal test
Hispanic were more than twice as likely as whites to report that food in their home was scarce – Government report
November 13, 2009
Hispanics accounted for more than half of the 95 swine flu-related deaths in Texas in the first six months of the H1N1 pandemic, an analysis by the state health department found.
November 11, 2009
A new study of workers at 50 hotels in the United States found that women were 50% more likely to be injured than men, and that Hispanic women had an injury rate two-thirds higher than their white female counterparts.
November 10, 2009
Health officials say low-income Latino immigrants haven’t been getting enough attention during the H1N1 pandemic. They’re considered a high risk group because they often lack health insurance, have high rates of chronic diseases and difficult jobs.
November 9, 2009
Physician bias might keep life-saving transplants from black and Hispanic patients
House Passes Landmark Health Care Reform Bill That Leaves Intact Provisions Increasing Immigrants’ Access to Health Insurance
November 5, 2009
For immigrants, illness can bring a death sentence
November 2, 2009
Texas needs Spanish-speaking social workers
October 30, 2009
Puerto Rico lawmakers have voted to adopt one of the world’s lowest legal limits for drunk driving.
October 28, 2009
75% of HIV Positive Hispanics Have AIDS
October 15, 2009
CNN To Disclose Alex Castellanos’s Health Care Industry Ties – (Republican political media consultant)
October 14, 2009
Some Immigrants Going Back to Their Home Countries To Get Affordable Health Care
October 9, 2009
Unequal access: Hispanic children rarely get top-notch care for brain tumors
October 7, 2009
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.
September 24, 2009
“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
Puerto Rico and other territories left out of healthcare reform
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
The Intersection Of Health Care And Immigration or an interview with Rev. Luis Cortes Jr.
September 15, 2009
American Cancer Society report describes unique cancer profile of Hispanic/Latino Americans
The White House strengthened its stand against health-care coverage for illegal immigrants Friday, and a pivotal Senate committee looked ready to follow its lead.
Immigrants with Mental Disabilities Are Deprived Their Day in Court
September 12, 2009
Joe Wilson Voted to Provide Taxpayer Money for Illegal Immigrants’ Healthcare in 2003 – (can you say hypocrite)
September 10, 2009
A study released Wednesday found high breast cancer mortality and low early detection rates among African American, Hispanic and rural women in five Central Texas counties.
September 9, 2009
A study released Tuesday says that without enforcement, undocumented immigrants could get health care coverage through the president’s proposed plan, costing Americans more than $30 billion annually.
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But that’s if all undocumented immigrants seek care — something another immigration expert and the study say is unlikely.
September 8, 2009
Chicago study shows swine flu sends more blacks, Hispanics to hospital
Watch the outrage/heckling – Bishop Emilio Alvarez of Stamford, Connecticutt asks a question in Spanish at a health care town hall of Rep. Jim Himes (CT-04) who was born in Peru and is fluent in Spanish. – Shocking the reaction of the crowd. (must watch)
Center for Immigration Studies Adds to Falsehoods about Health Care Reform
September 1, 2009
Mexico Forecasts Winter Swine-Flu Infections Rising to 1 Million
Lessons from Mexico for next wave of swine flu
August 26, 2009
Immigration uproar will upstage health care debate
August 21, 2009
Argentina’s Impoverished North Battles Ferocious Dengue Epidemic
August 13, 2009
Peru detects swine flu in Amazon Indian tribe
Curanderos mexicanos y médicos de Colorado comparten planes de salud integral
August 12, 2009
Costa Rican President Oscar Arias is suffering from the H1N1 virus, making him the first head of state known to have contracted swine flu.
August 5, 2009
In Argentina, Flu Takes Center Stage – Capital’s Lively Theater District Grows Quiet With Arrival of H1N1
August 4, 2009
One in 13 white children is uninsured, compared to one in five Latino children
July 28, 2009
Nicaragua Abortion Ban Forces Rape, Incest Victims To Give Birth
July 21, 2009
Hispanics had 21 percent higher obesity prevalence compared with whites. – Hispanics in the Northeast had lower obesity prevalence than Hispanics in the Midwest, South or West.
Pregnant farm workers exposed to pesticide drift while harvesting organic onions
July 16, 2009
Swine flu bites Southern Hemisphere – Schools and theaters are closed while swine flu deaths rise during Argentina’s winter.
