By Capt Eduardo Wilson, Hawaii Hispanic News KAPOLEI, Hawaii — I am a 58-year-old male airline pilot (Alaska Airlines), who recently underwent a left modified radical mastectomy for breast cancer. T2, N1, M0. Are these the codes for the engine stages on the Boeing 737-900? No, they are the codes that describe the stages of [...]
Spotlight Nonprofit: Creating special birthday cakes for kids facing adult challenges
LatinaLista — For a child, there is only one day all year that is special — their birthday. But these are tough times and for too many families birthday parties, complete with pretty cakes are just not in the family budget. That’s where Sweet Blessings comes in. Based in Lexington, Kentucky, volunteer chefs get together [...]
New study reveals asthma suffocating the health of poor Latinos
LatinaLista — Compared to non-Hispanic whites, Hispanics with asthma are less likely to be in the care of a regular doctor or clinic; less likely to be prescribed appropriate medicines; less likely to have access to specialized care; and more likely to end up being treated in the emergency department or hospitalized in a crisis. [...]
Guest Voz: Helping Latino parents develop strategies to talk to their kids about sex
LatinaLista — The issue of Latina teen pregnancy is not new. Yet, it is something that is getting renewed attention because of several consequences of teen pregnancy: teens tend to drop out of school; they hold down menial jobs and, on average, the children of teen parents don’t fare any better than their parents. More [...]
First-of-its-kind Halloween safety report shows twice as many kids killed walking on Halloween than any other night of the year
LatinaLista — Halloween is only 11 days away and as any kid knows it’s much more than just dressing up in costume — it’s all about the trick-or-treating! Unfortunately, it’s reported that Halloween is a deadly time for trick-or-treaters. Twice as many child pedestrians are killed from 4-10 p.m. while walking on Halloween compared to [...]
Spain: My doggone theory why one body size shouldn’t dictate beauty
By Roxana Urrutia LatinaLista The other day at the park there was a lady, who obviously knew nothing about dogs, accusing another woman’s dog of being fat. The dog owner argued back defending her dog’s physique, and amid that hyped argument there was a third person who doubted which of the two was right. The [...]