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The cancer-stricken poor of Juarez condemned to a “slow form of violence”

Dec 20, 2016, 8:46 AM 0

By Dr. Christine Eber & Dr. Mary Alice Scott LatinaLista (Editor’s Note: The second of four installments examining a preventable death sentence facing women in Juarez, Mexico. Read first installment.) The month following Cynthia’s death, the five founding…

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Going veggie would cut global food emissions by two thirds and save millions of lives – new study

Mar 24, 2016, 11:09 AM 0

By Marco Springmann The Conversation Eating more fruit and vegetables and cutting back on red and processed meat will make you healthier. That’s obvious enough. But as chickens and cows themselves eat food and burn off their own energy,…

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New study shows Latinas wait longer to find out if they have breast cancer after getting abnormal mammogram

Mar 7, 2013, 5:54 PM 0

LatinaLista — One of the most frightening messages any woman can receive is being told that she had an abnormal mammogram. Most women immediately follow instructions for follow-up examination and proceed with treatment, if it’s needed. Most women, just…