July 13, 2009
6.5 Million US Latinos Hungry – Hispanics are disproportionately affected with 19.5 % of Latino households reporting food insecurity, well above the national average of 10.9%
June 29, 2009
Hispanics May Get Lower Quality Bypass Surgeons – Massachusetts Hispanics nearly three times more likely to have CABG surgeon in bottom decile
June 25, 2009
Mexico fights resurgent dengue fever – on the rise in Mexico and elsewhere in the Americas.
June 23, 2009
Arizona hospital lures wealthy Mexican moms-to-be
June 19, 2009
The U.S. Senate has unanimously passed legislation to take a first step towards boosting research and education efforts related to Cerebral Cavernous Malformation, a relatively unknown illness more prevalent among New Mexico Hispanics than any other group.
June 5, 2009
Meth ads talk to teens in Spanish – Spanish ads in the West feature young Latinos sharing meth nightmares
A recent statewide study conducted by the North Carolina Folic Acid Campaign and published by the American Journal of Health Education revealed that only one-third of Hispanic women took a daily multivitamin with folic acid. These findings are important because Hispanics have a significantly higher risk of having a baby affected by a birth defect of the brain (anencephaly) or spine (spina bifida).
June 4, 2009
In Latino seniors, depressed husband equals slower, more forgetful wife
June 3, 2009
Chile reports 1st swine flu death in South America
June 1, 2009
Hispanic children in US at greater risk for obesity than other ethnic/racial groups
May 31, 2009
For Latino parents, raising autistic child has complex barriers
May 14, 2009
A record number of unmarried women in the United States are having babies, and the rate is highest among Hispanic women, according to a new report. Released Wednesday by the National Center for Health Statistics,
May 7, 2009
Latinos in Chicago and Suburbs Face Alarming Numbers of Cases of Alzheimer’s Disease While Thousands More are at Risk of Being Diagnosed
April 27, 2009
Chicago school in Hispanic neighborhood being extra vigilant amid concerns of swine flu
Houston’s Hispanic community fear their families are more at risk for contacting swine flu than others. Many are putting their own travel plans to Mexico on hold.
Facing budget concerns, non-emergency healthcare for illegal immigrants had been cut from the budgets of a few Northern California counties.
April 22, 2009
Dengue Fever Spreading, Worsening In Latin America
April 15, 2009
Peru: Mass Sterilizations During ex-president Alberto Fujimori Term
April 13, 2009
Nursing facilities with a primarily Hispanic resident population generally provide lower quality care than facilities primarily servicing whites, say Brown University researchers who focused on pressure ulcer care.
April 2, 2009
At Clinic, Tales and Health Concerns of Hispanics – Minneapolis
March 17, 2009
Immigrant advocates blast medical care at detention facilities
March 12, 2009
An outbreak of mass hysteria is reported to have struck three indigenous communities living near the river Coco in northern Nicaragua.
March 11, 2009
Rape trees prove Mexican violence has crossed the border and there are women who need justice
Though majority of immigrant women in ICE detention are pregnant by rape, abortion is no option
March 6, 2009
The University of Illinois at Chicago says it’s closing a medical clinic geared for low-income women in a mostly Mexican neighborhood. But a community group is fighting to keep the facility open.
February 16, 2009
Brazil To Distribute 65 Million Condoms For Carnival
January 28, 2009
Spread of Malaria Feared as Drug Loses Potency
January 25, 2009
Brazilian model who lost hands and feet dies – 20-year-old beauty queen Mariana Bridi
December 29, 2008
Whatcha got there, Salma Hayek? The “Ugly Betty” star is the latest closet celebrity smoker to be exposed after she was spotted puffing away on American Spirits this weekend in Beverly Hills alongside her 1-year-old daughter, Valentina. (Eva Longoria-Parker smokes as well)
December 15, 2008
Nearly 50 people wounded in Cuidad Juárez in 2008 received medical care at El Paso’s Thomason Hospital and racked up medical bills totaling about $1.4 million
December 12, 2008
The number of Americans who could lose their vision to diabetes-related eye diseases is going to skyrocket over the next four decades, with elderly Hispanics and blacks hit hardest because of higher rates of Type 2 diabetes
Nearly 30,000 Cuban doctors, dentists, nurses and technicians are providing healthcare to the poor through a Venezuelan government-sponsored program, officials here said Wednesday.
December 10, 2008
Could the diabetes epidemic be down to pollution?
