By Blaine Friedlander Futurity A new way to test for a wide range of micropollutants in waterways has already turned up a nightmarish cocktail of contaminants. “Water quality monitoring is conventionally done by narrowly investigating one or a few contaminants at…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday Significant differences in heart disease death rates exist among the three largest U.S. Latino subgroups, suggesting that combining these groups could endanger health for all Latinos, according to new data, Healio reports. The heart disease study examined death data…
GritoBlast! — Recent studies find that when Spanish-speaking diabetics see a doctor who speaks Spanish, they are more likely to follow the doctor’s advice. The only problem is there’s not enough Spanish-speaking doctors. A UCLA study found there are 15 Latino doctors per 100,000…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday Metro areas are more dangerous for pedestrians, especially Latinos and other minorities, than in previous years, according to a new study. The study, Dangerous By Design 2016 by Smart Growth America, found that pedestrians of color,…
By Shervin Assari The Conversation The racial health gap in the United States is well-documented. The gap starts with the infant mortality rate (11.1 blacks vs. 5.1 whites per 1,000) and extends to almost any health domain. Compared to whites, blacks…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday Do you live in one of the countries healthiest cities? More and more cities are recognizing the importance building a culture of health for their citizens. Many have added built environment features, such as…
By Stephenie Livingston Futurity Discrimination interacts with certain genetic variants to change blood pressure, report researchers. In addition, discrimination experienced by close friends and family had a more significant impact on study participants than did firsthand experiences, according…
By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The final installment in a series examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read: Women in Juarez find themselves stalked by another kind of killer; The…
By Cliff Despres SaludToday Did you know Mexican-American kids drink less plain water than white kids? They also are more likely to perceive tap water as unsafe? In fact, negative perceptions of school water fountains were associated with sugary…
By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The first of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico) “We’re not surviving; we’re living.” …
By Thania Benios Futurity Since the 1980s, air pollution has increased worldwide, but it has increased at a much faster pace in regions close to the equator. Research now reveals that this changing global emissions map is creating…
By Rose A. Rodriguez LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: As we close Breast Cancer Awareness Month, one daughter shares her memories, reflections and hopes for other mothers and daughters who must overcome a diagnosis of breast cancer.) As an adult, the…
By Eric Moreno SaludToday Many people know vaccines can help keep infants and children healthy during the early childhood years. But vaccines are just as important for when children grow into adolescence, according to the U.S. Department of Health…
By Mariaelena Gonzalez The Conversation When considering Latinos, educators often struggle with how to close the achievement gap. That gap is often defined as a disparity in academic success between native English speakers and those for whom Spanish was their…
By Stephanie Desmon Futurity Asthma patients who live near major Pennsylvania fracking sites are as much as four times more likely to suffer attacks than those farther away, a new study shows. The findings add to growing evidence that…
By Ronnie Citron-Frank Moms Clean Air Force On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, over 700 children and parents from 50 states joined our third annual Play-In for Climate Action at Upper Senate Park in Washington, DC for fun, music and advocacy… …
By Steve Hinnefeld Futurity Girls who were overweight as children are likely to begin using cigarettes, marijuana, or alcohol at an earlier age than peers who were a healthy weight, a new study suggests. But the correlation only shows…
By Cliff Despres Salud Today More Americans are eating healthier, but a widening nutrition gap is separating Whites from Latinos and African Americans, according to a new study, the L.A. Times reports. The study, which examined 34,000 U.S. adults’ diets from…
Moms Clean Air Force This originally posted on EcoWatch: Two leading national environmental groups — Clean Air Task Force (CATF) and Earthworks — unveiled a suite of tools Wednesday designed to inform and mobilize Americans about the health risks…
By Carlos Valenzuela SaludToday Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans living in the U.S., are in poorer health conditions than other Latino groups according to a recent report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The Bismarck Tribune Reports. The report…
By Carlos A Valenzuela SaludToday Obese young adults in the U.S., especially Mexican-Americans, are at high risk of developing kidney disease, Health Day reports. “Even though chronic kidney disease typically manifests in older people, the disease can start much earlier but…
By Andy Henion Futurity A strained marriage may actually improve the health of men with diabetes, new research shows. Why? It may be because wives are constantly regulating their husband’s health behaviors, especially if he is in poor…
SaludToday Eating white rice may increase the risk for diabetes type 2– a condition that affects millions of Latinos, according to a recent study by Harvard University, Univision reports. For the study, researchers reviewed “four earlier studies involving more…
By MOMS CLEAN AIR FORCE This is an excerpt from the American Lung Association’s “State of the Air 2016” report. The American Lung Association’s 2016 “State of the Air” report found continued improvement in air quality, but more than half…
By Stephanie Desmon Futurity Even low levels of air pollution appear to raise the risk of a condition linked to premature births and lifelong health problems in children, new research shows. Fine particles from car exhaust, power plants, and other…
