Category: Health
Spotlight Non-profit: Creating a place in society for Hispanic elderly
LatinaLista–According to the U.S. Census, thirteen percent of the total population is 65 years and older, with Latino elderly comprising six percent of that total population. Latinos are touted as the fastest growing ethnic group in the nation. The National Hispanic Council on Aging projects that by 2030 the Hispanic elderly will comprise 11.2 percent [...]
Latinas and black women contract AIDS more from sexual networks and less through risky behaviors
LatinaLista — Once upon a time, AIDS/HIV was considered as dangerous, contagious and prevalent as the H1N1 virus. There used to be massive public service campaign commercials instructing people on how to avoid getting infected with HIV. A month didn’t go by that AIDS/HIV wasn’t mentioned in the news or the subject of an in-depth [...]
Dr. Paloma Pina: Looking back on two weeks in Haiti
LatinaLista — I had the chance to volunteer in Haiti for the past 2 weeks with International Medical Corps. Today my journey in Haiti has ended and it is just now that I have the time to think about what really this experience meant to me. Now I’m back to reality or is it surrealism? [...]
President’s health summit illustrates the disconnect some in Congress have with the poor
LatinaLista — For some reason, the United Kingdom newspaper, the Guardian, is running a two-day poll on their online site asking their readers to vote on who gave the “best performance” in President Obama’s healthcare summit today. So far, Democrats are outpacing Republicans. Last I checked, and the poll counts the results every 60 seconds, [...]
Latina Lista launches “Haiti Reports” to honor ongoing Haitian relief efforts
LatinaLista When the world first learned about the devastating earthquake in Haiti last month, the news reports of the destruction, suffering and loss of life couldn’t come quickly or often enough. For a couple of weeks, people were glued to their television sets or clicking through photos online of what was happening in Haiti. Yet, [...]
When it comes to Latina teen pregnancies, California’s doing something right
LatinaLista Something good is happening in California. For a state more accustomed to bad news — a broke state economy, a slashing of public services, an increase in health premiums by the state’s largest health insurer, rising college tuition rates, escalating home foreclosures, crime, etc. — today’s news that the state’s Latina teens are having [...]
Avon survey finds uninsured women victims of new breast cancer screening recommendations
LatinaLista Remember when the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) released their controversial recommendations last November for how often women should be screened for breast cancer? They recommended against routine mammography screening for women aged 40 to 49 years and recommended screening every other year between the ages of 50 and 74 years, but didn’t [...]
Latina boxer creates a get-fit routine that packs a punch!
By Jo Ann Hernandez LatinaLista — Two-time WBC boxing champion Mia Rosales- St. John is one of the most famous and popular competitors in women’s boxing today. Now, in her first book, The Knockout Workout: 3 Winning Steps to Improve Your Body and Your Life, Mia reveals how she overcame racism, alcoholism and an eating disorder [...]
Relief workers in Haiti say the need is getting greater for help and supplies
LatinaLista In the days after the Haiti earthquake when the world was gripped with the need to know news — any news — of conditions in Haiti, Latina Lista was contacted by the International Medical Corps in the hopes that we could help spread the word that they needed donations badly to get the necessary [...]
USA: A way out for undocumented victims of domestic violence
By Almudena Toral LatinaLista NEW YORK CITY — Graciela Beines is a survivor. She arrived in the United States from Argentina 10 years ago. She was undocumented, unmarried, had no children in the country and barely spoke English. In 2002, Beines, 50, was victim of brutal domestic violence. Many undocumented women like Beines don’t know [...]