December 9, 2008
New Malaria Vaccine Shows Promise In Protecting Children In Africa
December 5, 2008
European origin may up Latinas’ breast cancer risk
December 3, 2008
A Mexican citizen with a potentially deadly form of tuberculosis was allowed to cross the border into El Paso, Texas at least 20 times last year due to poor communication between government agencies, the El Paso Times reported.
Archbishop warns alcoholism wreaking havoc on Mexican society
November 19, 2008
Cuba won’t let our kids leave, medical workers say – Former Cuban doctors are contemplating taking their quest to get their kids out of Cuba to an international court.
November 17, 2008
El gobierno de Puerto Rico le reconoció derechos de salud a las parejas del mismo sexo en una orden que prohibe a las oficinas y agencias públicas discriminar por orientación sexual, identidad de género, estado de embarazo y civil, entre otros.
November 12, 2008
La Universidad de Puerto Rico (UPR) obtuvo 15 millones de dólares de fondos federales de Estados Unidos para investigar la alta prevalencia de diabetes y asma entre la población de la isla.
October 27, 2008
Looming baby boomer retirements sparks creative strategies for Medicare portability – Especially in Mexico
October 15, 2008
25% of teen girls vaccinated for cervical cancer. The CDC calls the rate ‘very good’ for a new vaccine such as Gardasil. Earlier data show, however, that only about 1% of Latina teens have received it.
Nearly Half of Newly Diagnosed HIV/AIDS Cases in Los Angeles County Are Among Latinos
September 30, 2008
Black and Hispanic adults who are terminally ill are less likely than their white counterparts to have a plan in place for end-of-life care, a new study suggests.
Anti-crystal meth campaign launches in northern Mexico
September 23, 2008
Abortion rate is down, but report cites racial disparity – The decline has been far more dramatic for whites than for blacks and Latinas.
The Facts Hispanics Need to Know About Colon Cancer
September 15, 2008
Seeking to drive a wedge into Democrat Barack Obama’s strong support from Hispanic voters and peel off voters in a key demographic, Hispanic organizers for Republican John McCain are quietly mounting a major push on the abortion issue.
The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published a detailed analysis of HIV spread in the US following last month’s revelation that the HIV epidemic is, and has been, worse than previously known, because the estimated number of new infections in 2006 was found to be about 56,300, which is 40% higher than the 40,000 they thought it would be. Among Hispanic MSM, most new HIV infections were in the youngest age group (2,300 among 13-29 year olds), followed by a not inconsiderable number among the 30-39 year olds (1,870).
September 10, 2008
The Spread of H.I.V. Among Black and Latina Women
Pro-Latino Policies – McCain’s focus on immigrants and healthcare
National Survey Reveals Contradictory Awareness Levels of High Cholesterol and Atherosclerosis Among Hispanic Americans
September 9, 2008
Traditions prompt many Hispanics to hide Alzheimer’s disease
August 28, 2008
Lifting the veil on AIDS in a Mexican prison
Mexican Supreme Court upholds legalized abortion law
The AIDS Epidemic — A Progress Report from Mexico City
August 20, 2008
Federal inspectors at U.S. border crossings repeatedly turned back filthy, disease-ridden shipments of peppers from Mexico in the months before a salmonella outbreak that sickened 1,400 people was finally traced to Mexican chilies.
A Chicago hospital is preparing to send a 30-year-old patient back to Mexico. Francisco Pantaleon, who is in this country illegally, had a brain hemorrhage last month and is in a coma at the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago.
August 19, 2008
Even as the demand for health care continues to increase, the number of qualified Hispanic nurses lags behind, according to a recent study of the nursing industry in the Los Angeles area.
August 18, 2008
Meet the Cuban doctor, the most widely deployed and effective ideological and diplomatic weapon in the almost 50 years since Fidel Castro seized control of the island. And, in the past few years, the most profitable export of the country’s economy.
August 17, 2008
Alcohol Industry Targets Latino Teens
There are dozens of Hispanic herbal stores in Houston that promise a cure for everything from bad luck to cancer. However, some of what they sell can be dangerous and possibly deadly.
August 14, 2008
A bone marrow transplant could save his life, but he is Hispanic, and the number of Hispanic donors is limited. In the world registry of 11 million marrow donors, 75% are Caucasian.
