LatinaLista.net — Today, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (UPSTF) released an update to its 2002 recommendations now recommending that all women ages 65 and older be routinely screened for osteoporosis. According to the UPSTF: Osteoporosis is more common…
LatinaLista.net — A former Air Force captain claims that casualties among Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans now exceed 500,000 when injuries such as mental illness, diseases and other untraditional type afflictions are included in the count. While military officials…
LatinaLista — It will be one year on January 12, 2011 that a 7.5 magnitude earthquake hit Haiti and over 230,000 people lost their lives. At the time, because of the poor infrastructure that exists in the country, everyone…
LatinaLista — Finally, there’s some good news on the teenage pregnancy front. In a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), pregnancy rates among Latina teenagers, 15-19, are at…
LatinaLista — Ever since the day after Thanksgiving, visions of tables covered with tamales, turkeys, hams, mole, buñuelos, churros, rompope, galletas, etc have been on the minds of just about everyone and anyone who associates Christmas with these traditional…
LatinaLista — During the holiday season, it’s not unusual to see an Angel Tree here or there in malls or office lobbies. Simple wishes, made by children and adults, caught in poverty. Yet, just because January 1 eventually arrives,…
LatinaLista — According to the Guttmacher Institute, fifty-four percent of pregnancies among Latinas are unintended. What that means, in addition to the fact that these women are going to be mothers, is that most of them don’t know they…
LatinaLista — In September of this year, a group of researchers met in San Antonio, Texas for the second annual Scientific Summit. They met to take in the local sights, listen to one another’s presentations and basically chew the…
LatinaLista It wasn’t that long ago that any Latina who announced to family and friends that she was a vegan — people who don’t eat meat, eggs or dairy products — would immediately receive one of three things:…
LatinaLista — Next year, it will be 30 years that the world has lived with AIDS. Discovered in 1981, the disease, that doesn’t discriminate but relies on people being lazy about protecting themselves, has claimed 30 million lives since…
LatinaLista– Thanksgiving seems to be the one time of the year where people actually remember that there are those who are going hungry in our communities. According to the most recent data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 15…
LatinaLista — When it’s said that undocumented immigrants do the jobs most Americans don’t want, there is one industry that is the poster child for that statement — the food industry. It is reported that six in ten of the…
LatinaLista– “We know that prevention is key and education is power but who pays the bills?” That simple sentence sums up the mission for the Busted Foundation, an organization that fundraises money to specifically help women with their finances…
LatinaLista — According to the U.S. Census, there were 4.3 million births registered in the United States in 2007 — 445,045 were to teens 15 to 19. These teen mothers, as well as, those moms in their 20s and…
LatinaLista — The notion that the fast food industry partners with families, especially Latino and African American families, to create healthy meal options for children is a half-truth. A new study by Yale’s Rudd Center for Food Policy &…
LatinaLista — Today, November 5, 2010, is literally the first day of the rest of Lon Rosado’s life. Lon Rosado, a 67-year-old San Diego businessman, suffered a car accident. As a result of the accident, he lost a kidney….
LatinaLista — There’s no denying that college is at the same time an awesome experience and a scary proposition for many whose children may be the first in their families to go away to college. Yet, while a college…
LatinaLista — Ever since the devastating earthquake struck Haiti, the country and its people have been struggling to rebuild a better country than they had before. It hasn’t been easy. With widespread poverty, the destruction of schools and hospitals,…
LatinaLista — One of the core values of Chicago-based Casa Central is the belief that everyone has the potential to improve their quality of life. That simple belief is what has spurred the success and longevity of Casa Central…
LatinaLista — At one point in each of our lives, we’ve heard our mothers, abuelas, tias, sisters, and heck, we may have even uttered words to the effect of “God’s Will, be done.” It’s an attitude that automatically surrenders…
LatinaLista — Hispanic Heritage Month ends Friday, October 15 but not before one more special event takes place meant to highlight awareness of Latinos — and AIDS. National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) is a day dedicated to heightening…
LatinaLista — Children are supposed to be taken care of by the adults in their lives. There’s no scenario that brings swifter condemnation and action than those of children who are neglected or abused at the hands of their…
LatinaLista — By now, even the most casual observer of the news knows about DREAM Act students, or at least has heard the term, in reference to those students who are undocumented and have grown up in this country….
LatinaLista Chef Denise Portillo shows it takes talent, perseverance and vision to overcome challenges on the way to creating a Bella (beautiful) business. Denise Portillo believes in doing what you love even if it comes with challenges – lots…
LatinaLista — For anyone who is afflicted with AIDS/HIV or families who have loved ones with it, every day serves as another day learning about and living with the disease. Data from the Center’s for Disease Control (CDC) shows…
