Category: Health
An attack on Planned Parenthood turns out to be an all-out assault on low-income Latinas
LatinaLista — Planned Parenthood. The mere mention of the organization immediately conjures up negative images thanks to several GOP politicians who found it quite easy to rake the organization through the mud during the recent budget debates. Though Planned Parenthood has been around for 95 years providing programs, information and much needed health and family [...]
One man’s mission to bring service dogs to Cuba
LatinaLista — Though emotions still run high as to whether or not Americans should visit Cuba, the fact is Cuba is open for business — to educators and researchers. Also, it seems to dogs. A recent canine tourist named Booster is making headlines both on the island and in the states. Booster, a 100-pound Labrador [...]
One study says some Latino kids don’t exercise. Another study tells why
LatinaLista — A new report makes the simple but bold statement — “healthy people and healthy places go together.” The report, “Why Place & Race Matter: Impacting health through a focus on race and place,” sponsored by PolicyLink and the California Endowment, illustrates why a person’s neighborhood and local community can be a good predictor [...]
San Antonio residents living in toxic Triangle to visit with world-renowned environmentalist
By Tony Cantú La Prensa de San Antonio — World-renowned environmental activist Wilma Subra — often compared to Erin Brokovich — is scheduled next month to meet with residents living around the former Kelly Air Force Base to help assess what’s making many of them sick. Residents around the shuttered base — now the 1,800-acre [...]
New study shows real women (who) have curves face increasing stigma throughout Americas
LatinaLista — Obviously the headline is a play on the well-known film “Real Women Have Curves,” which became the battle cry for all other-than-skinny Latinas. But according to researchers at Arizona State University (ASU), more and more Latinos see a woman’s curves as anything but sexy. Researchers at the ASU School of Human Evolution and [...]
Heart disease hits Latinas via multiple risk factors
By Angela Villanueva LatinaLista As women grow older, the risk of heart disease and stroke rises and it keeps rising with age, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). But it can also, nonetheless, hit young women in their 20s or 30s, if the right precautions aren’t taken. One of the biggest reasons for heart [...]
Spotlight Non-profit: Helping those in need with the gift of clear vision
LatinaLista — Good vision is something that people who have it take for granted, and those who don’t have it have learned the importance of a good pair of eyeglasses. The only problem is unless a family has vision included in their health coverage or lives in a state where Medicaid still covers the cost [...]
TB still a disease to fear in Latino communities
LatinaLista — Pop quiz. What is the fourth leading cause of death among women worldwide that has the following symptoms: a cough that lasts for more than 2-3 weeks weight loss fever night sweats loss of appetite coughing up blood It’s a disease that is curable, as long as people get treated once they’e diagnosed. [...]
New site empowers Latinas to make the right contraception choice
LatinaLista — The Guttmacher Institute reports that the typical woman in the United States wants only two children. To achieve this goal, she must use contraceptives for roughly 30 years. Yet, according to the same source, Latinas are more likely to get sterilized than use conventional contraception, like the pill. It could be because of [...]
Latinos are 66 percent at greater risk of being diagnosed with diabetes
LatinaLista — Today is a critical day of observance for all Latinos. It is Diabetes Alert Day. If there was a growing medical crisis among Latinos, this disease is it. It is reported that for every five Latinos, two will become diabetic. As of now, according to the National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse, the risk of [...]