August 7, 2008
Male Mexican Migrant Workers Have Increased Risk for HIV After Arrival in U.S. Because of Changes in Sex Habits, Study Finds
August 6, 2008
University of Arizona Doctors to Study Internet-based Treatment for Depression in Hispanics
August 5, 2008
Mexican sex workers want place at AIDS conference
President Calderon Lifts Regulation Requiring AIDS Drug Companies to Have Manufacturing Plants in Mexico in Order to Sell Generic Meds
August 4, 2008
Latest CDC Report on HIV Incidence Grossly Excludes Hispanics in 2006, the Fastest Growing Ethnic Population in the United States and its Territories
August 3, 2008
In Tijuana, a chaotic border city of 1.5 million people, the HIV infection rate is nearly triple the national average, and it has been rising steadily for more than a decade. Today, about one in 125 adults in the city is infected with the virus that causes AIDS.
August 1, 2008
Serrano peppers at a farm in Mexico were found to be contaminated with the same strain of Salmonella that has sickened more than 1,300 people across the USA, the Food and Drug Administration says
July 30, 2008
Experts ask why cancer deaths are higher among Latinos in Santa Cruz County
Not all was good news in the UNAIDS report; despite praising prevention plans in countries like Chile and Brazil, Latin America had more HIV infections (1.7 million) than any other region except southeast Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.
July 29, 2008
Mexican women accounted for about 20 percent of the new AIDS cases found in Mexico, and AIDS mortality rate among Mexican women have also witnessed a hike, said Jorge Saavedra, director of the National Center for the Prevention and Control of HIV-AIDS.
July 28, 2008
The real story is decades of inadequate response from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. health system to HIV-AIDS in the Hispanic community; that has allowed almost 100,000 Hispanics to die and new cases to continue to appear.
July 24, 2008
More than 1,000 deaths linked to the painkiller fentanyl were reported nationally during a two-year span, traced to a drug operation in Mexico, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
July 23, 2008
The Colorado Department of Transportation is encouraging Hispanic men to buckle up through a new program called Cita Con La Vita. 70% of Hispanic drivers and passengers killed in Colorado last year were men who were not wearing their seat belts.
July 22, 2008
In Tijuana, a Market for Death in a Bottle – finding pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly known as Nembutal is easy there
July 17, 2008
Puerto Rican veterans shorted on benefits
July 15, 2008
Nutrition Education Among Latinos Affected By Peers
Many Hispanics with diabetes unaware of potential eye disease, do not receive eye exams
June 26, 2008
Puerto Ricans at higher risk for rare, dangerous form of albinism
June 25, 2008
The University of Alabama at Birmingham recruiting Hispanic students to educate more Spanish-speaking health professionals
Study Says Youth Are Swimming in Alcohol Ads
June 21, 2008
Asthma sufferers higher among Florida’s Hispanic population
June 17, 2008
Legal Drugs Kill Far More Than Illegal, Florida Says – An analysis of autopsies in 2007 released this week by the Florida Medical Examiners Commission found that the rate of deaths caused by prescription drugs was three times the rate of deaths caused by all illicit drugs combined.
June 12, 2008
National Council of La Raza – THOUGH TEEN MORTALITY RATES DECREASED, CHILDREN IN PUERTO RICO STILL FACE GREATER RISKS THAN CHILDREN ON THE MAINLAND U.S.
Hospital complains about illegal immigrants – Florida (on video)
June 11, 2008
Children in non-English-speaking households experience multiple health disparities, researcher concludes – Dr. Glenn Flores
June 9, 2008
Tuberculosis (TB) outbreak traced to imported Mexican cheese – Southern California
More Hispanics die on job than other U.S. workers – Study finds rate of work-related deaths overall has dropped since ‘92
June 5, 2008
U.S. Hispanic Women Face Osteoporosis Epidemic
June 4, 2008
Programs succeed in reducing risky sex among HIV-positive minority men – UCLA
June 2, 2008
Teen Pregnancy Higher Among Minnesota’s Latinas
May 27, 2008
Immigrants Hit Hard by Governor’s Planned Medi-Cal Cuts, Changes – California
May 22, 2008
Uninsured Immigrant Patients Sent Home for Care Against Their Will – Woman in Coma the Latest Example of Arizona Uninsured Immigrant Facing Forced Removal to Home Country
May 12, 2008
Puerto Ricans under attack-Asthma attack – 125% more likely to have Asthma than non Hispanic
May 8, 2008
Mexico ex-official: Health care should have no boundaries
May 7, 2008
Better Health Care Sought for Detained Immigrants
May 6, 2008
Long-term study analysis finds diabetic Latinos at high risk of retinopathy, macular edema
Dairy Products Linked To TB In Local Hispanics – San Diego
May 5, 2008
New Tomás Rivera Policy Institute (TRPI) Report Asks, ‘Latina and Latino Nurses: Why are there so few?’
Brewers target Latino kids in bid to gain market
April 25, 2008
Contaminated sites study finds poor neighbors – 34% probability a Hispanic person lives next to a Superfund site in Lake County, Indiana
April 22, 2008
Latina victims suffering in silence for fear of deportation – North Carolina
April 9, 2008
Mexican Diet May Cut Breast Cancer Risk
April 8, 2008
Teenage Birth Rates in Massachusetts Highest Among Hispanics; Legislation Needed To Address the Issue, Experts Say
March 28, 2008
Problems With English Help Block Many Hispanics From Medical Care
March 24, 2008
Rate of Hispanic diabetics’ foot amputations soar
March 11, 2008
Sickle-cell disease spreads in Latino community in Colorado
February 27, 2008
Cheap Cocaine Floods Argentina, Devouring Lives
February 26, 2008
Durham’s Latino suicide trend not found in local school districts – Orange County and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City school systems – North Carolina
February 25, 2008
Hard Times Led Director of Tijuana AIDS Hospice to His Life’s Work
February 20, 2008
Marketplace: Discount stores have toy trouble (lead) – (interviews a Latina in Austin)
February 18, 2008
Advocates alarmed by Rell plan to cut Medicaid interpreter funds – Connecticut
February 7, 2008
Adapting to US life ups Latinas’ preterm birth risk
February 5, 2008
More Than One-Quarter Million Infants Hospitalized For Infectious Diseases: New Federal Study In Pediatrics – Hispanic infants were 23% of those admitted!!!
February 4, 2008
Durham’s Latino students at higher suicide risk, study says – North Carolina
Acculturation In The Texas-Mexico Border Region: Effects On Drinking Differ By Gender
Gene Linked to Preterm Birth Among Hispanic Women
January 29, 2008
First Latina U.S. surgeon general (Antonia Novello) speaks in Monterey – California
January 23, 2008
Latinas lead rise in local birthrate – Fertility rate for small population segment more than doubled from 2000 to 2006 – Central Ohio
January 15, 2008
Metabolic Syndrome Doubles Stroke Risk in Women, Hispanics
January 14, 2008
Dengue fever is not quite dead
HIV in Puerto Rico from a Puerto Rican perspective
January 9, 2008
Chicanos group dropping out of HIV-AIDS care program – Arizona
January 7, 2008
Grant to help Hispanic women get Pap smears – New Mexico
January 2, 2008
PepsiCo Game Teaches Mexican Kids About Nutrition
December 30, 2007
Cristina Page: The Jamie Lynn Generation – (concerning teen pregnancy not Hispanic specific but worth the read)
December 10, 2007
U.S. care of illegal immigrants with AIDS draws fire
December 9, 2007
Families of burned illegal immigrants grieve while medical bills and questions mount – San Diego Area
December 4, 2007
Candy imported from Mexico recalled due to lead – Texas
December 3, 2007
Study: Hispanic women have higher incidence of aggressive breast cancer – Arizona
November 28, 2007
Americans risky for Mexican hookers
November 26, 2007
Mexican Americans Carrying Haplotype H6 Of The CYP2E1 Gene Have A Greater Risk Of Alcoholism
African American & Hispanic Women View Mammography Differently Than Caucasian Women
November 25, 2007
Hispanic moms often unmarried (nearly half) – Benton County, Arkansas
November 15, 2007
Activists “Die-In” to Save Lives in Puerto Rico
November 14, 2007
Latinos And African-Americans Live Longer With Alzheimer’s Disease
November 4, 2007
Changing face of a neighborhood – Were Latinos left in the dark about thorium contamination? – West Chicago
October 31, 2007
Domestic Violence Major Obstacle for Utah County Hispanic Population
October 30, 2007
Hispanics struggle to cover health care costs
October 29, 2007
Federal aid fails to cover migrant health care costs – Arizona
October 17, 2007
Mental Health America: New Study Reveals Latino Parents’ Views on Bullying, Sexual Orientation and Prejudice
